Reputation from Blueprint - Affinity

Blueprint got a reaction from Tombola in Written Tutorials to download January 17

Below is my list of written tutorials I have done over the years. The first few were done using early versions of Affinity programs but they should still be ok. Some menus may have changed or tools look different but the basics are the same.
Also most are for Affinity Photo, but some could be done in Designer. Plus the "Beginners Look at Affinity Photo" ones will pretty much be the same in Affinity Designer and Publisher as all 3 programs have same basic functions.

PhotoPlus and Affinity Photo – make a fake Starry Sky background
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3la5z4amc11wcgx/starry-Sky-PhotoPlus_and_Affinity_Photo.pdf?dl=0

Affinity Photo – Silk Embroidery Effect
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9h4mpso7i77z1oq/Affinity%20Photo%20-%20Silk%20Embroidery%20Effect.pdf?dl=0

Affinity Photo – Silk Embroidery Effect V2
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6usbza25vidgmck/Embroidery%20Tutorial%20v2.pdf?dl=0

Affinity Photo – Vintage Cabinet Frames
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bj2dsmwmy0juazk/cabinet-frames.pdf?dl=0

Affinity Photo – Fake Evening Sky with Rain and Lightening
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mlcdnducotitp1d/Fake_Evening_-_Lightning_-_Rain_-_Affinity_Photo.pdf?dl=0

Affinity Photo - Art Projects
Shows 2 ways to make a blank canvas on an easel have what might be a painted image on it, from a photograph.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8fx18c77t2dnulb/Art-Projects-sept2018.pdf?dl=0

Infrared V2 – Affinity Photo 3 ways to make fake Infrared images
I Needed a project to use in the Affinity Publisher beta, so I thought I’d update an old Serif PhotoPlus tutorial to an Affinity Photo tutorial.
It basically shows 3 methods to get Infrared style images.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0c0mgqfrbrdv4q5/Affinity%20Tutorial%20-%20Infrared-v2.pdf?dl=0

Affinity Photo – Convert German Video – Film Strip Image in 3 parts
pt 1
https://www.dropbox.com/s/iewleyt95a8qhdk/Photo_Film_Strip_-_German_Tutorial_pt1.pdf?dl=0
pt 2
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2j35gkvxr9emcq6/Photo_Film_Strip_-_German_Tutorial_pt2.pdf?dl=0
pt 3
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6yvxubgne0kqct4/Photo_Film_Strip_-_German_Tutorial_pt3.pdf?dl=0

Affinity Photo – False Water and Reflection
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4sm0qqikvp0hs0a/affinity-photo-false_water_and_reflection.pdf?dl=0

Affinity Photo – Chinese Painting Styles in 2 parts
pt 1
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uvqn9hf9mo2xwbr/Chinese_Painting_-Pt_01-_affinity-photo.pdf?dl=0
pt 2
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6ovc317ncjjosd0/Chinese_Painting_-Pt_02-_affinity-photo.pdf?dl=0

Affinity Photo – Beginners Look at Layer Masks
https://www.dropbox.com/s/c0lsf9e7kdymdyd/A-Photo-%20Beginners%20Look%20At%20Layer%20Masks.pdf?dl=0

Activ8 issue 1 – Better Cloning
https://www.dropbox.com/s/a1d283mn7icltzc/ACTIV8-issue1-BetterCloning.pdf?dl=0

Activ8 issue 2 – Spheres
https://www.dropbox.com/s/igufcf3unu4z84b/ACTIV8-issue2-spheres.pdf?dl=0

Activ8 issue 3 – Affinity Photo - Select Tree - Replace Sky – 2 ways
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lx0ko7f2xjqsg3r/ACTIV8-issue3-replacesky.pdf?dl=0

Activ8 issue 4 – Tri-Fold Image
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1iyp59mr3bzjlri/ACTIV8-issue4-TriFold-image.pdf?dl=0

Activ8 issue 5 – Emboss With Lighting
https://www.dropbox.com/s/t5r6tiz3c7k7o1s/ACTIV8-issue5-emboss-with-light.pdf?dl=0

Activ8 issue 6 – 3D Text
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gif1x6xrtfrp2z8/ACTIV8-issue6-Three-D-Text.pdf?dl=0

Activ8 issue 7 -Affinity Photo, Designer and Publisher – A look at Styles
This written tutorial, mainly aimed at beginners of any of the Affinity Software made for PC and Mac. It may work the same on iPad version but I don’t own one so can’t confirm that it will.
It looks at what Styles are, how to make some Gradient Styles and some Styles made from images. Then how to Export and Import your newly made Styles.
After that I do a basic overview of a couple of video tutorials I have made in the past. Using the Mirror Filter and the Equation filter to make new images, to then make Styles from.
Lastly, another overview of a recent video tutorial, which looks at using the Vector Crop Tool in Affinity Designer to grab sections of an image to then make Styles from.
The end of this PDF tutorial has interactive links to all the video tutorials and links to the downloads of all the Styles I have made in these video and written tutorials.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/82szaatnflaw8fk/ACTIV8-issue7-Styles.pdf?dl=0

Activ8 issue 8 – Affinity Photo – Make Sketch Image With Just The Channel Mixer
A while ago I made an Affinity Photo video tutorial about making a sketch image just using the Channel Mixer adjustment. I thought I’d up-date it slightly in this written tutorial, which can be done in Affinity Photo, Designer or Publisher.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6etmt3am6ljprwn/ACTIV8-issue7-ChannelMixer-Sketch.pdf?dl=0

Activ8 issue 8a – Affinity Software – 4 Creative yet simple ways to use Blend Modes
This is a written tutorial update of a video tutorial I did in Feb 2018.
They are fairly basic edits and will work best with an image that has a white background. So, I will use one I got from Pixabay, as are the other images used. Links to the video and image are in the written tutorial.
The video was done in Affinity Photo but this will be done in Affinity Designer but I see no reason why it can’t also be done in Publisher.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/sluebvjl86nuk8e/ACTIV8-issue8-Four-Uses-for-Blend-Modes.pdf?dl=0

Activ8 issue 9 – A Beginners Look At Affinity Photo part 1
Looking at opening images and saving your edits. Plus, file formats also a look at the Layers Panel and Colour selection

Although tutorial is for Affinity Photo all will work pretty much the same in Affinity Designer
And Publisher
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7ztaxn4siom7evd/ACTIV8-issue9-Beginners%20Look%20at%20Affinity%20Photo%20pt01.pdf?dl=0

Activ8 issue 10 – A Beginners Look At Affinity Photo part 2
Looking at opening and setting up a new document other than an image. The Brush Tool and changing the Brush Tips. Then looking at the different types of Pixel and Vector layers you can make. Layer Masks and their use. Plus, a quick look at Text and Shape layers and the Glyph Browser.
As with part 1, most (if not all) of the information in this tutorial will work just as well in Affinity Designer and Publisher as all 3 programs are so similar.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kourodnfojwq26l/ACTIV8-issue10-Beginners%20Look%20at%20Affinity%20Photo-pt02.pdf?dl=0

Blueprint got a reaction from bennlloyd in Written Tutorials to download October 27, 2023

Below is my list of written tutorials I have done over the years. The first few were done using early versions of Affinity programs but they should still be ok. Some menus may have changed or tools look different but the basics are the same.
Also most are for Affinity Photo, but some could be done in Designer. Plus the "Beginners Look at Affinity Photo" ones will pretty much be the same in Affinity Designer and Publisher as all 3 programs have same basic functions.

PhotoPlus and Affinity Photo – make a fake Starry Sky background
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3la5z4amc11wcgx/starry-Sky-PhotoPlus_and_Affinity_Photo.pdf?dl=0

Affinity Photo – Silk Embroidery Effect
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9h4mpso7i77z1oq/Affinity%20Photo%20-%20Silk%20Embroidery%20Effect.pdf?dl=0

Affinity Photo – Silk Embroidery Effect V2
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6usbza25vidgmck/Embroidery%20Tutorial%20v2.pdf?dl=0

Affinity Photo – Vintage Cabinet Frames
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bj2dsmwmy0juazk/cabinet-frames.pdf?dl=0

Affinity Photo – Fake Evening Sky with Rain and Lightening
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mlcdnducotitp1d/Fake_Evening_-_Lightning_-_Rain_-_Affinity_Photo.pdf?dl=0

Affinity Photo - Art Projects
Shows 2 ways to make a blank canvas on an easel have what might be a painted image on it, from a photograph.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8fx18c77t2dnulb/Art-Projects-sept2018.pdf?dl=0

Infrared V2 – Affinity Photo 3 ways to make fake Infrared images
I Needed a project to use in the Affinity Publisher beta, so I thought I’d update an old Serif PhotoPlus tutorial to an Affinity Photo tutorial.
It basically shows 3 methods to get Infrared style images.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0c0mgqfrbrdv4q5/Affinity%20Tutorial%20-%20Infrared-v2.pdf?dl=0

Affinity Photo – Convert German Video – Film Strip Image in 3 parts
pt 1
https://www.dropbox.com/s/iewleyt95a8qhdk/Photo_Film_Strip_-_German_Tutorial_pt1.pdf?dl=0
pt 2
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2j35gkvxr9emcq6/Photo_Film_Strip_-_German_Tutorial_pt2.pdf?dl=0
pt 3
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6yvxubgne0kqct4/Photo_Film_Strip_-_German_Tutorial_pt3.pdf?dl=0

Affinity Photo – False Water and Reflection
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4sm0qqikvp0hs0a/affinity-photo-false_water_and_reflection.pdf?dl=0

Affinity Photo – Chinese Painting Styles in 2 parts
pt 1
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uvqn9hf9mo2xwbr/Chinese_Painting_-Pt_01-_affinity-photo.pdf?dl=0
pt 2
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6ovc317ncjjosd0/Chinese_Painting_-Pt_02-_affinity-photo.pdf?dl=0

Affinity Photo – Beginners Look at Layer Masks
https://www.dropbox.com/s/c0lsf9e7kdymdyd/A-Photo-%20Beginners%20Look%20At%20Layer%20Masks.pdf?dl=0

Activ8 issue 1 – Better Cloning
https://www.dropbox.com/s/a1d283mn7icltzc/ACTIV8-issue1-BetterCloning.pdf?dl=0

Activ8 issue 2 – Spheres
https://www.dropbox.com/s/igufcf3unu4z84b/ACTIV8-issue2-spheres.pdf?dl=0

Activ8 issue 3 – Affinity Photo - Select Tree - Replace Sky – 2 ways
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lx0ko7f2xjqsg3r/ACTIV8-issue3-replacesky.pdf?dl=0

Activ8 issue 4 – Tri-Fold Image
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1iyp59mr3bzjlri/ACTIV8-issue4-TriFold-image.pdf?dl=0

Activ8 issue 5 – Emboss With Lighting
https://www.dropbox.com/s/t5r6tiz3c7k7o1s/ACTIV8-issue5-emboss-with-light.pdf?dl=0

Activ8 issue 6 – 3D Text
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gif1x6xrtfrp2z8/ACTIV8-issue6-Three-D-Text.pdf?dl=0

Activ8 issue 7 -Affinity Photo, Designer and Publisher – A look at Styles
This written tutorial, mainly aimed at beginners of any of the Affinity Software made for PC and Mac. It may work the same on iPad version but I don’t own one so can’t confirm that it will.
It looks at what Styles are, how to make some Gradient Styles and some Styles made from images. Then how to Export and Import your newly made Styles.
After that I do a basic overview of a couple of video tutorials I have made in the past. Using the Mirror Filter and the Equation filter to make new images, to then make Styles from.
Lastly, another overview of a recent video tutorial, which looks at using the Vector Crop Tool in Affinity Designer to grab sections of an image to then make Styles from.
The end of this PDF tutorial has interactive links to all the video tutorials and links to the downloads of all the Styles I have made in these video and written tutorials.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/82szaatnflaw8fk/ACTIV8-issue7-Styles.pdf?dl=0

Activ8 issue 8 – Affinity Photo – Make Sketch Image With Just The Channel Mixer
A while ago I made an Affinity Photo video tutorial about making a sketch image just using the Channel Mixer adjustment. I thought I’d up-date it slightly in this written tutorial, which can be done in Affinity Photo, Designer or Publisher.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6etmt3am6ljprwn/ACTIV8-issue7-ChannelMixer-Sketch.pdf?dl=0

Activ8 issue 8a – Affinity Software – 4 Creative yet simple ways to use Blend Modes
This is a written tutorial update of a video tutorial I did in Feb 2018.
They are fairly basic edits and will work best with an image that has a white background. So, I will use one I got from Pixabay, as are the other images used. Links to the video and image are in the written tutorial.
The video was done in Affinity Photo but this will be done in Affinity Designer but I see no reason why it can’t also be done in Publisher.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/sluebvjl86nuk8e/ACTIV8-issue8-Four-Uses-for-Blend-Modes.pdf?dl=0

Activ8 issue 9 – A Beginners Look At Affinity Photo part 1
Looking at opening images and saving your edits. Plus, file formats also a look at the Layers Panel and Colour selection

Although tutorial is for Affinity Photo all will work pretty much the same in Affinity Designer
And Publisher
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7ztaxn4siom7evd/ACTIV8-issue9-Beginners%20Look%20at%20Affinity%20Photo%20pt01.pdf?dl=0

Activ8 issue 10 – A Beginners Look At Affinity Photo part 2
Looking at opening and setting up a new document other than an image. The Brush Tool and changing the Brush Tips. Then looking at the different types of Pixel and Vector layers you can make. Layer Masks and their use. Plus, a quick look at Text and Shape layers and the Glyph Browser.
As with part 1, most (if not all) of the information in this tutorial will work just as well in Affinity Designer and Publisher as all 3 programs are so similar.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kourodnfojwq26l/ACTIV8-issue10-Beginners%20Look%20at%20Affinity%20Photo-pt02.pdf?dl=0

Blueprint reacted to Lisbon in Clipping Warnings In Photo Persona October 21, 2023

CLIPPING WARNINGS IN PHOTO PERSONA USING PROCEDURAL TEXTURES
Develop persona allows you to see clipped areas. I have created three procedural texturas to reveal this areas in photo persona.

First procedural texture: Clipping Shadows/Highlights
Here is an example where shadows and highlights are clipped.

Just like develope persona i used red and blue to show the warnings. Red for highlights and blue for shadows.

Second procedural texture: Clipping RGB
This procedural texture shows warnings for each channel when a pixel reaches 0 or 255.
Each channel has its own warning colour. Single colour per channel.
In this example i went too far setting the black level on the green channel.

Usually you will only see warnings in red, green or blue but it is also possible to see cyan, magenta or yellow.
Lets take for example a yellow warning. If you add red and green you get yellow so a yellow warning refers to the red and green channel.
Cyan = Green + Blue
Magenta = Red + Blue

Third procedural texture: Clipping RGB - Black background
Sometimes its hard to see the warnings because they look they are blended whith the image.
This procedural makes the image completly black while the warnings remain in colour.
It is like when you select the levels adjustment and hold down the alt key but in this case the warnings are visible while editing each channel.

If you found this usefull you can download the file at the end or paste this formulas.
First procedural texture: Clipping Shadows/Highlights
var trigger=floor(0.5+abs(average(R,G,B)-0.5)); trigger*R + (1-trigger)*R
var trigger=floor(0.5+abs(average(R,G,B)-0.5)); (1-trigger)*G
var trigger=floor(0.5+abs(average(R,G,B)-0.5)); trigger*(1-B) + (1-trigger)*B
Second procedural texture: Clipping RGB
var rgb=floor(max(R,G,B,1-min(R,G,B))); var red=floor(0.5+abs(R-0.5)); rgb*red + (1-rgb)*R
var rgb=floor(max(R,G,B,1-min(R,G,B))); var gre=floor(0.5+abs(G-0.5)); rgb*gre + (1-rgb)*G
var rgb=floor(max(R,G,B,1-min(R,G,B))); var blu=floor(0.5+abs(B-0.5)); rgb*blu + (1-rgb)*B
Third procedural texture: Clipping RGB - Black background
var rgb=floor(max(R,G,B,1-min(R,G,B))); var red=floor(0.5+abs(R-0.5)); rgb*red
var rgb=floor(max(R,G,B,1-min(R,G,B))); var gre=floor(0.5+abs(G-0.5)); rgb*gre
var rgb=floor(max(R,G,B,1-min(R,G,B))); var blu=floor(0.5+abs(B-0.5)); rgb*blu
clipping_warnings.afphoto

Blueprint got a reaction from jeffers in Written Tutorials to download October 19, 2023

Written Tutorial issue 25
Affinity Photo v1 & 2
Subtly Alter The Colours Of Your Image
Using The Black And White Adjustment
A short 4 page tutorial looking at using the Black and White Adjustment to lighten or darken the colours in your image.

PDF – Dropbox Download Link
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/jrutzogxc5mot682jd3a9/AFFINITY-TUTORIALS-VOL-025-Alter-Colours-With-Black-and-White.pdf?rlkey=4c1kg8cczlbshtipsw11eoup4&dl=0
PDF – Google Drive Download Link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1stgq8f5FfBz63Dj2TXosiFBKsGTrQcV5/view?usp=sharing

Blueprint reacted to pruus in Written Tutorials to download October 16, 2023

Thanks for your effort to make these documents.

Blueprint got a reaction from pruus in Written Tutorials to download October 15, 2023

Affinity V2 - Tutorials Vol-023 - Colour and Detail from Raw Files.
(can be adapted for Jpg files)
Edit a RAW file in two different ways and then use a Blend Mode to get the best from each edit. Giving your final image more colour and detail, than you may get from just editing once.

PDF file - Dropbox Download Link:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ekc6x7ixlpe2nua9lqebr/AFFINITY-TUTORIALS-VOL-023-colour-detail-RAW.pdf?rlkey=jtwa4kv5kn9buamshuvy0ykvw&dl=0

PDF file - Google Drive Download Link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QowtaCrYlNfW7gymjzmz0SoseQZV0K8-/view?usp=sharing

Blueprint got a reaction from pruus in Written Tutorials to download October 15, 2023

Affinity V2 - Tutorials Vol-012 - iPad -Beginner 05 – Macros
In this written tutorial, I want to look at how the iPad app, uses Macro’s.
Importing them from your Serif account or those made on your desktop version of Affinity Photo. Plus other free Macros you can get from the internet, places like the Serif Forum or give aways that are part of video tutorials.
Dropbox PDF download link
https://www.dropbox.com/s/j6y7mdc1xeoauk4/Affinity%20V2%20-%20Tutorials%20Vol-012%20-%20iPad%20-Beginners%20Guide%2005%20-%20Macros.pdf?dl=0
Google Drive PDF download link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14HG49WzA7LWwgr4PQEfD4UVnWfzFq7JO/view?usp=sharing

Blueprint reacted to v_kyr in Affinity Books and/or YouTube October 13, 2023

In the forum here you can also find a bunch of Resources (aka Tutorials in video or document form), like for example ...
Tutorials