Refining a Selection with Affinity Photo

Here's how to use the wonderful Refine tool when making selections in Affinity Photo.
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[@purtion851]

I enjoyed watching how you use the refine tool! I did not know that it could do so much...your videos...are just fabulous...and so are you! Thankyou!

[@picklechip5001]

You make my favorite Affinity Photo tutorials!! You've taught me how to love this software and use it as effectively as possible. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos. They're lovely and so well made.

[@inaffinityforaffinityphoto3220]

Thanks - always nice to hear I'm helping.

[@Jimgoodwin846]

Thank you for an awesome video. Your instruction is so very concise and full of details. Well done!!!

[@z06maniac]

Great tutorial. Direct and to the point, just like I like it!

[@WeiChong]

Great tutorial. Learned quite a bit about Refine by your going through the sliders and providing examples with them. Thanks for sharing.

[@BGATCARNEGIEHALL]

Nice video - Thank you for taking the time to make it.

[@masterphotog4131]

Thank you for another great tutorial, keep up the good work.

[@anneharwood943]

This was really helpful! I’ve been trying to select flowers so I can change the background (often a soft color), and I’ve had an awful time getting nice edges.

[@chilichickSantaFe]

I love Affinity!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@circulair04]

Concise, good tutorial 🤓

[@karlagayosa1985]

Your explanation helped me a lot ... thanks. Now my images are perfect!! =D

[@PatMcDonald41]

Thank you, very helpful ...

[@nick8292]

Good one, thanks!

[@davidfrazier4358]

Great tutorial!!! Thank you a ton. Liked and subbed here

[@danielbrady8848]

Excellent.

[@Ronbc000]

Thank you👍

[@sirbootylord6880]

Thanks!!!

[@kennywilkes6978]

Thank you sir

[@ribierahmadalkeni8453]

thanks

[@marcelbednar8139]

Hello. Is it possible to copy the selection itself (ants) from a photo in Affinity Photo to a photo opened in Photoshop or Illustrator?

[@inaffinityforaffinityphoto3220]

Try select, copy, switch to PS, paste. If this doesn't work, paste into new image, Document/Clip Canvas, then export to file. Then load into PS.

[@marcelbednar8139]

@@inaffinityforaffinityphoto3220 metoda kopiuk/wklej nie pomogła. Chodzi o document/ clip Canvas w Affinity photo?

[@michaelcohen9930]

How do you obtain Dave’s macros?

[@inaffinityforaffinityphoto3220]

Go to the 'Resources' page, link down below on most pages. Here it is: changingminds.org/disciplines/photography/affinity_photo/resources/resources.htm

[@michaelcohen9930]

@@inaffinityforaffinityphoto3220 Thankyou.

[@isaiah53design]

Thank you so much! Yet another example of how Affinity trumps the competition.
Can you tell me if Affinity Photo has an equivalent of the Photoshop selection feature where you control/command + click the layer thumbnail to select it? I used that so much... God bless!
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[@inaffinityforaffinityphoto3220]

Ctrl-click the icon does seem to select the whole layer.

[@Kallah_DaughterOfYAHUAH]

FLAWLESS TUTORIAL!

[@san9350]

Too bad there is no contrast slider

[@inaffinityforaffinityphoto3220]

You can add a live Brightness and Contrast adjustment beforehand and increase contrast to help find edges, then delete the adjustment layer after the refinement.