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    Don't look if you like cats

    in Share your work

    Posted

    Hi Carl;

               I like this, the premise and the execution. A couple of things I would have done differently, the shadow I would make a lot less dense and also I would erase small multiple  bites around the edge to break up the outline as it would be seen on the oat field. Another technical issue is a mature field of oats would completely hide the cat, but this is artistic license on your part and the only option you had. The "cat" looks very much like an ocelot to me, is that correct?

     

    Nice to see your work, more please.  :)

     

    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.

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    Photo How To Impaint Highlights On People's Faces?

    in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)

    Posted

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    The next step will be to select the areas to treat. For example jewels need to remain shiny, don't they? I suppose layers allow that.

    Thanks for the excellent tip. :)

    Nick

     

     

    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

    Photo How To Impaint Highlights On People's Faces?

    in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)

    Posted

    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 

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    Don't read if easily offended

    in Share your work

    Posted

     

    Carl 123

     

     

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    Might I suggest {in a friendly way} that you take inspiration from the superb images you see.
     
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    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.

    Don't read if easily offended

    in Share your work

    Posted

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    Usually, a pro photographer's work ends in the RAW converter.

     

    In most cases, it is the same for me but, when it comes to wild-

    life photography, I will use AP only to remove branches, twigs,

    or fallen leaves that do not contribute to the visual quality of a

    shot. Then, the inpatient brush is my magic wand and it may

    go to some cloning as well… operations hardly worth more tu-

    torials than those already available on this forum

     

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    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

    Don't read if easily offended

    in Share your work

    Posted

    I hope I am making a contribution with my video tutorial at

     

    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

    Figures in a circle without rotation on itself

    in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)

    Posted

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    Unfortunately we always fall back to the same point: the stars are perfectly placed in a circle, but if we add an outer circle that encompasses all of them, some of them do not touch this circle.

     

    As Alfred explained a little higher it is inevitable.

     

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    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

    Don't read if easily offended

    in Share your work

    Posted

    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?

    Don't read if easily offended

    in Share your work

    Posted

    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

    Figures in a circle without rotation on itself

    in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)

    Posted

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    I made a small circle, and power duplicated it. Then drew a single 5 point star. Manually copied it to center over each circle. I needed to be zoomed in because snapping the 2 centers together was awkward.

     

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    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.

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