How to - Cut Out a Image Using Affinity Photo
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.พ. 2018
- In this video, I show you how to cut out an Image using Affinity Photo.
The tutorial shows you how to use the brush tool to remove a section of an image or a photograph and apply a layer mask to cut out a specific part of an image that can then be saved as a PNG, TIFF or GIF with a transparent background.
This is a great tool for manipulating images and creating thumbnails or cover fronts for your videos.
The "how-to" tutorial is simple and easy follow and also shows you how to pick up the highlight brush tool ant track line and trim it around your cutting out so fine detail can be achieved.
💯 Help support this channel my family and me - by signing up to my Patreon here / computerlab
💻 Please subscribe here: th-cam.com/users/Thecomputer...
🎭 Check out my Facebook page here / thecomputerlabuk
🐦 Also, why not tweet me here on Twitter / thecomputerlab
💷 Or if you want to support a fellow human being please donate via Paypal here info@thecomputerlab.co.uk
Welcome to my TH-cam channel "TheComputerLab" I created this channel to help others with everyday computer problems. It has slightly changed throughout the years and has gone from basic fixes to lots of different help videos going from iPhone tutorials to game system fixes to Mac and Windows tutorials and lots more - Please do subscribe even if you only visited my channel just for one video as your help by subscribing helps my channel.
#TheComputerLab, #ComputerLab, #affinityphoto - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
You're my hero of the morning thanks to this video. You've saved me so much time and headache. I've watched a bunch of videos on this and none of them showed how to properly use the brush tool inside my selection and the Alt key outside. So simple. I really appreciate you putting this out for me to learn from. I know where to look first for my next Affinity Photo solution.
Thanks a lot I’m really glad it helped, and thanks for the kind comment.
Thank you for explaining this thoroughly!
Great - Glad you liked it
Excellent Tutorial. I like your pacing (speaking and demonstration) and your use of the zoom in (to show the tools and closeup of work area). Will subscribe.
Thank you! This video enabled me to get it right.
Gr8 video! I always use this as my goto tutorial when I have forgotten how to copy and paste :)
Glad it was helpful!
Just what I needed to know. Now I can keep a cut out instead of having to cut out again every time I want to add to an image,
Thank you
Great tutorial, thanks
Thank you finally got one to work thanks to you:)
Wekl done! exactly what I needed;(without wasting 5 minutes including your life story ;and why you chose the imageto cut out!)Thankyou!
Thanks Magnus glad it helped
Excellent step by step instruction. At the right pace making it easier to follow.
Thanks Colin - Glad it helped.
Outstanding tut! Thank you - this is certainly one of the best. I have also subscribed.
Thanks Bob - It means a lot.
Fantastic video! I struggle with these programs and this video was super clear without being too drawn out
Thanks Warren - appreciate that.
This helped me out, thanks.
Very helpful - thanks very much!
Great tutorial, thank you, really well explained, far better than anything I've seen. Subscribed. Great thanks again :)
Hi thank you very much for leaving feedback it really does mean a lot. Thanks for watching and subscribing.
Thanks for the refresher! Very simple and not very demeaning. =)
So helpful! Thank you!!
Very useful - thank you.
brilliant cheers!
Thx man very helpful
This was a great tutorial video. Simple and to the point. Thank you for the information.
Thanks BLACK HAWK
Outstanding tutorial. Well spoken, articulate and the viewing audience wasn’t subjected to one of those SPEED SPEAKERS. Loved it. Thanks for you efforts.
Thanks Stan - That really does mean a lot.
Nice explanation, it helped a lot. Thank you very much.
Nice, well done. Thank you.
Thanks for the great video! I just downloaded Affinity Photo and this was exactly what I needed to know!
Thanks for commenting, Affinity photo is a really good program I prefer it to photoshop as it’s a single payment not subscription based.
Excellent, technique explained very well without any fuss, just what I was looking for.
Thanks Ivor - glad it helped
Brilliant, thanks. So helpful to see it done.
Very useful tutorial, well explained. Many thanks
Thanks Phil
thank christ for a crystal clear explanation..... you wouldnt think it would be that hard to find them but its tuff. thanks!
Thanks Nobby Styles.
super helpful thank you
Great! 👍
great video, very informative, thank you!
Thanks Mario
THANK YOU SO MUCH. This has always been a sticking point for me.
Thanks glad it helped
Thanks for the help!!!!!!! :)
Perfectly explained :) thank you
Thanks Daniel
thanks this really helped
thanks a lot!!! so nice reverb
Very kind
Thank you!
This was very helpful. Thanks
Thank you for feedback
Very useful for a beginner.
Thank you! Helped a lot! Beats using the pen tool👌🏽🙂
Thanks Abraham glad you liked it.
It is really help full Thanks man.!
Glad it helped
Excellent tutorial! Just started with Affinity and needed to do this. You made it possible, or at least much faster. Thank you. - New Subscriber.
Thanks Mark - your comments are much appreciated.
Awesome video man!
Very good thanks
I followed your fab tutorial and cut out a horse from the background layer and saved as a png. When I came to add to a different background it was showing on a white background layer..So I now have a new background layer and my horse on a white layer .
Really helpful thank you!
Thanks Carol - Glad it helped.
Thanks! Great tutorial
Thanks Silvina Ladyrider.
hats off man it helped me a lot
Thanks Asrif
very clearly done
Thanks for the comment
Thanks for your help
Absolutely - Glad it helped 👍
absolutly outstanding earned my sub helped me edit photos so much thank you man
Thanks Lightning - Glad it helped.
@@TheComputerLab its been 3 years and u r still replying u the goat man
Thanks a bunch
Very nice!
Thanks
Mooi en duidelijk. Bedankt
Geen probleem, bedankt voor de feedback
Thank you brother
Nice - thanks. This was driving me crazy this morning.
No problem.
Jim T me too
I have the Affinity Photo Workbook, but could not resolve my "remove background" issue. Your tutorial was GREAT. Thanks,,, I'll be following you around.
Thanks Bill, I really like affinity and use it for all my photo and graphics editing - The only gripe I have is that you cannot use the same licensee cross platform. I use Windows and Mac so I need a copy for each device. But apart from that its great.
Thanks again
thank you very much
Great video, especially on the Brush Selection Tool. I was using it from on the outside of the object inwards instead of from the inside working outwards. Even the 'marching ants' were confused! Last 1.5 minutes of video needed slower explanation. I find with Affinity Photo that as soon as right hand side is involved (Layers etc) I get rapidly lost.
Thanks Robert
Great video
Thanks Divi
super and precise. When you showed us to add layer, the subscribe add was covering it up. Sometime it is too small i cannot see the option. Not difficult to find. super video.
Thanks a lot.
thanks :)
Can you explain how I can save a clipping path so that I can still have a clear background and save to a jpg rather than a png. I used to use photoshop to do this but there must be a way to do this in Aff Photo?
Thanks for the video - I just hoped I would have gotten the information a bit faster than at 7:30, where it acutally starts (the first minutes is just making the selection).
Can you help me? After I draw a pixel selection, when it's closed or if I "INVERT" my selection, it moves (or jumps) out of position. What it happening? Do I have a magnet selection?
Thanks and great tutorial.
Is there a way that I can cut out an image use Inpaint to erase it. Then move it. Similar to content aware move?🙂
I have to mask pictures I’m going to use separately from my main project to avoid putting holes in my main project?
I've just learned about Affinity Photo and I'm very impressed! :) Thanks for this great tutorial!
Quick question - once we "cut out" our image/subject, can we add a stroke around it (I'm thinking for thumbnails, etc.)?
Thanks much!
Yes you can, it’s really easy - once it is cut out you can just add fx and add a outer border or maybe a glow etc.
@@TheComputerLab - Thank you for answering! :)
hey there, great tutorial but for some reason I cant get my selection brush tool to actually work. Any ideas on what you think i could be doing wrong? I do exactly as you do but i get no "ant tracking" :( please help.
Hey - Thanks for watching the tutorial “cutting out a image in affinity photo”
First thing to check - is the image you are using is a jpg ?
This photo was taken in São Paulo, Brazil.
This is a great tutorial. However I am having issues with saving it separately. When I select the PNG option and save it without background it doesnt save anything but a blank doc....... Is there a setting that I might have turned on or something?
Hey sorry for the delay in coming back to you, I think you are not selecting the layer BEFORE you export or the image if you look at approx 8:20 to 9:00 in the. Idea there is a part that I say “make sure you have the layer selected” this is the layer you want to save or export you must select in the layer box on the right hand side (turns blue when you select it) then once it’s selected / highlighted then export as per the video. Hope this helps
Hi there, i did everything you said however when i copied and pasted the photo it had a white strip about 3/4 down the page horizontally ? How can i resolve this issue please?
Wow
I cannot see the right sidebar. If you could zoom into the menus when you’re using them that would be helpful
Hey, what does locking a layer do
This is very useful only I've run into an issue after saving as png, it shows it just as nothing, a mere black screen, any idea why? (Windows)
Before you save your file make sure that in the layers section on the right hand you have the image you want to export selected first (just click on it to highlight) then do the export.
If you look at about 8:30 in the video there is a blue box on the right (where the layer I am exporting is selected) make sure yours is selected the same before saving as a png
how can i cut out an image from the foreground and keep the background??
Like in this, if i wanted to just get rid of the guy and keep the background image? (i know that seems weird, but it makes sense in the image i am working on)
starts at 1:28
Can you not copy the selection to another layer as in pshop? Like ctrl J to copy that selection then just delete or hide the background layer?
Never mind, found it was due to my layer not being in pixel/rasterised mode. Ctrl J on a selection works just like phop, awesome.
Hey - Yep glad you got it working, copying and pasting the layer is a great way to get quick results.
how do you get the edges so sharply signed off? If I try it, the edges are frayed and washed out. if i turn off the contrast tracking they are sharp, but the details are gone.
Hi Gilbert, what resolution is the source image you are working with ?
Also have you tried using the refine tool ? Affinity photo has a refine tool option which I briefly show at 7:40 into the video.
I have recently lost a very important tool which I need to find ,it is the modes adjuster at top left of page this tool adds and subtracts to selection tool switches on off liquify and so on . Can you tell me how to get this back it seems there is no documentation , if you tell me where and what it is in the manual I will find it thanks
I think the tool you’re speaking of appears only in Affinity “Photo Persona.” When you choose the selection brush tool, mode add and subtract options appears at the top left corner. I truly hope this helps. Maybe an expert can correct me if I’m wrong.
What if i want to move the image after i mask it? It just moves the mask around and cant move the newly cropped image
At about 9:35 in this video "Cut out an image in Affinity photo", you move your curser down to the bottom of the page to a series of icons "FINDER" to pull up the PNG saved file. How do I get to same conclusion without these icons? Thanks
Hey I was showing how to access the file from finder that was all so you could easily just save to the desktop the open the file straight from the desktop.
What is ur video editor?
When I selected mask layer nothing popped out. Copy paste into a new doc did not nothing. What is wrong?
Can you do a video like this where you extract a person with long hair?
The best creative professionals I know never use automatic tools. They just create a mask and paint the edges with the brush tool. I used to with the pen tool, in fact, I used the pen tool during lots of years, but really it's a waste of time. And nobody professional uses the automatic selections except for parts of the selection with hair of fur. In summary, avoid the automatic selection tools and avoid mistakes manually to save your time.
would have been better i you slowed down a little. couldn't really understand much of what you were saying towards end of your video. How did you create the block coloured layer at the end??
Hey - sorry I do talk fast some times keep telling myself to slow down when creating videos. Anyways the colour layer is easily created in Affinity Photo by first creating a new layer then use the bucket fill tool on the left hand menu, once you have used the full tool you can then change the background colour if needed.
How do you cut out the image after making a thick outline of it? It seems like nobody does that on TH-cam lol.
Photoshop Express and Photoshop Mix are MUCH easier to use.
Goodly! Us Brits seem easier to follow than them "furriners".
;¬)
GRAND as owt lad.
Haha - Just a bit of good old Lancashire.
When I click "mask layer" I don't get a transparent background. The image stays the same. How do I get past this?- This is after the image is selected.
Hey, Couple of things to check:
1: Check the image you have imported in is not locked for any reason, it should not effect the outcome but its worth unlocking the image look at 7:30 into video showing me unlocking image.
2: What type of image are you trying to edit - jpg, tiff ?
3: Make sure the image shows the tell tale ant tracks before you apply the mask layer.
4: Try a sample image before doing your main file, for example open up any jpg image, just do a quick selection (don't bother being fussy just draw a quick circle using the brush tool) then apply the mask see if you get the selection to work.
5: Last thing to try if none of this works is to invert the image but really this should not really effect, all this will do is change which part of the image you isolate.
Regards
Also forgot to add make sure you are always working on the same layer. So the layer you used the brush on make sure you use the same layer to apply the mask on.
The Computer Lab Thanks for getting back to me. I'll try those things out. It's a PDF file I'm using.
Are OK that explains it, you need to first open the pdf up in Affinity, then go to - File - Export - then export as a jpeg. Then close the pdf and then open the jpeg in Affinity you have just saved. Now just follow the video.
The Computer Lab Thank you!! Been frustrated all day trying to figure it out. I appreciate you taking the time.
you placed it on a new layer but i can put it on a new photo yes ???
Yes - you can place the cut out on top of another photo
+1
When I click mask layer the background doesn't change. Can anyone help please?
Hey have you tried inverting the layer, and also make sure you have the right layer selected when you try to cut out the image.
Nice video, but the sections/tabs aren't clear.
My tool doesn't let me use it and idky why
The picture you are editing is probably locked either try another photo, or unlock the layer / photo
What is the noise i keep hearing ?
Yep, it was annoying.