Best wishes from Scotland to Ezra! Thank you for the excellent tutorial. I've already started the Designer course which I recently purchased along with your eBook. I can recommend it to all. Great tip creating a group to use the same mask. Tried it a couple of times but got the order wrong, only getting it to work when I remembered to create the adjustment first, then the mask! And I totally agree with other comments here: Whilst I don't hate Adobe - I bought CS2 student edition back in the day - I was none too pleased with the complete lack of support when I bought a new PC with Windows 7, only to be told it was not compatible with CS2 and that I should upgrade to the latest version. Hey, it's not like I'm a professional photographer, and I was completely happy with CS2. Long story short, after searching through forums, I did manage to find a workaround using regedit - defo not for the uninitiated - and was able to continue using Photoshop until I bought a new camera. Camera raw didn't recognise my D7200 NEF files. More planned obsolescence! And then along came subscription. Goodbye Adobe! Again thanks for making Affinity fun and accessible to dunces like me!
Anything that's not Adobe gets a big thumbs up from me! Good to see people using alternative software to get things done because big corps only listen when we don't buy their goods.
adobe cancelled my Photoshop serial number since it was a stand alone program that I had purchase, a legit copy from a big name store. They refused to fix the problem and pretty much told me I needed to sign up for subscriptions and deal with it. I gave them a few colorful responses back and bought affinity. Big fan of affinity, love the program.
I spent a bit of time with Affinity and I am really loving it. I did the same thing with Capture One over Lightroom. So now I am officially 100% Adobe free.
I'm trying to find a way to isolate a mask with red (same view as the quick mask option) for a mask that already exists. Your trick that shows the mask in black and white is great, but is there a way to see it as a red overlay like the Quick Mask?
Hmm... You could load your mask as a selection, and then go into quick mask mode. I don't think that's exactly what you want, but it's the closest thing I can think of.
I just bought all of your courses on Photo, Designer, Publisher. I so hope I can use these new skills to increase my productivity and no longer need to hire from Fiverr. Can you and Ezra pls do a video on how to make 3D book covers for KDP?
Awesome video like always 😁 quick question, i know there is a video on how to create 3d texts in affinity designer, but will you guys do another like in more deep explanation, like glossy, shiny finishes on letters, etc... Thank you 😊
I just did a very similar exercise on the iPad version from the Beginner’s book, grouping adjustments and applying them to a mask layer to change an eye colour.
@@AffinityRevolution oh! Thanks, you make it look so easy, and when I try, admittedly I am new, all I do is mix up everything but I am doing your coarse , so hopefully it will all clear up a bit. Can you do an iPad version sometimes, pleeeaaassseeee.
Can you make a video on how to blend parts of different photos using masks? Some pro photographers use that technique to blend parts of 3 or more photos using masks in photoshop. I was wondering if AP can do the same.
AP can definitely do the same thing. I've been thinking about making some compositing tutorials, but haven't gotten around to it yet. Hopefully I can get to it soon! :)
@@AffinityRevolution I think I understand. But the title of that video doesn't make me think it's about blending elements of multiple photos. Also, why not stack raw files instead of jpeg?
She' the female Bob Ross I swear, her voice alone is refreshing and she naturally has that happy feeling when she's working. SHe's the ONLY ONE ON TH-cam that explains this stuff in Lamen English!
I just bought the software at a 50% discount. Pissed off by the adobe subscription model. For a hobbyist photographer, the cost just does not make sense. Keep the tutorials coming.
Thanks, very instructive and helpful. My drawback is that I’m using the iPad app which does all the same things but I’ve got to look for where the “buttons” are. I’ve used Photoshop for years and am finding that, for me, Affinity is a perfect replacement and I’m working hard to come up to speed. Your videos are helping me do that.
Pressing the 'mask' icon will get you a white mask and reveal 100% of the curves adjustement. Under Version 1.8 you have to press the Alt key + Mask icon to generate a black mask.
Fantastic video, as always. Thank you so much. From here, "the land of commentaries", we send good vibrations for your husband 😀 Regards to both of you ☮
When I select the "Curves" adjustment, I notice my square in the Layers is White? I adjust my curve, using your photo as a follow along, and then I close out the curves box. I then "Group" as you showed, then when I "Option/Alt & Click on Mask", I get a pixel layer. The thing that stood out with your tutorial and my Affinity, is that when you select "Curves" your box is black, and mine is white? How do I change that to mimic yours. I will have to say that when I select Curves, the box is Black for a split second, then it turns white. I know this video is a few years old, but your other videos have really helped me A LOT, and I hope you can help me with this too.
The thing I find a bit frustrating with AP is I can't use the gradient tool multiple times on a image or layer multiple times, it keeps redrawing the gradient unlike Photoshop that will grad on top of grad savings having multiple layers.
Can you create a mask with the smart selection tool and then apply adjustments to that? Seems like it could be a faster method than painting things on. Thanks!
Yes you can. For some things, it's better to make selection and then apply a mask, and for other things it's better to apply a mask and then paint on it. It depends on how difficult the area is to select, and whether or not the selection tool can accurately select that area.
Serif's apps are amazing but masking is the one tool I haven't quite been able to figure out by intuition but this tutorial helped a lot. Many thanks!! It's a complicated tool but now I see how Affinity designed it with non-destructiveness in mind, and this makes me happy.
How to edit the mask itself with curves? edit. Okay, I got it, for some reason I was not able to make the drag and drop feature working before, but yeah, you can drop the curves adjustment layer to the mask and it works.
@@AffinityRevolution Thank. And btw, you guys are having a nice channel here. Typically when ever I have some Affinity related problem, I find out that you are already are having a video about it. :p
TFS this tut on additional masking techniques, Ally. Improving my skills like this should help me in many ways. I'm going to follow you along and try it on some flowers or something. Take care. Thinking of Ezra too.
I was going to buy Adobe Photoshop....but then I noticed they wanted to charge me monthly rent...Then I discovered Affinity Photo with it's 50% discount. I downloaded a 90 day free trial and purchased the full version in only 2 days. They were not greedy and allowed me to own the product and even offered a free update to the next minor version. For the cost of owning Affinity, Adobe charges you more monthly...not to own their software... I'm now trialing all of their other products with a likely purchase.
When I select the MASK, BOTH the mask and the group icon light up. I can't select the mask by itself, maybe there's a setting but for now, AP just creates a new raster layer and I can't paint on the mask.
I am proud to say that Affinity (and Da Vinci) has helped me become 90% free of the Adobe Virus... (if only someone could do a decent PDF alternative I could stop the bleeding for good)
I tried using MASK LAYER and when I paint white, it started showing up the layer beneath and when I started painting black, it continued to show the layer beneath rather than covering the layer. So why am I facing this issue ?
I'm not sure... that should not happen. I'd ask on the official Affinity forums, and see if anyone on there knows why. forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/5-affinity-on-desktop-questions-mac-and-windows/
Hi... I am wondering how best to set up my Wacom and pen for painting with Affinity Photo Desktop. I'd love to see a tutorial on that and painting on a clipping mask.
For the gradient mask, if you want to change the gradient later, is it nondestructive? Further, is it possible to add multiple gradients to the same curves layer (if I wanted to brighten different spots of the image)?
You can only add one gradient at a time, and it is destructive. Hopefully they change that in the future. For now, I like to add a gradient, and then use the paintbrush to paint over extra areas on my mask.
Thank you for your great tut! Could you please explain, how you got the black mask on top in 1:44? If I click the icon, that you click on in the video in 1:44, something else happens in my case (a new mask opens). Surely I'm doing something wrong.
Ugh. That's TH-cam being dumb. Sometimes the lipstick video shows up, and sometimes it doesn't. 😬 Here's a link to the video: th-cam.com/video/pbYVFmxO87U/w-d-xo.html
very good always very technical. can you help me? i just installed affinity photo also on mac but when i create a mask layer i don't see the preview in the icon but i see a gray circle and i don't understand why. a thousand thanks
Sorry, I'm not sure what's happening. I recommend you ask on the official Affinity forums: forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/5-affinity-on-desktop-questions-mac-and-windows/
I was trying to create a png from a photo... But I don't know how to invert Mask layer... It's seems like you are only able to choose from start... Is it black or white Mask layer...
Hmm.. it sounds like you created a vector mask with the pen tool. You can make raster masks by pressing on the mask icon at the bottom of the layers panel.
Good stuff. is it possible to import a mask from black and white image form a 3D render. In Photoshop you can just select it and paste it into an alpha channel. Then control click the alpha channel and it makes a selection on the image but does not seem to work in affinity.
I have not done that before. Affinity does have channels you can use for selections though, perhaps those can be useful for you? th-cam.com/video/aUbrUtnTgvo/w-d-xo.html
Hmm... I don't Affinity has that option. But if you really want to do that, you could hold down Alt and click on the mask icon to load a greyscale version of it, take a screenshot, load that screenshot into Affinity, and then sample a color from there. A real work around, but doable.
We have a beginner's guide that I think you will really enjoy. You can check it out here: courses.affinityrevolution.com/p/affinity-photo-for-beginners 😊
We are both saying the same thing, but in different ways. A black mask will make the CURRENT layer transparent, thus REVEALING the layer underneath it. I hope that helps! 😊
Black paints the adjustment out. White paints the adjustment in. If that's not working for you, post your question with a screenshot on the Affinity forums. Someone there can take a look at it. 😊 forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/5-affinity-on-desktop-questions-mac-and-windows/
Nice video. How do I make an adjustment, like curves, levels etc, to a SPECIFIC mask only? When I have the mask selected, then going to the adjustment, it creates a new adjustment layer for the entire image. I need this when using luminosity mask often used in landscape photography. Thanks.
@@AffinityRevolution Thanks. That is such a bummer. Can just create a new grayscale image edit as needed and just place it somehow in the mask when I am done? I really need that feature for finely selective masking. I really want to ween myself out of Adobe, of which Photoshop is the hardest one. Affinity is the best hope right now.
You could use the Flood Selection tool to make a selection of the black or white areas, and then turn that selection into a mask. 🙂 th-cam.com/video/_76qrsNB8kA/w-d-xo.html
I'm new to editing I chose Affinity because I didn't want to get perpetually robbed by Adobe, being new to photo editing I find it's a complicated program. I don't know if the version I'm using is different from the one used in the video but the available list options are not the same which makes it impossible for a new photo editor to follow.
Hmm.. the options in the current version are still the same (as far as I know). What part of the video are you trying to follow, and how is what you're seeing different? I'd love to help if I can! :)
@@AffinityRevolution Again please excuse my limited knowledge but the panel on the right side looks different from what I'm seeing. You have Layers and Color and a color wheel pops up when you select the Color tab. I have Adjustments Layers Effects Styles Stock on the right side panel and no Color tab. The color tab is at the top on my version. But I don't see a color wheel when I select it. I can't select black to change the shading on the gradient tool. Everything looks different on my version. Once the versions change and the panels are moved the tutorials are of no use to a novice trying to learn the software. A revolution consist of new Ideas promoting a new system, I'm sure it won't hurt to have some new "novice photo editors. Just a suggestion, teach it from the least experienced level up rather than top down. Thanks for your reply though.
@@odbphoenix2820 You can reset all of your panels by going to to the top “View” menu, then down to “Studio”, “Reset Studio”. From the same place, you can add or remove any specific panels, to customize your workspace. As for the color wheel, inside the Color Panel, you can click on the hamburger menu at the top right of the panel, and then select "Wheel". :)
trying to replicate your steps but as soon as i a apply the mask to the group (video 1:35) i get a complete blank/transparent view, no picture at all; what might i be doing wrong?
I really like your videos, and Ezra's.....you two are awesome. And you guys are soooo positive, and bright. Hope to see you. Really appreciate it. Be blessed.
After using Adobe since the early 90s I was sceptical about Affinity, especially with the huge price difference. Don't doubt it for a second, Affinity suite is just as powerful and dare I say it, better at handling RAW files.
Excellent, as usual! Noticed a comment below, wondering if this has changed with 1.8 / 1.9... Do you have an improved technique yet? Thanks for a great tutorial.
Hi Ally, quick Q, when you adjust your hue slider, your slider moves and the color doesn't. My color slides with the slider. It still changes the hue but it's really annoying. Is this a settings issue? If so how do I change it? Thanks, Greg
Hmm... I'm not sure why ours are acting differently. I am just using the default settings Affinity comes with. I would try asking on the official forums: forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/5-affinity-on-desktop-questions-mac-and-windows/
Help! I have been following your tutorial with the downloaded image. After creating the mask and selecting the brush, nothing happens. I have tried to select white for the brush but nothing happens. Any suggestions? I love your tutorials, just bought the one for iPad.
I'd make sure your brush's flow and opacity are set to 100% in the context toolbar. If that's not the problem, feel free to send a screenshot of your work in Affinity to my email address, and I'll try to take a look. 🙂support@affinityrevolution.com
I bought Affinity Photo over a year ago. I am strictly an amateur, but I want to learn more. Your video was excellent. Thank you! I still use Photoshop Elements for certain corrections, but Affinity Photo is definitely more powerful and versatile.
Creativity can always advance with a new tip or tool. I'm still learning and enjoying the creative process with all the Affinity products. The learning continues and manifests into something beautiful.
Best wishes from Scotland to Ezra! Thank you for the excellent tutorial.
I've already started the Designer course which I recently purchased along with your eBook. I can recommend it to all.
Great tip creating a group to use the same mask. Tried it a couple of times but got the order wrong, only getting it to work when I remembered to create the adjustment first, then the mask!
And I totally agree with other comments here: Whilst I don't hate Adobe - I bought CS2 student edition back in the day - I was none too pleased with the complete lack of support when I bought a new PC with Windows 7, only to be told it was not compatible with CS2 and that I should upgrade to the latest version.
Hey, it's not like I'm a professional photographer, and I was completely happy with CS2.
Long story short, after searching through forums, I did manage to find a workaround using regedit - defo not for the uninitiated - and was able to continue using Photoshop until I bought a new camera. Camera raw didn't recognise my D7200 NEF files.
More planned obsolescence! And then along came subscription. Goodbye Adobe!
Again thanks for making Affinity fun and accessible to dunces like me!
Thank you for the support and kind words! 😊
Thank you very much for the instructions. I have been have a lot of difficulty trying to grasp the mask concept. This helped a lot!!!
I'm glad the video helped! 😊
Anything that's not Adobe gets a big thumbs up from me! Good to see people using alternative software to get things done because big corps only listen when we don't buy their goods.
Preach! 👊
adobe cancelled my Photoshop serial number since it was a stand alone program that I had purchase, a legit copy from a big name store. They refused to fix the problem and pretty much told me I needed to sign up for subscriptions and deal with it. I gave them a few colorful responses back and bought affinity. Big fan of affinity, love the program.
@@WilliamCruzing4photos Wow.. that's terrible. Bad customer service right there.
Adobe are legal robbery. Hate them
I spent a bit of time with Affinity and I am really loving it. I did the same thing with Capture One over Lightroom. So now I am officially 100% Adobe free.
Love all your videos - very helpful thank you. And you guys are so happy! Great tips and stress relief at the same time!
Things are crazy in the world right now, but it will get better. 😊
I'm trying to find a way to isolate a mask with red (same view as the quick mask option) for a mask that already exists. Your trick that shows the mask in black and white is great, but is there a way to see it as a red overlay like the Quick Mask?
Hmm... You could load your mask as a selection, and then go into quick mask mode. I don't think that's exactly what you want, but it's the closest thing I can think of.
I just bought all of your courses on Photo, Designer, Publisher. I so hope I can use these new skills to increase my productivity and no longer need to hire from Fiverr. Can you and Ezra pls do a video on how to make 3D book covers for KDP?
Thank you for your support! 😊 We already have some tutorials we are working on, but I will add your idea to our list. :)
Masking has always confused me. I appreciate this tutorial.
Thank you! Glad you liked it. 😊
How to scan with Affinity Photo?
Thanks for the video but my curves adjustments always come up as a white square,where yours are black. Any idea how this is changed.
Mine are white too (see 1:55 in the video). It just takes my Affinity to update it to white for some reason... 😅
Awesome video like always 😁 quick question, i know there is a video on how to create 3d texts in affinity designer, but will you guys do another like in more deep explanation, like glossy, shiny finishes on letters, etc... Thank you 😊
Maybe at some point, but we're focusing on making Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher tutorials right now. Good idea though!
great tutorial ,, love it ..👍
Thank you! 🤗
Another great tutorial - many thanks
Thank you! 😊
Awesome. Thanks
You're welcome! 😊
Does anyone know if I buy Affinity photo for my Mac whether that allows me to use it on my iPad?
They are two separate purchases. Still a really great deal though! 😊
I am on an iPad and the mask is not working, I made sure I was painting in white, is it different with Affinity Phot on the iPad?
Affinity designer has masks so no doubt that Photo should have it also on the ipad.
Square Breaker, AD does, I must be doing something wrong with the mask layers on iPad, will work with it later this afternoon. TY.
I just did a very similar exercise on the iPad version from the Beginner’s book, grouping adjustments and applying them to a mask layer to change an eye colour.
Sabine Leppanen I have the beginners book, I’ll check it out! TY
Robbin Kelly 3.13 on page 139😊.
Again thank you!!! Tell Hubby I said hello!
Thank you! 😊
I am on an iPad, when I applied my gradient the picture turned B&W ?… what happened please .
It sounds like you applied the gradient to the photo layer, instead of to the mask layer.
@@AffinityRevolution oh! Thanks, you make it look so easy, and when I try, admittedly I am new, all I do is mix up everything but I am doing your coarse , so hopefully it will all clear up a bit. Can you do an iPad version sometimes, pleeeaaassseeee.
@@angelalowe5747 We have this course for the iPad. 😊 courses.affinityrevolution.com/p/affinity-photo-for-ipad
Can you make a video on how to blend parts of different photos using masks? Some pro photographers use that technique to blend parts of 3 or more photos using masks in photoshop. I was wondering if AP can do the same.
AP can definitely do the same thing. I've been thinking about making some compositing tutorials, but haven't gotten around to it yet. Hopefully I can get to it soon! :)
@@mlevesque33 To do something like this (th-cam.com/video/7qGXlukcGW4/w-d-xo.html) you can watch this video: th-cam.com/video/Gnj7RQ4We9w/w-d-xo.html
@@AffinityRevolution I think I understand. But the title of that video doesn't make me think it's about blending elements of multiple photos. Also, why not stack raw files instead of jpeg?
@@mlevesque33 Affinity Photo can't stack RAW photos. 😕
@@AffinityRevolution Why?
She' the female Bob Ross I swear, her voice alone is refreshing and she naturally has that happy feeling when she's working. SHe's the ONLY ONE ON TH-cam that explains this stuff in Lamen English!
Thank you so much! 🤗
Laymen's English
That’s the best explanation of masks I’ve heard; Thank You!
Glad it was helpful! 😊
I just bought the software at a 50% discount. Pissed off by the adobe subscription model. For a hobbyist photographer, the cost just does not make sense. Keep the tutorials coming.
Nice! Affinity is a waaaay better deal than Adobe...
You two are my favorite video tutorial gurus!
Thank you Kat! 🤗
Thanks, very instructive and helpful. My drawback is that I’m using the iPad app which does all the same things but I’ve got to look for where the “buttons” are. I’ve used Photoshop for years and am finding that, for me, Affinity is a perfect replacement and I’m working hard to come up to speed. Your videos are helping me do that.
Transferring the skills to the iPad does take a little bit of patience. It will become second nature after a little bit of practice though. 😊
Pressing the 'mask' icon will get you a white mask and reveal 100% of the curves adjustement. Under Version 1.8 you have to press the Alt key + Mask icon to generate a black mask.
That's true. Thanks for the comment! 😊
Thanks for this - I was pulling my hair out wondering how this video gave a black mask, when I was only getting a white mask :)
Another fine video. Best wishes to Ezra. Hope you´ll be fine again soon.
Thank you Oliver, I appreciate it.
~ Ezra
Oh man this was so helpful! Thanks
Fantastic video, as always. Thank you so much. From here, "the land of commentaries", we send good vibrations for your husband 😀 Regards to both of you ☮
Thank you! I appreciate it. 🙂
~ Ezra
Where have you been all my life ( Affinity) I love it ,kiss my grits Adobe PS/LR.
I know right? See ya later Adobe!
When I select the "Curves" adjustment, I notice my square in the Layers is White? I adjust my curve, using your photo as a follow along, and then I close out the curves box. I then "Group" as you showed, then when I "Option/Alt & Click on Mask", I get a pixel layer. The thing that stood out with your tutorial and my Affinity, is that when you select "Curves" your box is black, and mine is white? How do I change that to mimic yours. I will have to say that when I select Curves, the box is Black for a split second, then it turns white. I know this video is a few years old, but your other videos have really helped me A LOT, and I hope you can help me with this too.
The thing I find a bit frustrating with AP is I can't use the gradient tool multiple times on a image or layer multiple times, it keeps redrawing the gradient unlike Photoshop that will grad on top of grad savings having multiple layers.
I agree. I wish they would change that. 😕
Omg.. This is exactly what needed was looking at tutorials last night then boom 💣 this landed. 👍🏾 Thanks guys, hope your doing well ezra?
Thank you! I'm glad you liked it! :)
I'm doing about the same, but still searching for a solution. Thanks for asking.
~ Ezra
Can you create a mask with the smart selection tool and then apply adjustments to that? Seems like it could be a faster method than painting things on. Thanks!
Yes you can. For some things, it's better to make selection and then apply a mask, and for other things it's better to apply a mask and then paint on it. It depends on how difficult the area is to select, and whether or not the selection tool can accurately select that area.
The mask view trick (using alt to check what you have/haven't already masked) is brilliant! Thanks!
Thank you Joey! Glad you liked it. 😊
Serif's apps are amazing but masking is the one tool I haven't quite been able to figure out by intuition but this tutorial helped a lot. Many thanks!! It's a complicated tool but now I see how Affinity designed it with non-destructiveness in mind, and this makes me happy.
Masking is definitely one of the trickiest things to do in Affinity Photo, but after a while, it becomes totally natural 😊
Ally, you are amazing..Thank you very much for this wonderful video ! (liked & subscribed)
Thank you Ahmad! 😊
How to edit the mask itself with curves? edit. Okay, I got it, for some reason I was not able to make the drag and drop feature working before, but yeah, you can drop the curves adjustment layer to the mask and it works.
Dragging things to become child layers can be a little tricky sometimes. Glad you got it working!
@@AffinityRevolution Thank. And btw, you guys are having a nice channel here. Typically when ever I have some Affinity related problem, I find out that you are already are having a video about it. :p
TFS this tut on additional masking techniques, Ally. Improving my skills like this should help me in many ways. I'm going to follow you along and try it on some flowers or something. Take care. Thinking of Ezra too.
Thank you Sandi! I'm glad you liked it. 😊
white reveals black conceals
Ohhh ya! 👍
Many thank's for this very useful video !
I am French, but I have almost everything understood with google translate.
Good health to Ezra !
Je vous remercie! 😊
Y'all are among the best Affinity youtubers! Thanks!
Thank you! 😊
What a great tutorial, really informative and very easy to follow. Thank you.
Thank you Tony! 😊
I was going to buy Adobe Photoshop....but then I noticed they wanted to charge me monthly rent...Then I discovered Affinity Photo with it's 50% discount. I downloaded a 90 day free trial and purchased the full version in only 2 days. They were not greedy and allowed me to own the product and even offered a free update to the next minor version. For the cost of owning Affinity, Adobe charges you more monthly...not to own their software...
I'm now trialing all of their other products with a likely purchase.
Welcome to the Affinity side! No monthly subscriptions for us! 🥳
When I select the MASK, BOTH the mask and the group icon light up. I can't select the mask by itself, maybe there's a setting but for now, AP just creates a new raster layer and I can't paint on the mask.
This video at 0:51 shows how to select the mask layer. th-cam.com/video/KyHvT_dfJ54/w-d-xo.html
I am proud to say that Affinity (and Da Vinci) has helped me become 90% free of the Adobe Virus... (if only someone could do a decent PDF alternative I could stop the bleeding for good)
Adobe really is a virus - it's super hard to get all their apps off your computer! 😝
I tried using MASK LAYER and when I paint white, it started showing up the layer beneath and when I started painting black, it continued to show the layer beneath rather than covering the layer. So why am I facing this issue ?
I'm not sure... that should not happen. I'd ask on the official Affinity forums, and see if anyone on there knows why. forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/5-affinity-on-desktop-questions-mac-and-windows/
Hi... I am wondering how best to set up my Wacom and pen for painting with Affinity Photo Desktop. I'd love to see a tutorial on that and painting on a clipping mask.
Good idea!
Affinity Revolution - thanks
For the gradient mask, if you want to change the gradient later, is it nondestructive? Further, is it possible to add multiple gradients to the same curves layer (if I wanted to brighten different spots of the image)?
You can only add one gradient at a time, and it is destructive. Hopefully they change that in the future. For now, I like to add a gradient, and then use the paintbrush to paint over extra areas on my mask.
Thank you for your great tut! Could you please explain, how you got the black mask on top in 1:44? If I click the icon, that you click on in the video in 1:44, something else happens in my case (a new mask opens). Surely I'm doing something wrong.
Hold down Alt while clicking on the mask icon to create a black mask, instead of the typical white mask. :)
Helpful video. At the end, the lipstick vid you refer to is not popping up.
Ugh. That's TH-cam being dumb. Sometimes the lipstick video shows up, and sometimes it doesn't. 😬
Here's a link to the video: th-cam.com/video/pbYVFmxO87U/w-d-xo.html
very good always very technical. can you help me? i just installed affinity photo also on mac but when i create a mask layer i don't see the preview in the icon but i see a gray circle and i don't understand why. a thousand thanks
Sorry, I'm not sure what's happening. I recommend you ask on the official Affinity forums: forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/5-affinity-on-desktop-questions-mac-and-windows/
I was trying to create a png from a photo... But I don't know how to invert Mask layer... It's seems like you are only able to choose from start... Is it black or white Mask layer...
You can invert a mask at any time. Just press on the mask layer's icon, and then press Ctrl + I (PC) or Command + I (Mac) to invert it. :)
This doesn't work for me. When I try to paint on the mask, AFFINITY creates a new raster layer because the mask is not a raster layer!?!
Hmm.. it sounds like you created a vector mask with the pen tool. You can make raster masks by pressing on the mask icon at the bottom of the layers panel.
Good stuff. is it possible to import a mask from black and white image form a 3D render. In Photoshop you can just select it and paste it into an alpha channel. Then control click the alpha channel and it makes a selection on the image but does not seem to work in affinity.
I have not done that before. Affinity does have channels you can use for selections though, perhaps those can be useful for you? th-cam.com/video/aUbrUtnTgvo/w-d-xo.html
Thank you so much awesome lesson.. get well Ezra
Thank you Jim!
~ Ezra
Is there a way to pick a value from the mask with the eyedropper? it always picks the global colour rather than the value from the mask's greyscale
Hmm... I don't Affinity has that option. But if you really want to do that, you could hold down Alt and click on the mask icon to load a greyscale version of it, take a screenshot, load that screenshot into Affinity, and then sample a color from there. A real work around, but doable.
Just a beginner - downloaded image into new Chrome tab but how please do I get image from chrome tab into affinity ??
Save the photo to your computer (right click on it, then press Save As). Then open Affinity Photo, and go to File, Open. 🙂
very good. but i'm a total beginner and don't understand much of this. is there a total beginner video series you would recommend? thanks
We have a beginner's guide that I think you will really enjoy. You can check it out here: courses.affinityrevolution.com/p/affinity-photo-for-beginners 😊
Please do more with iPad Pro ❤️
if Photoshop cc wasn't subscription base i would jump on board and element isn't the same.
It's too bad Adobe only offers a subscription for Photoshop... It makes it way too expensive. 😕
Great video...I am trying to get off Adobe and it looks like Affinity does everything I need!
Affinity is a wonderful Adobe replacement! I used Adobe in college, but because I found Affinity, I haven't needed any Adobe products for years. ✌️
Will the Wacom One Small device interface with Affinity Photo on MAC OS
Yes, that will work. 😊
Awesome tutorial! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you! 😊
Hello I was just wondering when is Affinity photo going to receive newer system software updates for 2020 thanks 🙏🏽
1.8 is in beta right now. It will probably be released next month. 😊
Affinity Revolution awesome thanks for responding I appreciate all of the hard work that y’all are doing with Affinity photo
other videos says black is transparancy and you say white paintings reveals, i am confused
We are both saying the same thing, but in different ways. A black mask will make the CURRENT layer transparent, thus REVEALING the layer underneath it. I hope that helps! 😊
Thanks for this tutorial! For iPad user, that mask trick is done with layer options -- solo. This trick really helps a lot.
Thank you for mentioning that for other iPad users! 😊
Nice! For me here using either white or black paint IN the adjustment. Can I somehow paint the adjustment OUT?
Black paints the adjustment out. White paints the adjustment in.
If that's not working for you, post your question with a screenshot on the Affinity forums. Someone there can take a look at it. 😊
forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/5-affinity-on-desktop-questions-mac-and-windows/
@@AffinityRevolution For me both paint IN. Thanks. I'll reach them.
Thank you. Have the masks changed in Affinity 2?
Masks still work the same, but they added a Hue Mask and Luminosity Mask. See this video at 0:42 th-cam.com/video/PPNR4Xea9iU/w-d-xo.html
Nice video. How do I make an adjustment, like curves, levels etc, to a SPECIFIC mask only? When I have the mask selected, then going to the adjustment, it creates a new adjustment layer for the entire image. I need this when using luminosity mask often used in landscape photography. Thanks.
As far as I'm aware, Affinity can't apply adjustments to masks. That's one thing Photoshop is better at.
@@AffinityRevolution Thanks. That is such a bummer. Can just create a new grayscale image edit as needed and just place it somehow in the mask when I am done? I really need that feature for finely selective masking. I really want to ween myself out of Adobe, of which Photoshop is the hardest one. Affinity is the best hope right now.
Thanks for this. Masks have been a really counterintuitive thing for me.
They take some practice to get, that's for sure. But they are sooo useful once you get the hang of them. Keep practicing! 😊
Thank you for sharing as always
Great video! Thank you for Stepping in for Erza...hope he is feeling better day by day.
Thank you Robbin! 😊
Not sure why you had to great a group with one layer change.
You can put more adjustments in the group while editing a real photo. This video was just for demonstration purposes. 🙂
Legit question. Can I use a black and white image as a mask? I've tried but has not been able to.
You could use the Flood Selection tool to make a selection of the black or white areas, and then turn that selection into a mask. 🙂
th-cam.com/video/_76qrsNB8kA/w-d-xo.html
@@AffinityRevolution thanks for the video link. It's not quite what I'm looking for but it helps.
I'm new to editing I chose Affinity because I didn't want to get perpetually robbed by Adobe, being new to photo editing I find it's a complicated program. I don't know if the version I'm using is different from the one used in the video but the available list options are not the same which makes it impossible for a new photo editor to follow.
Hmm.. the options in the current version are still the same (as far as I know). What part of the video are you trying to follow, and how is what you're seeing different? I'd love to help if I can! :)
@@AffinityRevolution Again please excuse my limited knowledge but the panel on the right side looks different from what I'm seeing. You have Layers and Color and a color wheel pops up when you select the Color tab. I have Adjustments Layers Effects Styles Stock on the right side panel and no Color tab. The color tab is at the top on my version. But I don't see a color wheel when I select it. I can't select black to change the shading on the gradient tool. Everything looks different on my version. Once the versions change and the panels are moved the tutorials are of no use to a novice trying to learn the software. A revolution consist of new Ideas promoting a new system, I'm sure it won't hurt to have some new "novice photo editors. Just a suggestion, teach it from the least experienced level up rather than top down. Thanks for your reply
though.
@@odbphoenix2820 You can reset all of your panels by going to to the top “View” menu, then down to “Studio”, “Reset Studio”. From the same place, you can add or remove any specific panels, to customize your workspace. As for the color wheel, inside the Color Panel, you can click on the hamburger menu at the top right of the panel, and then select "Wheel". :)
Thank you, so useful, works on the iPad as well
You're welcome! Glad you liked the video. 😊
trying to replicate your steps but as soon as i a apply the mask to the group (video 1:35) i get a complete blank/transparent view, no picture at all; what might i be doing wrong?
That was a bug in the last version of Affinity Photo. Make sure you are updated to 1.7.3. 😊
@@AffinityRevolution aaarrrggg, this cost me so much time, i am using 1.7.2 thank you, i will upgrade!
Thank you very much! @@AffinityRevolution
Such a great tutorial host! 🙌🏻⚡️💪🏻💥💻👍🏻
Aww! Thank you! 🤗
Thank you so much for this tutorial.
You're welcome! Glad you liked it. 😊
You guys amazing. Thank you!
Thank you! 😄
Need more basic masking video please.
I recommend you watch this video. 😊
th-cam.com/video/23oVnoTW3r8/w-d-xo.html
very helpful, thanks very much
Thank you! Glad you liked it. 😊
I still come back to this video.
Thank you Jonny! 😊
I really like your videos, and Ezra's.....you two are awesome. And you guys are soooo positive, and bright. Hope to see you. Really appreciate it. Be blessed.
Thank you so much! 😊
After using Adobe since the early 90s I was sceptical about Affinity, especially with the huge price difference. Don't doubt it for a second, Affinity suite is just as powerful and dare I say it, better at handling RAW files.
Welcome to Affinity Photo! 😄
you're amaizng! thank you!
Thank you! I'm glad you liked the video. 😊
Excellent, as usual! Noticed a comment below, wondering if this has changed with 1.8 / 1.9...
Do you have an improved technique yet? Thanks for a great tutorial.
Unfortunately, no. Gradients are still destructive! 😕
Is it just me, but her voice is so soothing
Aww, thank you Leslie! 🤗
Hi Ally, quick Q, when you adjust your hue slider, your slider moves and the color doesn't. My color slides with the slider. It still changes the hue but it's really annoying. Is this a settings issue? If so how do I change it? Thanks, Greg
Hmm... I'm not sure why ours are acting differently. I am just using the default settings Affinity comes with. I would try asking on the official forums: forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/5-affinity-on-desktop-questions-mac-and-windows/
Great tutorial. Thank you for the insight.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching. 😊
I like this channel a lot! Great work. Thank you.
Thank you! 😊
Help! I have been following your tutorial with the downloaded image. After creating the mask and selecting the brush, nothing happens. I have tried to select white for the brush but nothing happens. Any suggestions? I love your tutorials, just bought the one for iPad.
I'd make sure your brush's flow and opacity are set to 100% in the context toolbar. If that's not the problem, feel free to send a screenshot of your work in Affinity to my email address, and I'll try to take a look. 🙂support@affinityrevolution.com
Awesome! Thank you!
You're welcome! Glad you liked it. 😊
Thank you so much for all these amazing videos. You instruction method is unparalleled! I have learned so much from you guys.
Thanks so much! I'm really glad to hear that. 😊
That smile in intro 😄
Thank you! 🤗
I bought Affinity Photo over a year ago. I am strictly an amateur, but I want to learn more. Your video was excellent. Thank you! I still use Photoshop Elements for certain corrections, but Affinity Photo is definitely more powerful and versatile.
Thank you! Good luck with learning Affinity! 😊
Creativity can always advance with a new tip or tool. I'm still learning and enjoying the creative process with all the Affinity products. The learning continues and manifests into something beautiful.
So true! Keep up the good work! 😊
Masking is also an important feature of 2020😁😂! Anyways awesome video as always! Thanks!
Thank you! 😊
Commenting this so no one says first
You are a speedy man! 😂
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Yay! Update 1.7.3 has fixed the group masking issue so this technique works again.
Hooray for 1.7.3! :D