Masking Basics 1: How Masks Work
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- Here's the very basics of layer masks, in which we can control how two layers are combined.
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stop smacking ya lips
Yes, I know it unconsciously happens. Sorry about that. I've edited it out for the past year and a half. You're watching a fairly early video.
incredibly helpful - thank you very much !!!
Thank you. As a beginner, we need someone like you to explain it very clearly so that we can understand the concept.
I'm also a newbie. Your video is well explained, however with due respect, it doesn't really tell a beginner WHY you are using a mask. In other words - what CHANGES are you trying to achieve with your original image? Do you want to make something disappear? / enhance part of an image or some other change?
Thanks! Feedback understood and appreciated.
Thank you for the tutorial and for taking the time to make all the visuals that make it easier to fathom. You don't realize it, but you are smacking in the mic often. You are close to the mic, so with headphones it really is load.
Yes, this is an older video. Now I edit sound and have a fancier mike.
@@inaffinityforaffinityphoto3220 Ok, I also saw someone below had made the same comment. You make really clear videos on the topics and don't treat the viewer as though they are a child and saying every thing they are clicking onscreen as though we are listening to an audio podcast. Keep up the great work.
Great video. Thanks.
I am thoroughly enjoying your content.
That was an excellent mask teaching video! I always still had a few questions about masks and you made a simple enough explanation and it clicked for me. Awesome! Thank you!
I love your concise explanation. A brilliant example presented here, without the unctuous and overbearing grandstanding presentation.
Love the tutorial, I hate how you’re macking your lips
Very old video. I've been editing sound for a long time now. Try newer vids to see.
Well presented thanks. Should the first slide or two not show black hiding the layer below and white revealing the layer below?
Cheers - I'll take a look.
Great tutorial friend!
I've watch at least 8 videos on the topic of masks and this is the first one that actually explained it to me
Same here. The other videos just showed you how to do it. This one actually shows you how it works. Big difference. Loved the diagrams, very helpful.
What would be the easiest way to apply multiple adjustments to a single mask?
Paint directly on it. You can also have multiple stacked masks, each of which can be adjusted separately. See also my other videos on masking: changingminds.org/disciplines/photography/affinity_photo/categories/ap_masking.htm
Thankyou. As a newbie, I was scrarching my head over the concept of Masks. I now also know how to achieve the cool looking B&W photos with elements of color i've seen. So easy!
The best explanation I’ve seen thus far.
'White reveals/black conceals' was just gibberish to me--you used the word 'transparent' and suddenly masking makes more sense to me. Thank you.
Super vid, the first I have seen that makes more sense that a mask is not in the layer stack but as you showed is actually along side of the layer it is attached to, and that nice graphic does make it more clear. But I confess when you start dragging mask around the layers I have no clue as Affinity seems to have a mind of it's own where/if it will let you grab/drop it. Sometime the layer looks like your example ie a layer an inset ( child ? ) mask underneath where sometimes the both are independently selectable and other times selecting either the layer or the mask highlights them both, totally confused, then other times they are side by side, extra confused, and I can't find any good info from the Affinity video lib ( unless I have missed it ), I guess they are all for the professional users and not the casual users like me and zillion others worldwide, so this vid does at least demystify the very first part of using a mask clearly. Many thks and Kind Rgds. PS. Are all these 'clipping' masks, I hear/see that term used here and there.
Thank you for this very clear explanation. Have been struggling with masks for months now and this the clearest explanation I’ve found.
I had always some difficulties understanding how masking works. This simple, concise tutorial is the best I have seen and now it has become very clear to me how, what for and when to use the masks. Thank you so much for sharing and teaching to an amateur photo editor.
Had an optic illusion with paint brush and I felt it was expanding xd
Thanks for posting this teaching! Masking Basics 1 is beginning to make sense to me. Thanks again and PLEASE ... keep posting ...
Thanx clear explanation.
Really helpful, thanks for posting. Much liked and subscribed :)
That’s the best explanation I’ve seen about masks. It’s been driving me mad trying to understand them because they’ve been so poorly explained previously. So thank you for explaining it clearly and easily!
Awesome tutorial. Best explanation I have found yet - and I have been looking for awhile! Thanks!
Thank you for this very clear video & the magnified views which make things so easy to see. I"m new to Affinity Photo & really appreciate the help. I've just subscribed!
That was very useful! I had no idea what masks were until now. I haven't got it fully clear in my head yet, but if I watch this a couple more times and try it out in Affinity Photo, hopefully it will sink in.
Great expanation. Now I get it.
Now I understand!!! Excellent share, very concise. Thank you :)
Good video, thank you. One Tip: don‘t eat a candy or chewing gum, while recording tuts.☺️
Thanks, but I don't eat candy or chew gum, ever!
Thank you teacher perfectly explained
BEST explanation of masks EVER
Thank you. Very clear and helpful video! Exactly what I needed. I was always a bit confused about masks and I wasnt sure if masks were on top of the layer or beneath etc.
Very nice explanation of masks.
Your explanation on mask is the best among all others on the web. It's logical and fully comprehensible.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! The way you progressed through the simple red and blue squares up to editing the image was so incredibly helpful! I am thrilled to be a new subscriber and can't wait to learn more from you!!
Thank you, well explained and helpful
what if i were to cycle between black and white brush in affinity using my keboard shortcut? In PS that is done by clicking the "X" key . How about in affinity?
Yes 'X' works in Affinity Photo to switch foreground and background colours.
Ottima spiegazione su come funzionano le maschere nei livelli. Grazie
Thanks a lot for this comprehensive explanation, carry on this way. Eric from Paris
Hi David, I must say that your site is a real find for the newbie user of AP and not so new but thanks for the amazing effort you have clearly put into this website package and also fully indexed to boot, so I have gone to the trouble of making reference to your site in the AP forum or at least to one of their moderators who was pushing AP TH-camrs that endeavour to charge for sneezing. You explain things like a dedicated "teacher" so one can grasp the basics fully and progress. I have also started to look at the other blogs that you write about and all wonderfully put together for the student or novice on philosophy. I know having read your bio that you have experience teaching. When I was endeavouring to learn Python it was difficult to sort through all the TH-camrs who take time to actually teach as there were many who cant teach and very few who can. Thanks for all the effort and time spent on an amazing site
Many thanks for you kind words, Nigel. I've certainly written on creativity, changing minds, and quality, but I cannot claim Python (though I did write a book on C style, which is now online).
excellent .... thanks for sharing
Switching between black and white in the mask can be done using the X key if I recall correctly. I like the method you show using the selection brush in the next video which I viewed before this one and how you use it in other videos. Unfortunately, I tend to get sometime confused with things as I have been working a bit with AP, ON1, Aurora and Luminar. I have basically settled on AP because of its functionality and the fact that there is not a continuous annual upgrade for more $ and also because there are many tutorials including a book which I have only just begun. Not doing much editing in the past while, I just seem to forget more of what I have been taught than I can remember.
Yes, X also works to swap foreground/background colours. I don't use all short-cut keys as I don't want to overload beginners.
I've also used ON1 and Luminar which are both based on a similar paradigm that has notable differences compared with AP, Photoshop, PSP, etc. They are competent editors but I find them limited in potential when compared to AP. For those who find AP too much my second choice is currently Luminar.
i dont think their can be a better explanation than this.
Thank you so much!
Thanks, you show things at a slower speed. Easier for beginners.
just slow the speed of the video..that's an option as he is breaking things down with the color explanation regarding transparency.
At the End were you showing Destructive Editing Vs Non-Destructive? Sorry, Lightroom is the extent of my photo software experience
Affinity Photo is far more like Photoshop than Lightroom, which is intended more for just photographers. AP and PS both have layered models in which non-destructive work can be done, which basically lets you go back and change things long after your first adjusted them. It's a long learning curve, and I'm aiming to help you up it with my videos, many of which are only about 5 minutes long.
@@inaffinityforaffinityphoto3220 I appreciate your response very much Thank you. I purchased the software and have subscribed to your channel.
Excellent presentation!
How can I lock the mask to stay in place, without it moving with the working layer? In other words, if I am creating a gradient within a defined area (mask) but want to move the gradient around within the mask shape, but not move the mask itself. Thanks.
Without seeing your screen, I'd guess you've got the mask as a child layer, set in below the target layer. If you drag it above, at the same level as the target layer, this may help. Grouping them together here may be needed. Use the Move Tool (arrow) to move the mask layer, btw.
@@inaffinityforaffinityphoto3220 Wow I forgot I asked this question - 9 months ago! I did figure it out. It's partly what you described but no need to group them (unless wanted for organization). I had to drag the mask layer above the pixel layer - not the same level - so the mask basically becomes a layer above the art layer, to get it to work.
But I do wish it worked similar to photoshop as in the mask is always "with" the layer (as in only side-by-side visually in layer panel, without the arrow to open it shown below the layer) so as not to need an extra step to edit the mask. And (in photoshop) if I wanted to move the pixels around, I simply click the lock icon so the mask doesn't move... I may be being picky here, but an extra step is an extra step.
For me, I just think having a mask as a separate layer is annoying, rather than having a mask as part of a layer to edit quickly, as photoshop does.
Thanks for the great vids!
Think I followed the instructions exactly, but when I paint in black on the top layer (with the child mask underneath) I just get black paint.
There will be something, but it's difficult to tell. Perhaps you do not have the mask at the right level. Try dragging it onto the image so you see a little vertical blue bar.
Hi Dave. Great video. May i have your permission to make ebook material from your youtube videos? If I‘m able to sell any, I‘ll be sure to share that with you. It‘s more for my students. I‘m an English teacher in Germany. Of course, I‘ll reference you as the creator of the content.
Hi CK1, if you're using your own photos or shapes with the knowledge from my videos, then no permission needed. If you're doing stuff that just your students will use, that's fine with me too. I was a teacher once. It only gets tricky if you sell the video or stills of it.
EXCELLENT explanation!