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  @joeking52115 минут бұрын

  Again Superb video. Thks

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  @joeking521119 минут бұрын

  Great vid, but totally confused from 3:57 much like @jacobj7980 below. But never the less I have gained some other useful tips here so thks. I see you are pro photographer and I guess that is the problem when the like of us hobbyists try and learn these tools and can quickly get out of our depth, but onward and upward. Thks & Kind Rgds.

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  @joeking521150 минут бұрын

  Super vid, Totally agree that just throwing the minimum nodes on first with the Pen tool and then adjusting is by far the quicker way than trying to match the outline when creating the nodes as virtually all the other tutorials show. One thing that I find makes it a bit easier to see when adjusting the nodes is to change the stroke width to be a bit heavier than the the thin blue lines and also change the stroke colour to something very bright and glary for the initial node adjustments and then when you have the correct shape put stroke width and colour back to default and tweek. Great vid, will checking your others.

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  @hypnoraythompson582416 сағат бұрын

  great tutorial , clear and to the point. Thank you. ( no manic, thirty word a second , arm flailing , click baiter intros).

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  @apwc-cx3wy2 күн бұрын

  Thank you so much for your concise and informative videos. I am becoming a DXO convert. Could you tell us what camera and lense you are using please? I use a Z8 with a 14-30mm and PL 7 has been a lifesaver for distortion. Your video has shown me even more ways to use the software.

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  @nicktippey73312 күн бұрын

  Great instruction. Thanks

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  @betohs2 күн бұрын

  Hey Robin,is theres s way to do this on affinity photo????

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  @elmafudd97033 күн бұрын

  Perfect. Thankyou for your time.

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  @stevejacob43753 күн бұрын

  that's very interesting and useful, lets hope that the other software houses can catch up with Lightroom.

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  @RobinWhalley3 күн бұрын

  You can do something similar in Photoshop using the Neural Filters but I've not seen this in other package yet. It will be interesting to see if anyone else goes down this route.

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  @stevejacob43753 күн бұрын

  @@RobinWhalley Using ON1 Phot RAW with the updated AI selection tool method and adding a blur filter and then inverted gives a sort of blurred background but not as good as the Lightroom method.

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  @RobinWhalley3 күн бұрын

  @@stevejacob4375 The problem is that it doesn't generate a depth map like Lightroom. This means everything receives the same level of blur which makes it look false.

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  @markgilder99903 күн бұрын

  Morning Robin. You are my first port of call for anything AffinityPhoto. Thank you.

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  @RobinWhalley3 күн бұрын

  Thank you very much.

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  @markgilder99903 күн бұрын

  Thanks Robin. I was struggling with the pen tool, but this training video was brilliant.

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  @RobinWhalley3 күн бұрын

  The Pen Tool is great for creating selections. I also think it's much easier to use in Affinity Photo than in Photoshop. I'm glad the video helped.

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  @jostmibach3 күн бұрын

  I’ll never like that digital blur !!!

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  @RobinWhalley3 күн бұрын

  True optical blur does look better but then you don't always have that option.

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  @AlexanderFischer3 күн бұрын

  As always, an excellent Video! 👍 I'm impressed how fast LR Lens Blur is on your system. On my 7 year old system it takes ages to render the blur. 😭

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  @RobinWhalley3 күн бұрын

  I'm using a Mac Studio M2. It must be all the Neural Cores on the M2 chip.

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  @foisonurlubu43033 күн бұрын

  Thank you. Will take a while to master these features properly😉

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  @RobinWhalley3 күн бұрын

  I'm glad you liked it and it is worth the effort trying to learn this.

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  @johnny58054 күн бұрын

  The fact that I am having to use a KZread video to find even the most basic of features shows how poorly thought out Affinity Photo is. I'm on the verge of uninstalling it after afew minutes. It doesn't even have point to point marquee drawing, you can't seem to adjust and fine tune the colour/levels/hues of individual layers - only the entire image ! It is a terrible product compared to PaintShop Pro.

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  @Subdog3d5 күн бұрын

  idk if i missed it, but are there any shortcuts to controll basic stuff like size and hardness?

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  @RobinWhalley4 күн бұрын

  I mentioned the [ and ] keys to control the size of the Brush. [ makes it smaller and ] larger. You can also use these keys with the shift key to adjust the hardness. If you want to change these default settings (I believe they differ in some countries) see my keyboard shortcuts video kzread.info/dash/bejne/dqWDrdSwl7nKdtY.html

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  @Kiwicruiser3557 күн бұрын

  In most cases a photo is just a digital image that will, in mostly, finish up as a jpeg on a social media platform. Why do we need layers, masks, personas etc? I have been trying to get my head around editing raw images in Affinity, and have now gone back to a more simpler straight forward editor. I am sure that many available adjustments/settings are programmed into the software simply because it is possible to do so. If I was showing my photos in a gallery or getting paid to produce 30x20 prints, I could understand the time spent learning all the tricks, but for me, Affinity is just too overloaded. Gripe over😄

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  @RobinWhalley6 күн бұрын

  No, you don't need Affinity Photo and all the bells and whistles if you are only posting small JPEGs to Social Media. I would also suggest that you sell all and any expensive cameras/lenses because you don't need them. Get yourself a basic 12Mpixel iPhone and you have everything you need to produce great images for Social Media.

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  @JohnnyBouchier7 күн бұрын

  Thank you. Very informative.

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  @RobinWhalley6 күн бұрын

  You are welcome. Thank you.

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  @MotivationInk5717 күн бұрын

  i can't getting the preset slider on my luminar neo

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  @DickHoskins8 күн бұрын

  Excellent video. Really explains LR masks throughly. Thanks!

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  @DickHoskins8 күн бұрын

  Very clever! Much faster than other methods I have seen, and the result is superb (especially in your hands)

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  @ianbrowne93049 күн бұрын

  Thanks for that idea Robin; I will look into it seeing Affinity can't make a simple grad like the one in Lr5 or as remember On1 has. To be totally honest, I find the Ap grad tool (and in the past PS) too complicated/powerful/overkill for basic graduations that most photographers might use.

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  @RobinWhalley6 күн бұрын

  You need to use the Overlays feature in the Develop Persona if you want a simple gradient like Lightroom.

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  @user-tj8cw7fc7n9 күн бұрын

  I would like to see a jewelry retouching video with affinity photo since the competition has many and they are not equivalent, thank you.

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  @RobinWhalley6 күн бұрын

  Sorry, I'm a landscape photographer. I don't photograph jewlry and don't know the best way to edit it.

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  @mismassacreTM9 күн бұрын

  I have followed this word for word , watched and copied as I went but for some reason my the Gaussian blur is covering where my subject is not the other part.

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  @rebeccababula88869 күн бұрын

  Are you sure you didn't apply the blur to the layer with the mask? You want it on the background layer I think. Or try inverting your mask (ctrl i) not sure if that'll help but it's worth a try

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  @RobinWhalley6 күн бұрын

  I think your masking feature may have become inverted. Try this. Open an image in Photoshop. Find the quick mask icon in the Tools Palette on the left of the screen. It's usually second from the bottom and shows a white rectangle with a dotted circle inside it. Double click the icon which opens a small dialog. This should be set to Masked Areas but may have been changed to Selected Areas. Change it to Selected Areas and then click OK. Restart Photoshop and then follow the instructions in the video again to see if it then works. This is just a guess but I've seen people have similar problems to yours in the past because this "hidden" setting was changed.

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  @Drt-9110 күн бұрын

  I realise this is an old video, but could I ask a question? When soft proofing, should you set it to the specific icc profile that you will be printing with? I have a custom-made icc profile for the specific papers i use. Shall I select that option in the box when soft proofing? Sorry, I'm new to photo editing

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  @RobinWhalley10 күн бұрын

  Yes, Soft Proof the image using the profile you will be printing with. If you are using DxO PhotoLab, this video should help. kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z6GT25mNecy6oNo.html

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  @Drt-918 күн бұрын

  @@RobinWhalley thanks Robin 👍

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  @donttrip151411 күн бұрын

  My images comes out really pixelated when I merge my photos 😢

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  @RobinWhalley10 күн бұрын

  Sounds like it's being stretched too much. Have you tested the different renderings. Also, have you checked that you are merging high resolution images.

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  @elmafudd970311 күн бұрын

  Thank you. This needs a Macro recording to keep my life from ebbing away evertime I want to grade something.

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  @RobinWhalley10 күн бұрын

  You're welcome.

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  @zoltanpuskas472211 күн бұрын

  Thank you, Robin, this is valuable.

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  @RobinWhalley11 күн бұрын

  You're very welcome.

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  @lilialang798311 күн бұрын

  I didn't understand anything on my first attempt to follow. After a few days I tried again but I got lost at the end with spare channels and adjustments. For some reason when I selected the red channel , my photo turned black and white and I could not restored the colours.

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  @RobinWhalley11 күн бұрын

  Did you watch and understand the five lessons before watching this one?

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  @lilialang798311 күн бұрын

  @RobinWhalley Hi sorry for saying such harsh words, this was all from frustration, I know how much work goes into producing a video. Yes, I have seen all the previous videos and they all are easy to follow and helpful. But this one, my Affinity version, does seams different and I could not find some of the sliders/icons (for example the one with picker for shades of grey) I watched parts of the video 5-6 times, trying to replicate what I think I see, and I didn't manage. I am planning to give it another go on few days time. If I manage , I will delete this message.

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  @RobinWhalley11 күн бұрын

  @@lilialang7983 Don't worry. And there's no need to delete the message. I'm asking the question because a lot of people jump into a specific topic but don't have the background to understand the material. As for your problem with the Greyscale picker, that's another quirk of Affinity. If you go to the Colour Studio Panel, there's a small dropdown to the top right. You can set this to different options like RGB, CMYK and Greyscale. Each option has a different layout in the panel. I once did a video about it and some other confusing things. This might be it kzread.info/dash/bejne/pYWc0sigibCbg7A.html.

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  @lilialang79839 күн бұрын

  @@RobinWhalley Thank you for you support. There are quite many confusing things. I am impressed someone can learn and even teach the program! My admirations. I tried again and I followed again untill I got lost at the end with the spare channel. For some reason when I selected the red channel , my photo turned black and white and I could not restored the colours.

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  @RobinWhalley9 күн бұрын

  @@lilialang7983 I'm pleased you managed to progress further this time. Yes, when you select a colour channel in the Channels panel the image will turn black and white (there is an explanation as to why but don't worry about it). To reset the Panel and return to viewing the colour image click the small curved arrow to the top right of the panel, above the three colour channels.

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  @Angelo2888812 күн бұрын

  thank you. I'm looking for this!

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  @RobinWhalley11 күн бұрын

  Glad I could help. Thank you

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  @sotelovisuals13 күн бұрын

  Good to know. I’m always wondering if I get all of them… This will be helpful.

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  @RobinWhalley13 күн бұрын

  Thanks. I've found it quite useful and it's easy to add if you set it up as a Macro.

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  @RomilaRobert14 күн бұрын

  Lens filter is greyed out. Cannot add filter. Please explain how to add this filter and how to activate it. Is not working just simple as you show here. How do you enable it?

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  @RobinWhalley13 күн бұрын

  If the filter is greyed out it usually means that you don't have a compatible layer selected in the Layers window. For example if youadd a Curves to the image and select that, you will find most of the filter menu is greyed out. Another example is if you have a layer mask selected in the Layers Window the Lens filter will be greyed out. The filter should be available when you have an image layer (one based on pixels) selected.

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  @elmafudd970315 күн бұрын

  I just want to invert the mask with a button I can not find. It use to be easy in photoshop. Am i missing something. Sometimes its easier to select the thing you dont want.

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  @RobinWhalley13 күн бұрын

  There isn't a button to invert the mask like Photoshop. You need to use either a keyboard shortcut (Cmd + I on a Mac or Ctrl + I on a PC) or use the Layer menu and select Invert with the mask selected in the Layers Panel.

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  @ianbrowne930416 күн бұрын

  Thanks again mate , you have a wonderful youtube voice ; and no annoying music 👋👋. I can do that Lr5 🥳, but it's great know of a way to do similar in Ap. I basically have the macro (unsharp mask) already in the Start macro . One thing I have not understood yet is why we need to put/use blank layer above the image when using the inpaint brush. Others online have said similar; but why?? I would be thinking fixing dust spots should be #1 job, then flatten image to start editing so why the blank layer? There seems to be times the inpaint brush leaves a "inprint" that can effect some FX edits like strokes/borders.

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  @RobinWhalley13 күн бұрын

  The new blank layer is to make the repair onto. The Inpoainting brush is a destructive edit because it changes the image pixels. By making the repair onto a separate layer, you can remove it later if you want to. It's common editing practice that's been around years.

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  @ianbrowne930412 күн бұрын

  @@RobinWhalley . Thanks for the reply. Some online wally was trying to tell me that using blank layer gave a better results with the inpaint bush as well as the clone brush; something I have not noticed so I just quizzing your thoughts. But I do agree with the non-destruction thoughts which I believe is not a problem in my work flow from Lr5>Ap>Lr5 . I do my clean up first ; if I get it wrong just go back in the history, or just delete/reopen the file from windows . I always rasterize and flatten the image before adding more adjustment layers . Good/bad/right/wrong and why I don't know. But I do use the blank layer if later in the editing. I find the inpaint tool is not perfect for the likes of removing tree limbs from the tree trunk, so I use the clone tool to cut a break between the limb and the trunk then inpaint the rest of the limb . Even cutting breaks along the limb than inpaint the sections works better for me . Inpaint brush is set 100 100 83 hardness Your great video showing lots of cloning/repairing/inpainting certain gave me lots ideas . Your reply not overly important unless I have it totally wrong ;)

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  @SKTechnologySolution16 күн бұрын

  Thanks for the video, very useful. When using Photoshop or Darktable I can always send images into other applications such as Affinity Photo etc, but can you send an image from Affinity Photo to another application? I use Epson Print Layout for printing and can't find a way of getting the image into it directly from Affinity Photo. Thanks

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  @RobinWhalley13 күн бұрын

  You can export from Affinity Photo which is how we save to different file formats, but I'm not aware of a way to send it to another application to open. I also wasn't aware that Photoshop could do this either.

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  @SKTechnologySolution7 күн бұрын

  Thanks for the reply. In Photoshop it's File/Automate/Epson Print Layout. Just thought Affinity may have something similar. I can export and load the exported file into Epson Print Layout instead. Great channel & content by the way.

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  @RobinWhalley7 күн бұрын

  @@SKTechnologySolution You can, but I thought you wanted to export from Affinity and cause the exported file to load automatically into Epson Print Layout. That's what I don't believe is currently possible. (Glad you like the channel).

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  @elmafudd970317 күн бұрын

  I SOOOOOOO wish that when Nik created the borders dialouge box, it did not cut into the image. I desperately require a button that allows you to add a border and so canvas size, in addition to their standard that just loses pixels from the image that you have so carefully cropped hours before.

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  @RobinWhalley13 күн бұрын

  Good idea. You should add that as a new feature suggestion on the Nik Forum on the DxO Website.

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  @rudolffamiev218817 күн бұрын

  Thanks for information! One interesting feature in DxO PL is the undocking the image browser pane with Cmd-U (On mac). This way I have it alongside the PL and PL just show the large preview when all imajes located in a side pane.

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  @RobinWhalley13 күн бұрын

  Is that the same as the Float View? Cmd-U is assigned as a shortcut to create a new HSL layer in my software.

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  @trevorburton442917 күн бұрын

  Thanks Robin. I think my collection of saved videos has more of yours than all others combined.

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  @RobinWhalley13 күн бұрын

  Thank you

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  @grunt2217 күн бұрын

  Another fabulous video Robin. Your channel is essential viewing. Thank you

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  @RobinWhalley17 күн бұрын

  Glad you think so. Thank you

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  @andrewlarking749217 күн бұрын

  Amazing video. The mouse clicks are incredibly annoying but the content is fab. Will try this.

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  @RobinWhalley17 күн бұрын

  Thanks. It's a very old video and I make sure you don't hear the clicks now.

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  @markielinhart19 күн бұрын

  Interesting video, thanks. I’m a Silver Efex7 user and my images are in-camera monochrome, so how does this apply in my workflow Robin?✌️🇦🇺

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  @RobinWhalley17 күн бұрын

  It really depends what you mean by in-camera monochrome. If your camera is a black and white Leica or has been converted to only shoot mono, then you can't use the colour filter method. But if you are shooting with a regular camera set to mono, it's kind of doing what I recomend in the video. You will also be able to adjust the effect by applying different digital filters. Additionally, it only affects the JPEG image and the RAW file can still be edited as a colour image.

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  @Daniel-qg4mf19 күн бұрын

  wonderful video. I have a question, when I do invert mask I see everything blue and I can't do anything else. Can someone help me please?

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  @RobinWhalley13 күн бұрын

  I'm sorry, That's not something I've seen and I can't imagine what's causing it.

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  @danevans934723 күн бұрын

  Thanks, geat video!

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  @RobinWhalley23 күн бұрын

  Glad you liked it. Thank you.

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  @ekstrod713223 күн бұрын

  Simple, straightforward concise instructions.....it's it's easy to follow and beautifully explained.

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  @RobinWhalley23 күн бұрын

  Glad it was helpful and that you liked it. Thank you.

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  @jpla871624 күн бұрын

  Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! 🙏🏾

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  @RobinWhalley23 күн бұрын

  You are are very welcome.

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  @NotAnotherYoutubePhotographer24 күн бұрын

  Very easy to follow and informative. You have a new subscriber! Would you/do you ever make AI presets with multiple adjustments or do you always separate them out?

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  @RobinWhalley23 күн бұрын

  I tend to separate them and save them in a way that allows me to layer them. That's probably because I shoot landscapes. I can imagine scenarios for say wedding photographers where you might want to apply multiple adjustments in the same preset. For example select the teeth and apply a whitening adjustment, also select the eyes and mouth and apply additional sharpening etc.

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  @SKTechnologySolution26 күн бұрын

  Really enjoy your channel, it's always clear and concise. I've switched from Lightroom and Photoshop to Darktable and Affinity Photo so your videos have been very helpful. One issue I have since moving from Adobe is printing. I used to let Photoshop handle the colour management instead of the printer so I look forward to you covering this in another video if this is something you're still planning on covering.

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  @RobinWhalley25 күн бұрын

  Thanks. I work hard to make the videos clear and concise, so it's nice to hear this. Printing is a big topic. I've already done a couple of long Webinar sessions with Datacolor, which should help kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z4eYm7VyksjOZrg.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/iIl4s9aEp6TUd6g.html Don't be fooled by the fact that I am talking about printing with DxO PhotoLab, as it still applies to Affinity Photo. The feature you used in Photoshop to manage the colour is part of the print driver, even though it appears in a Photoshop dialog. In fact, if you go to the "Printer Options" section of the Print dialog in Affinity Photo, you will be able to access and configure your printer, including turning off colour management. If you use an Epson printer, you can use the Epson ColorSync feature to match a colour profile here as well. If you want to learn about soft proofing in Affinity Photo, watch this. kzread.info/dash/bejne/fpZswduxgq6dl6Q.html

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  @toby317426 күн бұрын

  this was so helpful! thank you very much

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  @RobinWhalley25 күн бұрын

  Glad it was helpful. Thank you

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  @wernerrohrmann934727 күн бұрын

  Hello Robin, thank you for all your great tutorials on Affinity Photo. 👍💪I'm still a beginner and am still struggling with the program.😫😤 What I noticed is that when you open the "Profiles" - "Output Profiles" Menu in the Develop Persona, you have many, many more profiles to choose from than I do. I only have 14 different profiles to choose from. Why do you have many more?

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  @RobinWhalley27 күн бұрын

  Thanks, I'm glad you like the tutorials. Regarding the profiles, these are loaded from the computer operating system. I have a lot of additional colour profiles that have been installed to my Mac which is why I have so many options. Most of the time you are best sticking to using sRGB, Adobe RGB or if you are on a Mac the P3 profile. That's all you need for photo editing.

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  @marclabro27 күн бұрын

  great tuto. why not using silver efex pro ? i am surprised you could have the right WB so easily in LRC because temp slider cannot go so low and requires adobe dng editor and creating a profile or use the CLIR profiles or presets made by Tomee Lee Jones (sold by Kolari now)

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  @RobinWhalley27 күн бұрын

  Silver Efex is great for the Black and White conversion, but it doesn't have an option for the Haltion effect. For that, you need to combine it with the Color Efex filters. I've done videos in the past, but I may do an updated one soon. As for the white balance, It wasn't as close as perhaps it looked in the video. I do have some IR Camera Profiles that I've created to fix the problem but you can do it for yourself very easily. I demonstrate how in my Colour Infrared video kzread.info/dash/bejne/a5-Ny7iFlZyZgpM.html

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  @marclabro25 күн бұрын

  Just looked exposure x7 site and it looks nice. Does color efex make similar halation ? I see a bundle with snap art which could be a substitute to end of life impression. What do you think ? Do you have tuto on snapart ?