Really awesome tutorial for us new Affinity users!

@bydesignmethod

6 күн бұрын

I hope it helped! thank you so much for watching!

Thank you for this great tutuorial, for people who English isn't their first language, your video is really easy to follow, had watched so many other great great tutorials, some of their choice of words are a little bit advanced for people like me to follow, and sometime they have forgotten to indicate whether they are right clicking or left clicking. Thanks for the upload.

@bydesignmethod

5 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm glad you found it helpful. I hope to reach as many people as possible. Truly appreciate you leaving a comment!

Being a newbie to photo editing I’m always confused with masks till now. Thanks for the clear and simple tutorial which was really easy to understand. Subscribed .. just started using affinity tools and can’t wait to watch rest of your videos :)

@bydesignmethod

16 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for that wonderful comment! I agree masks at first seem very confusing so I'm so glad you found it helpful. You're gonna love Affinity, thanks for the sub - truly appreciated!

By far the best explanation of masks I've seen among a dozen or so I've watched this evening. Enjoyable rather than hard work, too. Many thanks! Subscribed.

@bydesignmethod

9 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you! I really appreciate that David. I'm so glad it was helpful.

@stephstephatron2887

2 ай бұрын

Yes absolutely agree, Design Method has a way of teaching this sorcery that is so appreciated, such a relief

Dedication crashing a plane for this video! 😂 You were right best masking video I’ve seen!

@bydesignmethod

22 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

All of this makes sense. No magic just logic. First time!!! Thanks. I have subscribed.

@bydesignmethod

Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it! thank you Iya for watching and becoming a subscriber, it really means a lot to me!

You explain everything in easy to understand terms. I am learning so much. Thank you!

@bydesignmethod

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Mark! I'm glad it's coming across well, that's my hope. Thank you so much for watching and taking time from your day to leave me a comment. I really appreciate that.

Cracking video. I'm struggling with masks and this is a good foundation to work from. Thanks👍

@bydesignmethod

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching Steve!

Finally understanding what I can do with the gradient tool

@bydesignmethod

7 ай бұрын

No limits!

This was the best tutorial i ever watched. He explain it in such detail til it all makes sense now. Thank You

@bydesignmethod

Жыл бұрын

I love to hear it Deeman! I'm glad this helped and thank you very much for watching and leaving me a comment, makes me very happy!

I’m just dropping by to tell you I’m really enjoying your method of teaching. I’ve got you on auto watch and have learnt quite a bit with every video 🎉

@bydesignmethod

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Tiffany! I'm so glad you find them helpful, that's my goal. I've never taught anything before so you words mean a lot!

Excellent video. Affinity is daunting for beginners but this explains masks fantastically. Another new subscriber gained 😊

@bydesignmethod

Жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard Neilo! Thank you so much for watching, taking some of your time to drop a comment and of course for subscribing!

@neilo2323

Жыл бұрын

@@bydesignmethod Let’s get you to 1000 subs!

@bydesignmethod

Жыл бұрын

@@neilo2323 Let's go!!!!

@stephstephatron2887

2 ай бұрын

I was really challenged by graphics software programmes, they didn't sync with how I think and so I resisted learning them properly for years, DesignMethod is decoding things beautifully and it's way more fun to learn, thank you!

'Does not care about Affinity Photo' LOL!!! To only use a mask for the effect w/the plane, and it came out the way it did... DAMN! That was #BadAss

@bydesignmethod

Жыл бұрын

Sometimes it just works out!

Really well done instruction !! New subscriber ...

@bydesignmethod

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Andy, I really appreciate it!

So helpful

@bydesignmethod

7 ай бұрын

Glad you think so! Thank you again.

Awesome share! 👍👍👍👍👍

@bydesignmethod

Жыл бұрын

Thanks King! I appreciate ya!

Thank you!

@bydesignmethod

Ай бұрын

You're so welcome! thank you so much for watching and taking a moment of your own time to leave me a comment. I always appreciate it!

Brilliant explanations. Best ive seen. Thank you. I just need to try get my head around the working order and placement of masks and layers.

@bydesignmethod

Ай бұрын

Awesome, I'm so glad it helped - it took me awhile to understand it myself. Keep playing around and you'll get it. Thanks for leaving a comment!

Thank you for your videos they are are all easy to follow I learn something every time

@bydesignmethod

10 ай бұрын

Glad you like them and you're very welcome!

Thanks for another great lesson

@bydesignmethod

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it Bill!

I understand the concept of painting with white or black to reveal or conceal, and the transparency slider to control the intensity of the effect - would picking a percentage of gray (instead of pure white or black) also work like a transparency effect? Thanks!

@bydesignmethod

8 ай бұрын

picking a percentage of grey should also work! I just tried a test and it's working for me! thanks for watching and leaving a comment!

00:53 I have to Right click in order to get the multiple choices

@bydesignmethod

2 ай бұрын

Yes, thank you for adding that! Since the video Affinity has made a change, window users must now right-click and mac users might command click. I liked it better before!

On my 300x300 pixel photos I need to place them with a rectangle round corners frame with the image inside the frame show the picture. My problem is getting rid of the corners outside the rounded rectangle to match the background of the website. This is how I am learning Masking. Question can I use section tools With masking to help ? Great Help !

@bydesignmethod

9 ай бұрын

Hey Zazoomatt, I'm not sure I understand the question. You are trying to clip a picture inside a rectangle round frame? try this out video about clipping and let me know if it helps --> kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y6yWuJWEqtaalMY.html

I do not get the menu from the mask button, even when clicking 'command' at the same time. Is there a step I am missing?

@bydesignmethod

Ай бұрын

Hey if you're on a mac try OPTION and click on the button, if you're on the PC try right-click. Let me know!

Merci.

@bydesignmethod

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome Henri!

Masking can be tricky. I have a simple problem but it will not work. I have to rectangles laying direct over each other. The inner one is a little bid smaller than the other one. Now I like to cut out the inner one to get a kind of frame. The inner part should be transparent. Only the frame should be there to place a photo there, like in a scrapbook. Can you explain why I can not cut out the inner part?

@bydesignmethod

3 ай бұрын

Hey, If I understand correctly, when you apply a mask to the inner rectangle - you want to 'hide it' so you can place a photo inside but keep the shape as a frame. Correct? If you apply a mask to the inner rectangle and paint in black it will hide that rectangle but expose the larger rectangle below. Here is what I would do instead: Drag out your rectangle's to correct size, then simply take your photo in the layers panel and drop it 'on top' of the inner rectangle in the layers panel. This will clip it inside the shape and you can then adjust the photo to size. Watch this to see a visual kzread.info/dash/bejne/oHudx9Ghfdm8qc4.html Let me know if I understood.

@gerdt.7106

3 ай бұрын

@@bydesignmethod Thank you very much. I will check out as mentioned.

What version of Affinity are you using?

@bydesignmethod

Жыл бұрын

Affinity Photo 2 - Version 2.0.4. If you're using version one you'll only see the 'MASK' option - you won't see 'empty mask' and the others listed in this video. Let me know!

@srichter8192

Жыл бұрын

@@bydesignmethod I suspected. Thanks for replying. Your videos are great.

Using a mask picture to explain masks was not the best idea imho

@bydesignmethod

10 ай бұрын

Honest question, what would you suggest?