[I can't copy my selection?]

2 minutes ago, R C-R said:

I also just tried creating a few new .afphoto documents with just a few brush strokes on a single pixel layer & saving & then reopening them, but none of them have any snapshots

I think it only occurs if you open an image not on creating a new document

[I can't copy my selection?]

I thought that when you first open an image a snapshot is automatically taken of the image

The image's original dimensions will be in that snapshot, would it not?

[Photo Persona Side by Side View?]

Select All Layers in Layers Panel

Edit > Copy

File > New From Clipboard

Window > Float All

Add your Soft Proof adjustment to one of the windows

[How can I remove this image from background?]

Both, Blend Options and Erase White Paper leaves the Fill of the image transparent

If the OP just wants the background transparent, use the Flood Select Tool with Contiguous checked

PS A detect edges filter layer can also help define the selection of the Flood Select Tool

 

[I can't copy my selection?]

49 minutes ago, Fixx said:

1 hour ago, haakoo said:

Why not have the devs convert automaticly an image into a pixel layer when the selection is drawn?

 

That is how it should work (except it should happen behind the scenes and return image to image when a copy has been copied). Not yet though.

If you do that on a placed image, at say 300dpi, then the copy will be at a lower DPI (e.g. 72DPI).

If you want a selection from an image layer, just make your selection on that layer as normal, add a fill layer, move the fill layer so it crops/masks your placed image and your image layer remains an image layer and is still at the higher resolution

[exterior house material]

Find an image of the sort of stone you want to use, place it below the image of the house

Add a mask to the House image

Selectively paint on the mask layer with black to reveal where you want the stone to show

 

house.afphoto

[Help]

You are using the Erase Brush Tool to paint on the mask layer

You should be using the Paint Brush Tool and set it to the colour black

[what tools / areas do I need to learn to make corrections to this photo?]

6 minutes ago, Alfred said:

 

Ah, the Brexit Effect strikes again!

 

It's not my fault if the spell checker is brooken, they need to get that fixed

[what tools / areas do I need to learn to make corrections to this photo?]

OK

Basically the way I did it was just to concentrate on the pictures rather than worrying about the text or the background, so I needed to first separate them into a new document

Part 1: (PIC1)
Start by adding an eclipse to the first picture, change opacity of the eclipse to 50% and adjust it to just cover the first picture. Then duplicate the eclipse and move the duplicate to cover the 2nd picture, and repeat to add an eclipse on all the other pictures.  (switching snapping OFF helps, as it just gets in the way when switched on)

Part  2: (PIC2)
Select All Eclipses in the Layers panel
Use Layer > Geometry > Add to create one Curve layer with all the pictures in it
Now CTRL + Click the Curve Layer's Thumbnail in the Layers panel to create a selection of all the eclipses
Select the background layer in the Layers panel
Edit > Copy
then
File > New from Clipboard
This will create a new document with just the pictures in it

Part 3: (PIC3)
In the new document you just created
Add a Fill Layer (Layer > New Fill Layer)
Move the Fill layer to the bottom in the Layers Panel (make it a very light grey colour)
On the background layer (the pictures) I added some adjustments/filters to try to further enhance the pictures
You can see these in the attached afphoto file

Now you can add the names to the pictures
I used Arial 6.9pt Bold Italic which seemed to match the original

 

That's about it, post back if you get stuck or need help further on in the process

pictures.afphoto

[Copy, paste and save icons]

Agreed, keyboard shortcuts seriously interrupt your workflow when you have a mouse in one hand and a beer in the other.

More customisable toolbar icons would be very welcomed

[what tools / areas do I need to learn to make corrections to this photo?]

Sorry dmgatwork, I did not see your edited text, if you edit a post I do not get updated, if you had posted a new post I would have seen it

I will list the steps later today for you

[underwater fotos]

It's hard to say what the actual colours were like without being there so I just had a go at brightening it up a bit.

Oh, and unlike Affinity's way of doing things the "before" picture is on the left and the "after" picture is on the right

 

[Export to *.jpg without meta data per default...]

You can also remove the meta data within AP via the View > Studio > Exif tab

This also works within a macro so you could just batch process (within AP) all your required project images to remove all meta data so you don't have to remember to do so individually when exporting your images later on.

This also means you do not have to set up individual presets should you wish to export in different formats such as JPGs, PNGs, PSDs, etc

[Branches in front of my birds]

Likewise with the clone tool - I also found his beak

 

[In Affinity Photo how can I measure the distance between two points/]

To measure the distance between the corners of a square which has been rotated by 45 degrees you can just click the Reset Selection Box button which will (temporally) update the Transform Tab's Width and height values for the square

[trying to resize document for club work]

51 minutes ago, stokerg said:

Hi spennells pensioner and Welcome to the Forums,

What have you tried?

Document>Resize Document Enter 200 as the DPI and then if you enter 1024 as the width and click Resize.

For further information on resizing images, the help file covers this process in detail here

Bear in mind there is a bug when exporting images whereby you have to untick "Embed metadata" in the More section of the export screen or the DPI does not change in the exported image.

The OP may be encountering this bug

[macro questions]

21 minutes ago, Cerianthus said:

...(it only starts giving the preview when you release the slider)

 

 

Rather than using the slider,  you can use the up and down arrow keys in the value boxes, the results are instant

Use Shift + Arrow Keys to increase/decrease the increment by 10
Use CTRL + Arrow Keys to increase/decrease the increment by 0.1

[Back and White with no grey scale]

Another way?

Add a white rectangle over the entire image change the rectangle's blend mode to Contrast Negate

[macro questions]

What you need is a way to pause the macro but that does not exist

What you can do is record the following in a macro

Duplicate the layer
Add Mask
Invert Mask
Switch off visibility of Mask
Select the Duplicated layer
Add Live Dust & Scratches filter
Modify the Filter's settings

Within the macro make the filter parameters adaptable then when you run the macro you can see and adjust the filter's effect, once adjusted just switch on the hidden Mask layer and paint in White on that layer to brush the effect back on.

(if you get stuck with this post back)

 

PS Not sure why your Affinity is crashing,  what version are you running?

[what tools / areas do I need to learn to make corrections to this photo?]

11 hours ago, dmgatwork said:

This is the best picture we have of this group and I need to make adjustments to make a better picture........

It depends on what you mean by "make a better picture".  If you want to maintain the look and feel of the original there are many image restoration techniques you can find on Youtube etc to do that.

But if you just need a clearer image as an information source (e.g. for a school reunion flyer/poster) there are other ways to do that.

 

[Displacement & Screen mode]

See this thread

 

 

[Macro Limitations]

Make sure your layer is selected in the Layers Panel

Then record in a macro

Select > Selection from Layer

Open the "Cog" menu in the macro panel and select Use Luminosity

When replayed the macro will now make a selection based on luminosity.

(I think there may be a one step operation to select the luminosity in a macro but I cant think of it for now but the above will work)

[Macro Limitations]

Layer Visibility on/off should work fine as long as you select the layer in the layers panel first

Not sure what exactly you mean by Select from Layer

 

 

[Why are opened JPG images so small?]

See this thread

 

 

[[Aph] Can't use Mesh Warp tool on more than 1 layer?]

You can record a simple Macro (one command) to warp one object then replay the macro on the other objects you want to warp.

Identical objects will warp identically

Similar objects will warp proportionally

All objects will be rasterised but remain as individual objects