[Cutout effect and posterization]

You guys are awesome. Knowing its on the way just reaffirms my thoughts, and knowing this work around is there until then helps. Now there's nothing to stop me from upgrading to this when it goes on sale.

[Cutout effect and posterization]

The term I am using - cutout - has nothing to do with masking or removing an image. Instead I refer to the Photoshop filter factory effect. I use tis effect to simplify colors and shading to create a cartoon like image. It varies on numbers of levels to effect, edge simplicity and edge fidelity. I use this filter to create posters, flyers and more for clients. I am liking the windows beta of Affinity Photo and am seriously thinking of giving up my Photoshop CS6 for it. The workflow is a tad different, but this is one capability I can't find. I don't want to pay the exhorbitant cost of Adobe's CC subscription, but the $50 cost for Photo is sooooooooo enticing. The program is already ahead of my CS6 so I would love to move to it once it goes on sale.

Some of us graphic designers don't just do photography.

 

ps - if this is something more easily done in Affinity Designer, please let me know and point me at any tutorials.

 

Thanks tons