I’ve just been clicking things and figuring out what they do until now 😂 literally the BEST in-depth tutorial ever! You don’t over explain and I swear I learned so much. Thank you a million times ❤

@bydesignmethod

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much Amy, I really hope it helped! I truly appreciate the kind words and you taking a moment to leave a comment. Have fun!!

@stevent5571

13 күн бұрын

Same here and cursing when things that I don’t know how to use don’t do what I want.

I dumped my photoshop (for 25 years) this week and bought Affinity, so this is great!

@bydesignmethod

Ай бұрын

Welcome to Affinity, you're gonna love it!

@SourbotrithyRecords

15 күн бұрын

I like Affinity.

@WKMTHEAUTHOR

4 күн бұрын

Nice

@GojoBoiAlt

Күн бұрын

@graphguy should'ev waited they are giving 6 months free rn

Adobe helped this wonderful channel a lot ;)

@bydesignmethod

Ай бұрын

I couldn't agree more! Thanks for watching Michal!

A lot of people are going to be wanting to learn Affinity, and this video is a huge help.

@bydesignmethod

27 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! I hope anyone who watches it finds it helpful. I really appreciate the kind words Bubba!

@milleniummoses

9 сағат бұрын

Just what I came to say. Many of us have either already left Adobe or at Photoshop or are considering doing so. Videos like this are about to get a lot of views.

Perfect for migrating from Photoshop ... excellent presentation

@bydesignmethod

2 ай бұрын

Excellent! thanks so much for watching and leaving a comment. I truly appreciate it.

I've been using Affinity Photo / Design for YEARS and have always struggled to find a solid channel for tutorials. You earned a new sub with this. Solid information, a lot I already knew - some things I learned for the first time. And you did it with some humor. All around - solid content. Looking forward to more Affinity stuff from you!

@bydesignmethod

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for that wonderful comment and becoming a sub! I certainly have more stuff on the way!

Amazing how many people have left Adobe and moved over to Affinity products. I used Adobe for many years even back in the days of PageMaker and early Photoshop and had to find a less costly and more practical solution for my purposes. Affinity has filled the void perfectly with only a slight learning curve. Thanks for the great video.

@bydesignmethod

18 күн бұрын

You're so welcome - and it's true so many have left Adobe, it seemed to really be the last straw. I think you'll really love Affinity, have fun!

Goodbye Adobe, hello Affinity! Great video! Thanks for helping me get up to speed!

@bydesignmethod

Ай бұрын

Welcome to Affinity and thank you so much for watching! have fun!

Great Video! I took my sweet time to start fiddling with affinity (breaking away from photoshop for my limited use) but you covered all the essentials and beyond in a great pace helped me to get it rolling. Thank you!!

@bydesignmethod

12 күн бұрын

I'm so glad you found it helpful. You're really gonna love Affinity, have fun with it! Thank you so much for watching

Excellent instruction technique. Photo manipulation is a new hobby for me and I've been using AF for about 2 weeks. Your "executive summary" course and teaching style have shown me many things that I will be doing much better from now on.

@bydesignmethod

29 күн бұрын

Thanks so much Steve, I'm so glad you found it helpful. You're gonna have a lot of fun with photo manipulation and creating your own graphics. Truly appreciate the kind words.

I used to use Affinity Photo v1 years ago, but was never great at it. Took a few years off from photography and just downloaded 2.0. Man, was I lost! I looked at 3 or 4 tutorials before this one, and quit all of them, some after less than a minute, until I found yours. Very impressive video! I learned something I was trying to figure out in the first 5 minutes (I screwed up the pallets on the right and didn’t know how to restore them). I’ve saved this to my iPad to refer back to often. Very well done. Now I’m off to see what other great stuff you offer 😉

@bydesignmethod

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for that wonderful comment. I'm so glad you found it helpful, my hope is to help everyone as much as possible. It took some time and effort to get this together so seeing something like this makes it all worth it. Appreciate it!

I have only just found you, and I am truly impressed, it's not often that you get someone teaching with a sense of humour as well ( I taught systems for over 30 years (I'm 72 now and still learning!!) and it was not always appreciated when I joked about a bit, like putting my boss in a sports car and zooming through five or six Powerpoint slides). Carry on making me laugh or smile and I'll watch all of your videos. I was a Photoshop teacher for many years so I thought this would be hard to crack but you explain it all so well, I'm sure I'll pick it up quickly. Well done

@bydesignmethod

3 ай бұрын

Wow! Thank you so much. Coming from someone with such experience I truly appreciate that. I try my best and I'm never sure if it's coming across properly while explaining something - this makes me happy!

I'm using Affinity for 3 years and it great. I've forgotten about Photoshop.

@bydesignmethod

28 күн бұрын

love to hear it! thanks for watching Bernard!

Thanks! Just watched the entire video and did the exercises myself too.

@bydesignmethod

Ай бұрын

That's awesome, I hope you found it helpful Garrett! thanks so much for watching and taking a moment of your time to leave a comment. I always appreciate them.

@GarrettBM

Ай бұрын

@@bydesignmethod Very helpful, and I especially appreciated the part on masks and layers.

I just paid $88 and that includes taxes to Affinity for 3 pieces of software that I now have access to for life. I get both the Windows version and the Macos version. I am even going to run it in Linux under wine. Thank you for this video. No more monthly payments to a company that is going to invade my privace and make money from m y creations.

@bydesignmethod

Ай бұрын

You're so welcome and thank you so much for watching and taking a moment of your time to leave a comment. Welcome to Affinity, you're gonna love it!

@ComeSeeVee

9 күн бұрын

Don’t forget it also includes the iPad version! If you have an iPad of course lol

@bydesignmethod

8 күн бұрын

@@ComeSeeVee That's right Vee!

Thank you for the time and effort you put into teaching us this! I for one know what it takes to put out a good video (actually I perhaps know but cannot execute yet)... But, coming from Photoshop, years ago....absolutely REFUSING to pay THOUSAND dollars a year...CRAZYNESS and you own nothing. So Affinity has been a blessing as I was making thumbnails in Davinci Resolve and Power Director and Photo Director.... Affinity has become popular because of the Adobe trying to get you to allow them access to all your creations was the straw that broke the camels back! So now, you my friend, will be inherently more popular and perfect timing, as you have a mellow, easy to follow way of instruction. Thank you

@bydesignmethod

5 күн бұрын

Thank you so much, that is very kind of you and I truly appreciate those words!

@underoneking

4 күн бұрын

@@bydesignmethod Indeed, friend. I am listening to your affinity designer tutorial for beginners right now. Thanks again, you make it easy to follow for me...having one screen with your video, the other monitor having the program up.

I just got the full Affinity suite, leaving Adobe.... This is great thank you so much!!!!

@bydesignmethod

4 күн бұрын

You're gonna love Affinity, welcome! Thank you so much for watching and leaving a comment. I appreciate you!

I was looking for an alternative to PS which I could buy rather than lease and found Affinity but from a previous poor experience with layers, I wasn't looking forward to the experience again. You gave a very lucid tutorial and I'm a lot more confident about the concept now. Thank you.

@bydesignmethod

2 ай бұрын

You're so welcome and thank you so much, I truly appreciate that thoughtful comment.

Best solution to the cold, is honey and lemon, spoon the mixture straight to the back of your throat. You may not like the taste, but its effective. And a lot of WARM, not hot, water. But drink the water on its own

@bydesignmethod

4 ай бұрын

Thank you, I'm going to try it.. I can't shake this thing.

@Dexter101x

4 ай бұрын

@@bydesignmethod And I mean pure lemon juice, not the lemon itself

Thank you for all your time and knowledge. This video helped fine tune my understanding of each thing

@bydesignmethod

13 күн бұрын

Excellent! thank you so much for watching and taking a moment of your own time to leave a comment. I always appreciate it.

I have Affinity Publisher and Affinity Designer. Was thinking about getting Affinity photos and thought I'd check out some videos before my purchase. Well, you're actually teaching me some things that I can use in the other software! Thanks for being super informative while also not boring. I typically am ready to end it all after watching the usual long ass, winded, monotone teachers 😫 got yerself a new subscriber, buddy... don't know exactly why I went country in that last sentence🤷🏽‍♀️

@bydesignmethod

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Lola, I really appreciate that! I checked out your channel and you're super talented, keep that channel growing! That's all for now Ma'am 🤠

@LuvLolaLooks

2 ай бұрын

@bydesignmethod awww, thanks so much!

Thanks so much for this beginner's inclusive tutorial. It made a lot of concepts that have found challenging seem more understandable. I'm sure I will be referring back as I continue to learn.

@bydesignmethod

2 ай бұрын

Fantastic! thanks so much for watching and leaving a comment!

You are an absolute gem of a human being! I've only been using the blend mode from a cool textured background with an empty mask on the top layer to use the brush tool to give a unique texture to the "main" part of my thumnail when painting it back in like you showed how to do in your vinyl cover tutorial. Thank you for making a full on beginners guide my friend! Now I can hopefully have the tools to experiment more and make awesome thumbnails.

@bydesignmethod

4 ай бұрын

Hey Octane - that's a great way to use it! Appreciate your on-going support!

This was amazing!! My Adobe sub finishes end of this month and after this video, I'm feeling much more confident about working in Affinity Photo. You are such a good teacher too. Thank you so much!!

@bydesignmethod

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and taking a moment to leave a comment, I really do appreciate your time. I think you'll really like Affinity, they're always improving too!

@hcf797

Ай бұрын

Affinity has a 50% off sale

Absolutely wonderful course!!!!

@bydesignmethod

5 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for watching I really do hope it helped. Appreciate you leaving a comment!

thanks for sharing your knowledge, a great insight into getting started and its helped

@bydesignmethod

21 сағат бұрын

I'm so glad it helped and thank you very much for taking a moment of your own time to leave me a comment. I really appreciate that.

I’m a regular user of AP and thought I knew what I was doing after seeing your video I realised I need to review how I use it thanks for sharing.

@bydesignmethod

3 ай бұрын

You're so welcome! I'm constantly finding new things and ways of doing them as well.

Thank you so much for your help. I feel like I’ve learned everything from this 1 video, only plz don't stop making them ❤

@bydesignmethod

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much recap! I'm so glad you found it helpful and don't worry I'll keep creating them! thanks for taking a moment of your time to leave me a comment, always appreciated!

The two claps before and after each cough 🤣🤣🤣 I sure hope you are feeling better! Thanks so much for a great tutorial. I've been using Designer for two years and I'm just now jumping into A-Photo.

@bydesignmethod

2 ай бұрын

lol...Can you believe I thought I edited all of those out? i'm blaming the cough medicine. Thanks so much for watching and taking a moment to leave a comment, I appreciate it!

This video has been truly amazing!

@bydesignmethod

9 күн бұрын

Awesome! thank you so much for watching!

Thank you for this video! Being new to Affinity Photo, this is just what I needed to help me get started.

@bydesignmethod

Ай бұрын

I really hope it helps, thanks so much for watching and have fun!

This was the tutorial I was looking for. Thank you!

@bydesignmethod

2 ай бұрын

I'm so glad! thank you so much for watching!

I admire how you recorded this video with a cold. Keep going and I'm very excited to see more content from you. Thank you for helping me transition to Affinity Photo 2. 😁 Proverbs 20:4 (King James Version) "The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing." I just decided to share the verse from the Bible above because of how you did this video! 👑

@bydesignmethod

11 күн бұрын

Thank you very much! it was the cold that seemed to last forever but I'm back to normal now. Thank you for watching and also sharing that, very cool

@princemjmc

8 күн бұрын

@@bydesignmethod You're welcome! 👑

hey, great video you explained everything so simply and all the information just goes straight in,thanks for the help.

@bydesignmethod

29 күн бұрын

I'm so glad to hear you liked it, thank you so much for watching and taking a moment of your time to leave me a comment!

This was excellent - I'm switching over to Affinity now, thank you.

@bydesignmethod

27 күн бұрын

Welcome! and thank you so much for watching and taking a moment to leave a comment. Always appreciated!

Thanks for your hard work, time and generosity…I've subscribed

@bydesignmethod

3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Mark! I appreciate that!

love your skilled teaching style!

@bydesignmethod

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so very much, I really appreciate that.

Good video. Got a license for affinity photo 2 for just $35 and my my it was worth it.

@bydesignmethod

21 күн бұрын

Absolutely! Thank you so much for watching - have fun with Affinity!

Thank you so much for this video. I think this software can replace Photoshop for people who don’t want to pay a monthly fee and not into using plug-ins. ❤❤❤ This software can do so many things for a small cost. Well done. 😊

@bydesignmethod

6 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for watching, I hope it helped. Thank you for taking a moment of your time to leave such a nice comment, appreciated!

Thank you so~~~~~ much. Your video is truly amazing!!

@bydesignmethod

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for that lovely comment! and Thank YOU for watching and taking a moment of your time to leave a comment. Always appreciated!

A big THANK YOU for this video! I was curious to see what AP has to offer and this helped a lot! :)

@bydesignmethod

20 күн бұрын

I'm so glad you found it helpful. AP is really powerful and I think you're gonna love it! Thanks so much for watching!

Hi I loved this video!!! I felt bad for you having the cough!!! I knew why you did the clapping! Non of those things bothered me!!! I've been using AP for a few years! But there was a few things that I was struggling with!!! You cleaned them up for me!!! New subscriber!!!

@bydesignmethod

3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! Yes the claps were supposed to be for editing lol.. my bad.. I'm glad they didn't bother you! thank you so much for subscribing, I truly appreciate everyone that does!

Been using Affinity since 2019 and I learned something today!

@bydesignmethod

21 күн бұрын

Awesome! 2019 here too... i'm so glad I could help in someway. Thanks so much for watching!

Great video and very helpful. Thanks!!

@bydesignmethod

Ай бұрын

You're so welcome, thank you so much for watching Steven!

Thank you. I have just purchased affinity photo 2 a couple of days ago and didn't know where to start. I haven't used a photo editing program before. Somehow I stumbled across your video and found it so helpful. There is still a lot I don't understand but I now know some of the basics and where to start. I will look for more of your videos. Just wondering what would be the best for me to watch after this one. Thanks again. So helpful and easy for a beginner granny to follow.

@bydesignmethod

10 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and taking a moment of your time to leave a comment, I truly appreciate it Sue. I would learn about Masking - it's really powerful and fun. Everything you need to know about Masks: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hGxksMybYtzUfaw.html I would also learn some cool text effects: kzread.info/dash/bejne/h2uoyLJsZNaomKg.html Let me know if you have any questions, happy to answer!

Great video! Thank you! Just switched from Adobe

@bydesignmethod

14 күн бұрын

Welcome! and thank you so much for watching. Truly appreciated!

I'm glad I found your channel, this guide has been really insightful! 👍

@bydesignmethod

3 ай бұрын

I'm so glad it has been helpful, thank you so much for your kind words.

@JosemariaCarrascoMolina

3 ай бұрын

@@bydesignmethod How's the cold now?

@bydesignmethod

3 ай бұрын

Finally starting to feel normal, thanks for asking! @@JosemariaCarrascoMolina

@JosemariaCarrascoMolina

3 ай бұрын

@@bydesignmethod And I havent watched the full video, but will there be a date on the advanced guide?

@bydesignmethod

3 ай бұрын

No date on an advanced guide yet but certainly in the plans!@@JosemariaCarrascoMolina

super course .thanks

@bydesignmethod

2 ай бұрын

You're so welcome, thank you so much for watching!

So great! Thank you!

@bydesignmethod

4 ай бұрын

You're so welcome!

Wow! Excellent! Thank you!!

@bydesignmethod

Ай бұрын

You are so welcome, thank you so much for watching and leaving a comment Colorado!

asi explican los buenos profesores, buen video y bien explicado, gracias

@bydesignmethod

3 ай бұрын

muchas gracias. Realmente aprecio tus amables palabras.

Brilliant - learned loads.

@bydesignmethod

27 күн бұрын

Fantastic! thank you so much for watching!

Thanks for this! I've been trying to use Photopea because I don't want Photoshop, but it's very buggy and slow, so I'm doing the free trial for Affinity and I think I'm going to buy it. I'm having a heck of a time doing basic things though, like making and saving a color gradient fill layer to use as a custom vignette, so I really need this video.

@bydesignmethod

24 күн бұрын

Hey, I tried Photopea as well (not too long ago) and I just couldn't get into it. Interesting idea, I've never tried saving a gradient fill for a vignette.. will have to poke around

@JustMeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

23 күн бұрын

@@bydesignmethod PLEASE do a video on this when you've had a chance to play around with it. This is one area where Photopea is worth the effort, at least until I figure out how to correctly do it in Affinity. lol

Thanks , I am new Affinity Photo . Very Good video

@bydesignmethod

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Thanks bro very helpful - It didn't waste my time it was just very good learning - do you have a video for Affinity Designer as well ?

@bydesignmethod

2 ай бұрын

Thanks man! Only a few videos on Designer but will have something in the future. Appreciate you!

Nice timing and nice tutoriel, thanks 🙏🏻

@bydesignmethod

Ай бұрын

You're so welcome and thank you so much for watching and leaving me a comment. Appreciated!

amazing tutorial! made me buy this after watching! (=

@bydesignmethod

24 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for watching, you're gonna love Affinity!

Excellent quick tutorial

@bydesignmethod

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!

Excellent, Thank You

@bydesignmethod

Ай бұрын

You are so welcome, thanks so much for watching!

Perfect ❤

@bydesignmethod

21 сағат бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!

Very impressed with your presentation, would like to have the notes in pdf or similar format for easy reference

@bydesignmethod

2 ай бұрын

Interesting idea, thank you! something I will think about going forward.

Thank you very much 🙏🏽

@bydesignmethod

4 ай бұрын

You're so welcome, thank you for watching and taking a moment of your time to drop a comment.

Insta-Sub and Insta-like. Now I have to binge watch your channel.

@bydesignmethod

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I truly appreciate that!

Thank you very much Sir you are awesome

@bydesignmethod

4 ай бұрын

You are so very welcome!

Great tutorial. Can you do a video on why and when you would choose Affinity Photo or Designer

@bydesignmethod

4 ай бұрын

Hey! Check out this video --> kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZKWdl7SgeKTLp7g.html I am happy to make a more in-depth on the two.

awesome tutorial

@bydesignmethod

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much, I hope it helped!

This is great thanks - somehow I lost the 'current layer and below option' - do you know how can find it again? thanks!! 😻

@bydesignmethod

3 ай бұрын

I would reset your studio back to default go to 'Window > Studio > Reset Studio' let me know if that doesn't work!

Great! Thanks :)

@bydesignmethod

3 ай бұрын

You're so welcome, thank you for watching!

Great video my friend... most will not know what the clapping meant... but seems you forgot too... :) Not an issue though... its real and non-obtrusive. Great intro to Affinity Photo.

@bydesignmethod

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching!

I was expecting this software to have subject selection and animation workspace. It´s the only thing that I´d need to leave ps. Great course thank you very much

@bydesignmethod

Ай бұрын

You're so welcome and I totally agree..been waiting on the subject selection and a few other things.. hopefully its coming soon. Thank you so much for watching, very appreciated!

Thanks for the info, very helpful, especially with the color wheel. Question, what is the purpose of creating a document? It sounds like a dumb question I’m sure. Thanks again.

@bydesignmethod

Ай бұрын

You're welcome! a new document would be the first step to create anything new in Affinity Photo. Many times you can be working on something and need to create another project so you would simply create a new document and a 2nd tab would appear so you could flip back and fourth between them. Let me know if I misunderstood the question and thank you again for watching!

Excellent

@bydesignmethod

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I hope you found it helpful.

Would love to have a video on how to call another program (transfer photo being edited in Affinity Photo to another program like Smart Photo Editor). I can easily do this in ACDSee Ultimate 2024. So far can't find such a feature in Affinity Photo.

@bydesignmethod

27 күн бұрын

Hey, I think you're right, no such option in Affinity Photo (yet I hope) Serif seems to listen to their audience so hopefully something comes through in the future!

Hi; I've been using Affinity Photo for a few months now (off and on); and have found your videos to be one of the most helpful. Question; what is the best/easiest way to blur a background, or even certain areas of a background? I'd love it if you could explain, as you make it easier to understand than others I've seen. Thank you so much.

@bydesignmethod

2 ай бұрын

Hey! The easiest way to blur a background (or certain parts) would be using the 'Depth of Field' filter. It will give you a circle or radius you can use to keep clear and it will blur the rest, you can adjust the radius as needed and the blur intensity. To give it a try go to Layer > New Live Filter Layer > Blur > Depth of Field It's also destructive so you can edit/delete it at anytime without causing any damage. Let me know if that works ok, every photo is different!

@user-wy2qf2je1l

2 ай бұрын

@@bydesignmethod ok, thank you, would like to give a try; as time permits. Thanks so much for responding

Sold 😊

@bydesignmethod

Ай бұрын

You're gonna love Affinity, thanks for watching!

like others have said..this is the playlist and tutorial style and content I've been searching for...thank you so much! With your membership option what else becomes available? Do you answer individual questions? thanks.

@bydesignmethod

Ай бұрын

Your so welcome and thank you very much for talking some of your time to leave a comment. The membership thing is new to me to be honest, I answer every question and try to provide as much value as possible. I'm always looking for new ways to do that and truly appreciate anyone that supports the channel.

@stephstephatron2887

Ай бұрын

@@bydesignmethod thanks for responding so quickly, will sort out the membership option today (is paypal available?)

@bydesignmethod

Ай бұрын

@@stephstephatron2887 Hey, to be honest i'm not sure what the payment options are via KZread membership, I'm trying to find out!

@stephstephatron2887

Ай бұрын

@@bydesignmethod yeah I kept getting the spinning wheel of disconnect when I attempted to pay with paypal so that's why I was asking, will try from a different device.

@bydesignmethod

Ай бұрын

@@stephstephatron2887 Appreciate you!

Hey just found your channel and already enjoying it❤ Thank you for making this and all the other videos spcly this one u had cold. By the way why were you clapping before and after coughing?🤔🤔

@bydesignmethod

11 күн бұрын

Hey, thanks! Funny thing here is.. I was supposed to edit those coughs OUT LOL... I use the clap to signal a gap or pop in the audio wave form so I can spot them and remove them in editing... and I must have been REAL SICK cause I missed a bunch. Embarrassing and I'm sorry you had to hear those! Appreciate your support, thank you so much - it really does mean a lot to me!

@gauravgawade5383

11 күн бұрын

@@bydesignmethod ohhh🤣 don't be sorry lol. I don't know anything about editing so my dumbass thought it was a ritual of some kind🤣 I hope you are feeling well now.

@bydesignmethod

11 күн бұрын

@@gauravgawade5383 LOL thank you. 😅

Hey Design Method, great tutorial again as always! One thing I need help with though. When I add an adjustment layer it is always added below my image, never above. Let me know if there is an option I need to select. Thanks!!!

@bydesignmethod

4 ай бұрын

Interesting, just confirming - you have your image selected in your layers panel, you add an adjustment layer - the layer always appears underneath the image (not affecting it) and you have to manually move it above the image? let me know!

@jphilpotts777

4 ай бұрын

The adjustment layer still affects the image when you make changes but it shows up when you click dropdown on the left side of the image under the image icon. I noticed when you apply it, it automatically shows up above. Weird!

Super Helpful n New Sub!

@bydesignmethod

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I truly appreciate it!

I am the Treasurer of the Cult of Affiniteee Pub Li Sherr, ALL HAIL!! Our Glorious Leader ALL HAIL!!! requests that you, Most Heroic Design Method, make a tutorial video about Affiniteee Pub Li Sherr ALL HAIL!!!! Thank you. 🎉 PS: but seriously though, LOVE THIS. How did you know I’ve been learning Affinity again after a couple of years of Pixelmator Pro.???However, Affinity’s UI feels to me like you need to hire a horse, a pack mule AND a native guide to navigate!!!!

@bydesignmethod

4 ай бұрын

LOL I do love Pub Li Sherr but i'm no expert. I'd like to make a video showing how COOL it is, easy to use and the beautiful linking with Photo and Designer. Thank you as always for your support!

@rlbink2498

4 ай бұрын

O Most Excellent Design Method, I am pleased to inform you that our Glorious Leader ALL HAIL!!! is most pleased that you would like to make a video representing the COOLNESS of Affiniteee Pub Li Sherr ALL HAIL!!!! @@bydesignmethod

Thanks!

@bydesignmethod

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, you're too kind! I truly appreciate that.

great for reference a I'm just revisiting graphics and know these things can be done but HOW? now i know

@bydesignmethod

12 күн бұрын

that's right, you can do it too! Thanks so much for watching Jennifer!

In the case of architectural photography, I use layers and masks to bring in flash exposures to specific areas. Is Affinity capable of layering multiple images and syncing them for this process?

@bydesignmethod

7 күн бұрын

Hey, Affinity Photo absolutely has image stacking. This is totally possible.

Hi just finished this course which is amazing btw🎉… when I’m drawing in affinity photo and I’m adding line weight to my illustration… whatever brush I’m using stamps to the section on drawing in… any solution to this? … if your not familiar with drawing what I mean by adding line weight is going over a line multiple times to make it darker

@bydesignmethod

4 ай бұрын

Hey are you using a tablet with a pen or just a mouse - let me know and thank you so much for watching!

@youngwooooorrdd2168

4 ай бұрын

@@bydesignmethod yes I’m using a drawing tablet … Huion 22 plus to be exact

Hello, I'm a little new to Affinity but have a little bit of computer experience with various older drawing apps. After I get an imported photo modified the way I like in Affinity Designer or Photo, what is the best file to save it onto my MacBook desktop so it can be moved to the Lightburn app on my laser machine to engrave onto a wood surface? PDF, PNG, JPEG, etc? Thanks!

@bydesignmethod

2 ай бұрын

Hey Rick, I can't say I have much experience with Laser engraving but I think PDF or perhaps SVG (vector) may be best. Do you have the model type/brand of what you use? I may be able to find out for you.

@rickwhite3112

2 ай бұрын

@@bydesignmethod Thunder Bolt

@bydesignmethod

2 ай бұрын

@@rickwhite3112 Thanks, looks like it accepts many formats (including what you mentioned) but I would try PDF and SVG for the highest quality format.

@rickwhite3112

2 ай бұрын

@@bydesignmethod thank you!

thanx

@bydesignmethod

3 ай бұрын

You're so welcome! Thank you for watching!

well done

@bydesignmethod

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Mike!

@mikelockwood2104

3 ай бұрын

@@bydesignmethod yes sir - keep 'em coming. Very informative tutuorials

Is there a way to reset the back and foreground colours back to black n white using a shortcut? Or, is that even a thing in Affinity Photo? Ty

@bydesignmethod

4 ай бұрын

Hey, By default it's X, whatever colours you set to flip back and fourth. Great for masking although you probably already know that!

@benitocotrulia

4 ай бұрын

@@bydesignmethod Thanks dude. When you were placing your image, I noticed the guides appeared... I can't seem to get them to show. And/ or, I want some guides to show if I'm placing an image into the centre of the document. Is this a 'snap' setting feature? The 'snap' settings come with a slue of settings (phew) I just want to know if the image is in the dead centre. I'm all about being centred of late 😉Ty dude

@bydesignmethod

3 ай бұрын

Hey sorry I missed this, your comment was 'held for review' for some reason! To see your guides make sure you select 'view > guides' as for snapping mine is set to snap to gride, baseline grid, guides & spread from the little 'magnet' in the top right corner. let me know if that helps!

when I try to change the perspective of "Design" on the Road using the non-detructive layer method, I select new live Filter>Distort>Perspective, the all image moves as well as the word "Design" what am I doing wrong

@bydesignmethod

3 ай бұрын

Hey John, Just confirm in the layers panel do you just have the text selected and nothing else? you want to make sure Affinity knows you only want to apply the effect to the text. If the Perspective effect appears at the top of the layer stack it will affect everything below it. Try dragging the perspective in the layers panel on top of the text to isolate it to only that text Let me know if you still have issues!

@JohnClouter

3 ай бұрын

I think what was happening, I selected the Text went to new filter layer etc. but the filter did not automatically group with the text layer. When I did group it, everything worked as it should. I forgot to say in my first comment that I am enjoying your tutorials and find them very useful. Keep up the good work.@@bydesignmethod

New Affinity member! Bye Adobe!

@bydesignmethod

18 күн бұрын

Welcome and happy to have you with Affinity, have fun!

For people who want a more photo oriented video - Affinity has this one about getting the best from RAW images kzread.info/dash/bejne/aWiLxauvXZyskqQ.htmlsi=cf6k1zVUI1xTvLHG

@bydesignmethod

3 күн бұрын

how dare you! Just kidding! thanks so much for adding this - it will be very helpful for the photographers.

What happens to your paths after use? Is there a paths panel like in photoshop?

@bydesignmethod

13 күн бұрын

All paths (curves I assume you mean in Affinity?) don't have a channel, just a new layer is created. The sound of a path channel sounds interesting.

I haven't got shape or text tool down the left side. I'm only 11 minutes into your video maybe it's explained later. ... I found it ... it just doesn't fit so there's a double arrow at the bottom which has more options.

@bydesignmethod

2 ай бұрын

You got it!

😎👌✌💪

@bydesignmethod

4 ай бұрын

👍

I see how to add a photo to the work space/canvas which makes a layer. but now to add a second photo. I want to do what you did at 1:14:19 with two different photos. Each time I open a second photo, the old one disappears.

@bydesignmethod

3 ай бұрын

Hey, Just to make sure I'm understanding - you're trying to make a selection on one photo, when that's done you add a second photo and the original one disappears? does it show in the layers panel still? happy to take a look if you want to send me screenshots bydesignmethod@gmail.com

@granitfog

3 ай бұрын

@@bydesignmethod When I select a second photo, itnstead of adding it to the layers stack, it creates a new empty tab that it then populates with the second photo. I've since learned that I have to use "post" not "open" to add the second photo.

im using a macboook air and I'm missing some tools what can I do?

@bydesignmethod

2 ай бұрын

Hey, First I would try resetting your studio back to default by going to Window > Studio > Reset Studio If that doesn't work you can always go to View > Customize Tools and drag in whatever tool you're looking for into your toolbar. Let me know if that doesn't work!

@5_starscloud

2 ай бұрын

@@bydesignmethod I found the problem I bought the wrong one but steel thx

make tutorial for other apps publisher and designer

@bydesignmethod

Ай бұрын

Hey, I have a few for designer currently: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lK1s2rKOpti6osY.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/aaRnkteTZq25ddo.html More on the way - thank you for watching!

Great video and I loved the insight on the video. If your teaching style wasn't so good, however, I would have probably clicked off the video because of all the mouth noises (swallowing, coughing, etc). I even noticed the clapping where you intended to edit those coughing parts out lol. I look forward to more videos :) but please, put more time on cutting out bits that mess with people with misophonia :).

@bydesignmethod

2 ай бұрын

I truly apologize, I'm quite embarrassed about it! I recorded over a series of days and kinda in a haze and thought I had edited everything. If the video wasn't so long I would have removed it and started again. Thank you for understanding and sticking around, I will definitely do better next time!

New to Affinity yesterday. Why are new layers filled with white when they are created and not transparent as they are in Photoshop? I just don't understand this at all and nobody really explains the reasons why. I know you can vary a layers transparency, but that affects everything on that layer, which is kinda nuts.

@bydesignmethod

8 күн бұрын

Hey, Just confirming - are you saying when you create a new pixel layer or start using the pen tool/create a shape/etc a new layer is created that is filled with a white background? Let me know.

@Argyll9846

7 күн бұрын

@@bydesignmethod If I start a new file (no photo) the background is white. If I create a new pixel layer the background is white not transparent. I know this doesn't happen when you start with a photo, but if you create a gradient on a new layer above a photo if covers the entire layer below even when you create a circular gradient that should end, as it does in Photoshop and other software I use, being transparent. I don't know what I'm missing but when a gradient has a start point and an end point the end should be transparent. I'm just not seeing this.

@bydesignmethod

7 күн бұрын

@@Argyll9846 Try this first: with your document open go to 'Document > Transparent Background' If you want a transparent gradient add a mask to the photo first, then add the gradient

Is there afinity foto for android???

@bydesignmethod

3 ай бұрын

Hey, No version for Android. Mac/PC and iPad currently.