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@fde101 Thank you for your post. I will indeed take a look at the apps you suggested. I am still hopeful that the Affinity guru's are working on their own DAM app and will surprise us some day. They have been more than successful in every app they have developed to date so why not their own DAM? Thanks again.

@Pšenda DAM? I should get out more often because I was not familiar with that term. Thanks for the link - very interesting reading.

Ok, so that name is not so cool, but here is what I wish for: It would be over-the-top if the Affinity Guru Team would design a replacement for Photoshop's long forgotten but much loved, Lightroom. At the moment, the last version of this standalone app still works with Ventura 13, but it is definitely on wobbly legs and no upgrade in sight. It shakes and quivers when I restart it (after a shut down), but it does regain its senses and functions normally after a bit. I use Lightroom nearly every day to (1) organize most of my images, and (2) tune them up before I export them for other uses. I use Apple products exclusively so all of my images go into the Photos app, but not all are worthy of Lightroom. IMHO, this is a super helpful app and I dread the day that it fails to function due to an MacOS upgrade. I may have begged for this in the past, but I really hope someone will say, "Hey, guys, this is a great idea. Let's do it!" Right! Anyway, I hope this will be considered for future development. Thanks, Phillip

@v_kyr Your pizza looks very healthy and much better than my suggestion. Too bad we do not have that offering at our local grocer. Sorry for the confusion. As I noted above my image is complete. I followed the instructions in the last video you posted and it was quite easy to duplicate. Your video was crystal clear and I had no trouble following each of your steps. You have taught me a lot today. I am very grateful for your help.

Just finished a prototype. Thanks again for your help.

OK! I just watched the video you just posted above and that is EXACTLY what I have been trying to do. What would you like on your pizza? Anchovies? Pepperoni? Black olives? Coming right up, sir!

Thank you so much for your post and video. Oddly enough I was just watching another of your great videos found in this forum: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/165397-how-to-make-letters-transparent/ I have no doubt you are absolutely correct about being able to make the background transparent after the fact, but I'm too much of a rookie to know any of these things, but I'm learning, I'm learning, ... At the moment I am having an problem duplicating your steps the the video link I just posted but I am sure I am missing a step or two. These videos do not have sound for some reason? Thanks again for your invaluable help.

The 'key' is to make the background transparent BEFORE you begin. Here is a helpful video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k2Ccb9wKr0 Thanks!

After trying various tools I have succeded by using the XOR tool. I'm learning ... Thanks!

I am trying to make a background for a new website and would like to cut large text out of the background so that I can expose another image that will be seen through the open text. I have looked at several tutorials on how to do this, but nothing has worked thus far. I am using Affinity Designer 2. If someone would be kind enough to link me some info on this I would be very grateful. Thank you!