Beginner to Wow - Affinity Photo Version 2

Explore lighting and color correction to make your images look amazing, and apply black-and-white, single-tone, and split-tone effects for classic photography style.

Crop images with the cropping tool, choosing unconstrained, original ratio, or a custom square crop, then apply. Straighten horizons or verticals using the straightening option and crop away extra areas.

Explore how to work with layers in affinity photo: view, drag, move, scale, and rotate layers, toggle visibility, adjust opacity, undo actions, and use auto select for efficient editing.

Save your layered document in affinity photo to preserve layers for future editing, and export as a PSD to share with Photoshop users.

Explore how to add adjustment layers in Affinity Photo to non-destructively adjust brightness and contrast, affecting specific layers or all layers in a multi-layer composition.

Explore levels and histograms to judge and adjust image lightness using a levels adjustment layer, grayscale view, and white slider to balance dark and light areas.

Open a photo and adjust the black and white levels to reveal dark and light details. Use output levels to create background tones for text on slides or social media.

Explore how to use a shadow/highlights adjustment to brighten dark areas for more fur detail and enhance bright whites in neon signs, with two sliders for shadows and highlights.

adjust the image with a curves adjustment layer to shape the histogram, endpoints, midtones, shadows, and highlights, using an s-curve to boost contrast and a reset to revert.

Open the image, adjust levels to fix lightness and darkness, then apply color balance to remove a yellow-green cast. Analyze color and tweak magenta and blue to balance hues.

Learn to convert images to black and white using color sliders (red, yellow, green, blue, magenta) to emphasize the subject and background, then apply adjustment layers for layered tonal control.

Colorize black and white images with recolor to create sepia or cyanotype tones, adjusting hue, saturation, and lightness, then blend with original using opacity.

Learn to apply split toning in Affinity Photo Version 2, colorizing highlights and shadows with complementary colors like yellow and blue, adjust balance, and create vintage or editorial looks.

Explore the HSL adjustment in Affinity Photo to shift hue along the color spectrum and isolate reds, blues, and greens, then adjust saturation and luminosity.

Sharpen images in Affinity Photo using the Sharp Mask filter, adjust threshold, amount, and radius to enhance edges and make the photo pop before publishing.

Learn to correct luminosity in an image using levels to adjust black points, white points, and midtones (gamma), then refine contrast with curves for balanced detail.

Adjust color balance to reduce green, then fine-tune shadows, midtones, and highlights using curves. Add warmth with a lens filter or color balance, and experiment with orange or blue tones.

Explore brush tools in Affinity Photo for both artists and photographers, learn to create various effects, and paint detailed enhancements to images.

Explore brush tools in Affinity Photo version 2, adjust size, hardness, opacity, and flow, sample colors with the eyedropper, and practice soft versus hard brushes with undo.

Explore how brush spacing and size affect paint application in Affinity Photo, adjust width and hardness, and use square bracket shortcuts plus PC/mac methods for brush control.

Learn to use the stabilizer in Affinity Photo version 2 to smooth lines, using rogue mode or window mode with adjustable rope length for precise painting and retouching.

Explore symmetry in Affinity Photo version 2 by using a line across the middle to copy painting from top to bottom, with an exact mirror for patterns.

Switch from normal to color blend modes in Affinity Photo to blend brush strokes with underlying pixels, then apply targeted eye color changes using color mode and saturation.

Use the undo brush to paint back to the original on targeted areas, then paint color back into black-and-white edits, using layers, an adjustment layer, and flattening for fast results.

Open the history panel, use the undo brush to paint back to the original image or to a chosen history state, and correct mistakes by restoring blue-painted areas.

Use the clone brush tool to sample with the alt/option key and paint an exact copy onto the current layer, adjusting hardness as needed.

Learn to use the healing brush tool in Affinity Photo to blend edits seamlessly, replacing features like eyebrows or tears with nearby pigment for a natural look.

Clean up the image with the blemish removal tool on a new layer. Use the healing brush with current layer and below; sample texture and adjust opacity.

Revert to the original image with the history panel, then remove makeup using the blemish removal tool, painting over spots with a small brush to match tone and texture.

Use the dodge and burn tools to lighten and darken image areas, and the sponge to saturate or desaturate colors, refining mid tones with brush size and opacity.

Remove coffee stains from an old photo with the in painting brush, apply a black-and-white adjustment layer, darken with the burn tool, and add color for a hand-tinted look.

Master adjusting tonal range with levels to boost detail. Then darken the background and trees using a soft burn tool, and remove artifacts with in-painting.

Learn to color faces and clothing on a new blank layer using color blend mode, keep edits non-destructive, adjust opacity, erase, and name layers like skin tone.

Sample skin tones from an image with the sampling tool, then paint on a color layer. Adjust opacity and hue to vary tones, and erase mistakes on hair or clothes.

Learn to add a new layer for each area, switch to color mode, and adjust opacity for hair, skin tones, clothes, and background, so you can adjust each area later.

Master the selection tools in Affinity Photo, from scratch to advanced techniques, to isolate areas in single or multi-image compositions, including challenging hair selections.

Master Affinity Photo selections, from rectangular marquees and lasso to ellipse and magic wand, and learn to add, subtract, intersect, and apply targeted adjustments.

Master the magnetic option to snap to edges with the freehand lasso, then refine by adding or subtracting points, undoing mistakes, and using add, subtract, and intersect modes.

Create a new blank layer, fill the selected area with the primary or secondary color, and apply the color blend mode to color the dog, using eyedropper and brush tools.

Master the magic wand in Affinity Foto version 2 by adjusting tolerance to select shirt areas and refine with add, subtract, and invert options.

Learn how contiguous selection with the magic wand and a tuned tolerance isolates touching pixels, then compare anti-aliasing on and off to produce softer, smoother edges.

Master the brush selection tool in Affinity Photo, adjust brush width with brackets, snap to edges, invert selections, and copy the dog into a new document for social posts.

Select a layer, use a selection tool, and refine edges with matte edges turned on to improve the edge of your selection before cutting out hair.

Paint hair edges with the brush selection tool and refine edge in Affinity Photo, enable snap to edges, then invert, adjust border width and smoothing, and apply.

Select the dog with the magic wand, invert the pixel selection, then refine the edge using foreground and background painting, adjust border width, and use overlays to improve the selection.

Set up a 1080 by 1080 social media canvas, place a background and pineapple, then use the brush selection tool and refine edges to apply a mask.

Learn to fix masking issues by refining masks with a black brush, remove stray white areas on the pineapple, and use an erase tool as a backup when masks fail.

Learn to place a person into a scene by selecting with the selection brush, scaling, refining edges, masking, and moving the image into the right position.

Add soft shadows by creating a new blank layer and painting with a very soft black brush under the subject, then reduce opacity for subtle darkening. Learn to position shadows under the body and leaves to make the pineapple scene realistic.

Colorize the hat to match the background with the color picker on the image layer, then rasterize it to a pixel layer for painting, and learn graphics tablet tips.

Explore applying an outer shadow from the fx options on a layer, adjust radius, offset, and opacity for a subtle lift, and optionally refine with dodge and burn tools.

Learn to add background text using the artistic text tool, resize, color, and rotate with precision. Duplicate and flip layers to create decorative pineapple effects.

Save your affinity photo as a document, then export for the web by choosing jpeg and adjusting quality. Export to desktop and share on social media, adding shadows and textures.

Explore layers in Affinity Photo, learn what layers are and how to work with them, and discover a whole lot more you can do with layers.

Explore the fundamentals of layers in affinity photo version 2 by using the selection brush to cut out a foreground, place it on a background, and refine edges with feathering.

Place the motorcycle image as a new layer, size it, hide the man layer, and refine the selection with the brush tool using add and subtract.

place image as a pixel layer, refine edges and tighten selections; group adjustment layers with levels, color balance, and vibrance to match bike and man, then paint shadows on layers.

darken areas on the subject with the burn tool, adjust colors with the eyedropper, then add artistic text and save or export as AF photo, PSD, JPEG, or PNG.

Shift from destructive edits to non-destructive masking, hiding parts of layers with masks. Learn the full masking workflow from scratch to creating incredible masks.

Learn non-destructive masking in Affinity Photo version 2 by using a layer mask to hide and reveal parts of an image with black, white, and gray to control transparency.

Master masking an adjustment layer with a brush to selectively reveal eye color and skin tones by painting with black to hide and white to reveal.

Learn to create a non-destructive mask from a selection in Affinity Photo version 2 by brushing selections, refining edges, and applying a mask to isolate a portrait.

Learn how to combine royalty-free backgrounds from Pixabay and Pexels in Affinity Photo, create masks, refine selections, and use curves and HSL adjustments for non-destructive eye enhancement.

Place a person into a car image using precise masks, refine edges, and apply a group mask to control all layers, then fine-tune with curves and vibrance adjustments.

Create a new jazz club poster from scratch in Affinity Photo, choosing A4 or A3, portrait, and 300 dpi for print, with color options for PDF distribution or commercial printing.

Learn how to place multiple images, create layer masks, and blend them in Affinity Photo to build a jazz poster, using masks, brush strokes, and blend modes.

Apply a black and white adjustment layer to convert layers, brighten the singer with the red slider, then use a curves adjustment on her layer to boost contrast and isolate.

Add a club logo and editable text to a poster in Affinity Photo, using layers, masks, shapes, and the text tool, then save and export a jpeg for local printing.