Aquatic Photo Manipulation | Affinity Photo Tutorial

Free Course! 10 steps to make any photo amazing: affinity.sale/10-steps
Download today's images: affinityrevolution.com/aquati...
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create a beautiful photo manipulation in Affinity Photo. This photo composite will combine a whale, a photo frame, and a splash of water. To make this fantasy effect look more realistic, we will also enhance the coloring and lighting.

[@AffinityRevolution]

I have a gift for you! 😊It's a free Affinity Photo course that will teach you 10 simple steps to make any photo amazing. I hope you love it! affinity.sale/10-steps

[@209kael]

Amy how does ezra feel if ezra comes back I'm a fan I've always watched him

[@AffinityRevolution]

@@209kael Ezra's voice was damaged a couple of years ago by LPR, and he has not recovered. I hope he can make videos again someday! 😊

[@209kael]

@@AffinityRevolution thank you for explaining health to ezra I wish you

[@win2024king]

Ally's pronunciation is on another level!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Haha thank you! 😄

[@phutchis]

Excellent, I do like these more complex projects that build nicely on the early more elementary projects. Particularly the use of tonal colours, the pink took me by surprise. Paul

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you Paul! Glad you liked it. 😊

[@blackimangel]

Best purchase evvvvvver!! Thank you Affinity!! Love it!!!!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you so much! 🤗

[@joeldcanfield_spinhead]

The pink overlay trick is amazing. Thank you!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! Glad you liked it. 😊

[@mtntopviking]

Awesome and fun tutorial! I always enjoy your tutorials and learn so much. It is so easy to follow along as you teach. Thank you so much for these!!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you Lee! 😊

[@helgariehl3515]

What a fun to follow you with the images! Thanks for this great tutorial!

[@AffinityRevolution]

You're welcome! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@shaneball238]

I've purchased your beginners course and have to say it's amazing, these free videos just compliment each other. Your free stuff and your course are just the perfect for everyone, I'm learning so much from you guys. A big thank you from me! Keep up your fantastic work :-)

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you so much! 🤗

[@MartialBachoffner]

Finally, the little song. I have been waiting centuries for it. Great tutorial as usual. Thanks!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you!! 🤗

[@meyou58]

Nobody does an Affinity Photo tutorial better than you! Appreciate your helpful tips... thank you!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@julieruthen9996]

I love this tutorial. You guys do a fantastic job. Thank You

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you so much Julie! 😊

[@janvanschie7153]

Thanks for your this amazing tutorial Ally.

[@AffinityRevolution]

You're welcome! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@marvinspates924]

Wow you make it look so easy!!! I am still making the adjustment to Affinity from photoshop!!! Some things are similar but not quite the same!!! I appreciate your help!!!

[@AffinityRevolution]

I only make it look easy AFTER I've edited out all of my mistakes! 😅

[@ChrisB257]

Inspired Ally - great result - like that a lot. Super use of masks and layers. Thank you.

[@AffinityRevolution]

You're welcome! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@philreillymedia]

Fantastic tutorial. Looking forward to many more. Thank you 😊

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@ClintLoweTube]

I love these fantasy images.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Me too! 🤗

[@petra2912]

As always, a perfect presentation and easy to understand tutorial. Keep it up please, it’s inspiring, motivating and keeps me eager and interested to keep learning with affinity 👍

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@MK-ni6gs]

Very nice video Ally! Thank you for the inspiring vids.

[@AffinityRevolution]

You're welcome! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@whosyourbrad]

Love it! Thanks guys 👌🏽❤🔥

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@invu4834]

Good work! Hope to see more photo manipulation tutorials!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! 😊

[@nord_seher]

Das ist ja unglaublich gut! Wow, danke!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Vielen Dank! 😊

[@captainkensmith2973]

After watching your video, the words that come to mind are...STUNNING & BRILLIANT, plus thank you for showing what can be done when you know how !

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@StefanoBallad]

Amazing tutorial!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you Stefano! 😊

[@birdie399]

Very helpful and useful skills demonstrated here. Thanks for the video.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

[@jasonhamilton2325]

Wow so fun great tutorial looking forward to giving this one ago

[@AffinityRevolution]

Hope you enjoy it! 😊

[@marjoriedawson]

I came over and before I even DO the workshop I am going OH WOW!!!!!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you so much! 🤗

[@selenitafm]

Very well explained as usual, Very nice example to try.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! Glad you liked it. 😊

[@imzaazmi]

As always awesome ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you!! 🤗

[@arthurchan7934]

Really enjoyed your tutorial so much. Keep good spirit:)

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@alainadamski7703]

Hi Miss affinity revolution, always on top, thank you very much for this very informative lesson for me.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@justinlow-thion77]

Hi Ally. this tutorial is really midn blowing and cool.
I keep on being amaze by your creativity. Thanks for all those cool tutorials. justin

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thanks so much Justin! :)

[@FranksFilms-videos]

Well well all your teaching is beginning to pay off another great tutorial it's beginning to sink into the old brain thanks once again.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Haha that's great to hear! Keep up the good work. 😊

[@pennyneer9370]

Thank you for the AP tutorial. I am new to Affinity Photo but you offer a wealth of information every time. Hope Ezra is feeling good. Asking if you have a video on the perspective tool on Ipad. Keep up the great work.

[@AffinityRevolution]

We don't have a video on the perspective tool yet - I need to make one. 🙂

[@AGoat1971]

I make good money on the side editing photos because of you.

[@AffinityRevolution]

That's awesome!! Way to go! 🤗

[@markferrell2470]

Great Job, hope you will do some more special effects tutorials

[@AffinityRevolution]

More to come! 😊

[@danielleclerc4812]

Bravo!!!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! 😊

[@ItsMeHelel]

Wow, this was amazing! I've been following you for years now, and this ended up being one of the best quality with a small effort. Congratulations!
P.S: I know I've asked this a lot, but any ETA for the Affinity Designer course updated? :D

[@AffinityRevolution]

I want to wait until Affinity Designer 2.0 comes out, in case they make big changes to the program. It's no fun making a course, and then having it become outdated after a few months. 😆

[@IdahoSAM.]

When adjusting the colors with the curves tool and with the green channel selected, could you have bumped up the green, but much farther to the left in the shadows region? The darker green of the ocean may enhance a little more but the brighter areas of the photo wouldn’t change necessarily. I have not tried using the files yet, but was just curious if that would work, even maybe using a small “S” curve for that channel. Great video! The use of Lots of different tools were again demonstrated. Love it. Downloading the image files now.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Hmm... I'm not sure. That sounds like it would look good, but I haven't done it like that. Give it a shot! 😊

[@N125AS]

This is a great video as usual ! may i ask you to make more video about affinity photo for ipad because it is slightly different to use . thank you very much !

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thanks for the feedback! 😊

[@Inpreesme]

Thank you

[@AffinityRevolution]

You're welcome! 😊

[@TheLoyalSpirit]

The mask tool is very powerful

[@AffinityRevolution]

It sure is! 🥳

[@jer3006]

Cool way to make a shadow at 10:00 - thanks for this tip. (Me: duplicate the whale layer, HSL adj to remove saturation, mask tail away, reposition, Fx G-blur fade, reduce opacity... you know, anything to do it the hard way 🤪). At 13:20 why pink for the rectangle? (curiosity, not criticizing) I would have guessed a very light turquoise because water has a blue tone. Enjoyed the entire exercise, thanks for sharing these techniques.

[@AffinityRevolution]

What can I say? I'm a girl who loves pink! Haha 😅

[@jer3006]

@@AffinityRevolution Finally... a non-techie answer to a photography question! 🤣

[@elvis9195]

Any tips on the selection brush tool? When I use it, there are ant lines everywhere and holding the option key to try and delete the excess isn't working easy so when I place the whale onto the frame, I only see a tiny unfulfilled parts of it, TIA. Using 1.9.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Hmm... try using a bigger brush size. There shouldn't be little gaps everywhere in your selection.

[@ffoteinos]

love

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! Glad you liked it. 😊

[@juzzonmorris]

That was very impressive! This software reminds me of one of my favorite photo editing software's from long ago, that's no longer made. How much is this, and where can I purchase it?

[@AffinityRevolution]

It's called Affinity Photo, and it costs a one time payment of $50. :)

[@Francesca48]

@@AffinityRevolution sometimes less if you can get an offer......Black Friday, sales time!

[@johnford3825]

Affinity have a special offer at the moment of 50% off all apps.

[@apvandergraaf7945]

Very nice ! Question though. At the point I add the blur filter, it appears above the shadow layer and acts on all layers below ... How you get it to appear as a child layer in one go? I also tried to move it down to make it a child layer to the shadow layer, but then increasing the blur size has no effect at all ..

[@AffinityRevolution]

You need to change your Assistant's options (the Assistant looks like a butler, and is near the top right of the Affinity screen). In those options, change the bottom option so that filters are applied as child layers. 😊

[@apvandergraaf7945]

@@AffinityRevolution Perfect !! Thanks !

[@auralian1428]

at 10:40, what setting do you turn on to display distance lines and numbers like that?

[@AffinityRevolution]

Good question. You do not need to turn on any settings, but you do need to use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move the layer around.

[@cacophonix]

I think it will look very realistic with a puddle of water on the floor. Is there a way to add that? I looked up some tips on Photoshop but they all require free transformation of the layer to create reflection and I could not find equivalent tools in AP.

[@AffinityRevolution]

That would be a great touch! Affinity has the Mesh Warp Tool, which should be able to help you. It's neat the very bottom of the tools on the left side, right above the Zoom Tool.

[@cacophonix]

@@AffinityRevolution I was able to add the puddle. Is there a way I can upload the image for you to review? I also tried adding a splash of water in the puddle but failed miserably :)

[@cowlhoods]

I use Affinity for my laser. I am having an error that it does not accept clip path or mask. Is there a simple solution I am missing? I have even converted a photo to curves and divided and removed waste outside circle. Simply trying to put a photo in shape of circle in my file. Thank you.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Sorry, I have't worked with lasers before. I recommend you ask about this on the Affinity forums: forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/5-affinity-on-desktop-questions-mac-and-windows/

[@Hugosanches594]

How many hours have your affinity for begginers ipad course?

[@AffinityRevolution]

I'm not sure. We focus on how much we teach in a course, not how many hours it is (a long course might not actually teach you very much if the instructor is rambling). I think the course is a little over 100 lessons, and 4 hours long.

[@infohabs7862]

not small spots, not dots, but large red zones that are obtained after a cosmetic procedure for lip augmentation. Redness around the lips. How to remove them and not break the lip line

[@AffinityRevolution]

I teach all about color correction in my Retouching 301 course. 😊 courses.affinityrevolution.com/p/retouching-301

[@yannickjullian9938]

Bonjour
Merci pour vos video Tuto
J ai le format iPad et je veux détourer un logo que mon fils a fait pour le transformer en 3D dans c4d j ai vu que sur Photoshop on pouvait transformer le détourage en trace pour l exporter sur c4d
Je pense que c est un tracé vectoriel
Ma question est que sur affinity cette manipulation est elle possible et comment merci pour votre aide
Yannick Toulouse

[@AffinityRevolution]

Désolé, je ne sais pas comment faire ça. Je vous recommande de demander sur les forums officiels d'Affinity. Quelqu'un là-bas connaîtra la réponse.
forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/5-affinity-on-desktop-questions-mac-and-windows/

[@MrFree-vj8qj]

👏👏👏👨‍🎨

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! 🤗

[@hz81944]

😃👌🏻👌🏻

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! 😊

[@behramcooper3691]

I am busy today, but I am definitely trying this out tomorrow. I was quite happy with the image without the colour adjustments you made towards the end. I like the sea to be cool unless it is a sunset scene. And yes, I would have used a gaussian blur on the whale shadow instead of a box blur. Thanks for sharing.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Hope you enjoy it! 😊

[@mohdal-khateeb7587]

Thanks for your amazing tutorials. I have a question ... Why text gets pixelated if I zoom in beyond 150% even if I convert it to curves? While Affinity Designer doesn't. Thanks again

[@AffinityRevolution]

That's the nature of Affinity Photo. It's limited to the size of your document (example: 2000 x 2000 pixels). Affinity Designer does not have that limitation.

[@Dmamcg1]

Fantastic tutorial Ally, keep up the good work.By the way, how is Ezra doing now, hope he is feeling better

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! Ezra's voice is still too weak to talk very much, but other than that he is doing well. 🙂

[@pansearedducklet9054]

Where is that intro music from, it's from a TH-camr but I can't mind who😂

[@AffinityRevolution]

It's a free song from the TH-cam audio library called Lullaby. 😊

[@pansearedducklet9054]

@@AffinityRevolution I'm sure it is a youtubers intro but I can't think of who but thank you for the name! Loving the tutorials! I got affinity 2 days ago

[@HikingwithGus]

Pretty cool!, If I might make one suggestion... I would have softened the edges of the whales shadow. It draws the eye because the shadow edge is not the same as the other shadows on the wall, and loses it's 3 dimensional effect... Otherwise neat trick. Thanks!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thanks for the tip! 😊

[@webphone5167]

I still can't do two active selections with pen tool in one photo. Please help me.

[@AffinityRevolution]

You need to make one selection, and then use it to create a mask. Then make another selection, and use that selection to add to your mask. 🙂

[@webphone5167]

@@AffinityRevolution Ok, thank you. I will try it

[@RedaHaskouri]

affinity its free ?

[@AffinityRevolution]

It's a one time payment of $50, but they are running a 50% off sale right now. 🙂

[@RedaHaskouri]

@@AffinityRevolution thanks for repley