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Goto User Interface in Preferences and make sure that the last item, "Show selection in Layers Panel" is ticked

Not an Ocelot, original cat picture is attached. True, the corn field would normally hide the cat but then the picture would make no sense. Proved quite difficult to get the cat to "blend" into the picture. Agreed the shadow is not technically correct but needed to add something to make the eagle more menacing. The first time the cat will realise something is not quite right is when everything goes dark as the eagle's shadow passes over him, by which time it will be too late. Note: Stuff I post on here should be considered as fun stuff or fun art, All done in under an hour and all done solely in AP/AD to "showcase" what Affinity software can do. Unfortunately in my paid work I don't get time to play with images like I would like to. But thanks for all comments as I may use them in future work.

Far too many cats in this forum lately One less won't make much of a difference but it's a start

No need for more layers, if you want jewellery etc not to be affected just avoid those selections when using the inpaint brush Or you can use the Selection Brush set to subtract to deselect all the jewellery before using Edit> Inpaint

Here's a quick method that seems to work on the attached picture, you may need to modify the values to work on your actual pictures 1. Duplicate Layer (just as a reference for later, if needed) 2. On the duplicate layer Select> Select Sample Colour click on white dot on her left eye, until is it selected Set tolerance to 60%, click Apply button Most highlight pixels should now be selected Note: The inpaint tool will not work well enough on these pixels as it has no pixels next to them to sample so we need to increase the selection size 3. Select > Grow/Shrink Enter 3px and hit apply 4. Then Edit > Inpaint ( to do all the work in one go) or if you want to be more selective use a very large inpaint brush and brush over the selected areas. There is no need to do individual areas just brush over them all at once

Some of the Tool are "hidden" below other tools (grouped) Click the small arrow on those tools to expand them

I have taken great inspiration from the images I have seen and it is that which prompted me to start this topic. I do graphic and website design for a living so I am quite happy working with any software package on the market. But photography is something I only do for a hobby, my hope is that AP can enhance my photography to a degree that my work can improve and approach the level of some of the superb images I have seen on this forum. I suspect that this will not be the case as the skill of a professional photographer cannot be underestimated. But if AP can be used in ways that can significantly improve the end results of my photography, then I would love for people (who don't mind sharing) to share their techniques with the rest of us. PS I have viewed every single one of the in-house Affinity tutorials and loads more on Youtube PPS I don't dictate. Sorry if you thought that I did. I am simply requesting that people share their techniques if they want to.

Thanks, that's exactly the sort of things I wanted to hear (or not!). It sounds like as a professional photographer your pictures are already stunning without any post production work needed by AP and AP has just been used to slightly improve a picture that would have had us all stunned already. "So, in conclusion, the greatest part of the quality in my photography is all achieved without pixel editor" I was afraid that was the case. I could not believe the quality of the pictures I was seeing was being greatly enhanced by the AP software and therefore had to be due to the skill of the photographer. Not that I have not seen AP do some wonderful enhancements to images but yours (and others on here) were just blowing me away. As I am not a professional photographer I guess I will have to make do with my mediocre images and use AP where I can to enhance them to a level where they were better than before but never to a level that a professional could. Thanks for sharing PS If someone uses AP extensively to enhance their pictures I would still love to see those "edits" if you are willing to share your techniques, in the future

Yes you did, I have used the clone tool a lot but I had never considered using a selection to mask off just the area to be worked on. I can see how this can prevent accidental cloning onto an area not needed to be cloned. So very beneficial to me to see how others do stuff. Thanks

Yes I read Alfred's post and would agree with it In fact on a 5 pointed star I would not expect the edges of the star to align with the circle, I think I would expect the centre of the stars to align this way. But my post was more about a simpler way to align the stars if someone wants to do it manually But I also agree with your statement that... "It would be nice to have a function allowing the circling of stars (or other shapes) without they pivoting and which in addition align them on the circle which encompasses them all." I can see that being very useful in some situations

I read "share your work" as share your workflow Yes the Tutorial section can be used for detailed tutorials/videos from start to finish, showing every single step of the process but what I would like to see, in this forum section, is a picture (before and after) and the basic steps needed to get there Like. 1, Adjusted exposure 2. Adjusted levels 3. Boosted the saturation 4. Blurred background 5. Added vignette 6. Sharpened feathers on bird At the moment this forum section just seems like a gallery of fantastic pictures, of which there are already hundreds of such galleries already available on the Internet. Since this is an Affinity forum I was hoping to see/learn how the Affinity software made those pictures fantastic. And to be perfectly frank what good is an "after" picture without the "before" one. It's impossible to know how AP has improved the picture without seeing what it was like before. PS If you really don't want to share your workflow can we at least see a "before" and "after" picture so we can see what AP is capable of achieving?

Not sure I fully understand but try... View> Studio> Reset Studio

From looking at some of the wildlife & landscape pictures in this forum there is no doubt that there are many talented photographers here but I find myself no better off in my use of Affinity Photo just by looking at these stunning pictures. To be honest I could find the same sort of pictures just by using Google. What would be nice is if the people uploading these pictures could supply a before and after picture and detail the steps used in Affinity Photo to get to the final results. That way I am sure mine and others use of AP to create these stunning photos could be greatly improved. Isn't that what forums like these are all about? Or am I missing the point and is it that professional photographers would rather not reveal their workflow in fear of increasing the competition in their chosen profession. Honest answers appriciated

Create the circle the same width and height as the 5 point star (e.g. 110 x 110) then aligning the star over the circle is really easy as you don't need to snap the centres, you can just move them visually, with "pixel" perfect precision.

The macro function is new there is a lot of stuff it cant do as yet

You can use the Liquify persona to do this

Check your other post

Some users have reported seeing a white background with the new 1.5.1.51 beta. You should be seeing the standard grey background https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/33310-affinity-photo-customer-beta-15151/?p=162282 https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/33321-new-beta-background-colour/

An even easier way 1. Create two lines, one on top the other 2. Give line 2, no fill or stroke (i.e. transparent) 3. Group the 2 lines 4. Then power duplicate the group, rotated at 6 degrees, with rotation centre set to bottom-centre Hope that's clear, not around for the rest of the day

Hi Robert For the clock face example, as an alternative way of doing things Try creating 2 points of the clock with one continuous line, say, 12 to 6 o'clock. Then you can power duplicate this line using the rotation set to 6 degrees and the centre of rotation set to the centre of the line all within the Transform panel Then add a circle shape from the centre outwards and colour it the same colour of the background colour to hide most of the lines just leaving as much as the tick marks that you want to display I have attached a couple of pictures to try to explain what I mean Will this work for what you want to do?

Just so you know, most people would use the rectangular shape tool to create a rectangular shape and fill it with the colour you want rather than using a selection to create a rectangle Both results look the same but shapes are far more flexible

You have to create a layer first on an empty canvas to use the marquee tool like this. Layer> New Layer Then Edit> Fill will work the way you want it to

That sounds more like Artistic text rather that Frame text A screenshot of the text bounding box and the layers panel would help if you still cant figure it out

See if this helps any https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/26377-paste-in-place-between-artboards/?hl=%22paste+in+place%22

See if this thread helps https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/32971-exporting/