thepict

thanks for the link. lotsa info there. After spending much time there, i finally found the appropriate video: but I gotta say, that process is WAY more complicated than photoshop. Still hoping to find a better photoshop alternative.

I've been using photoshop for years. thought I'd try affinity because there's no subscription. I figured out a lot of it. But for the life of me, I can not figure out how to make basic color/contrast... adjustments to a specific layer without those adjustments being applied to all layers. I tried moving the background layer so it will be above the adjustment layer - but then the layer I'm trying to adjust disappears. If y'all can't answer this question, maybe you could suggest a simpler photoshop type software that is more intuitive? thanks.