[Simple cartoon effect]

very creative and thank you for sharing!

 

[Rock it!]

Can you share how you created the framing around xxl?

 

 

[Rock it!]

I really dig this. And how you created that steel, wow!!

[Liquify Persona]

Thank you. I will start sharing some of my work there this weekend. Looking forward to checking it out!

[Who do you think you are? My family tree history.]

Very imaginative and creative work. I like this a lot.

[(AP) Bigby - Photo compositions, manipulations, posters etc.]

Thank you for sharing! I will check those sites out. Where can I go and support more of your work? On IG? Thank you for being so forthcoming with information.

[(AP) Bigby - Photo compositions, manipulations, posters etc.]

You nailed it!! Where do you source your images if you don't mind?

[Liquify Persona]

7 hours ago, Dan C said:

No problem!

We have 2 specific videos regarding the Liquify persona, here and here which should hopefully help you to understand the basics of the mode, as well as workflow implementation.
Unfortunately I'm not quite the creative type, so I don't use the mode personally, but what sort of issues are you having here?

Thank you so much Dan. I will check these out after work! I should hold on my issues till after I watch the videos. But one thing I found, and again it can just be me not doing my research well. I just couldn't find a lot of tutorials on that modual and when I tried just goofing off in it. I felt like I was just making things worse and would get frustrated, then want to take my toys and go home :). Ill keep you posted on how this goes and will share my first work using this tool. I would love to check out your work if you have a place I can go look.

Be well my Friend

T

[(AP) Bigby - Photo compositions, manipulations, posters etc.]

I really like them my favorite is the whiskey one. I love how you were able to achieve the feel as if the bottle was under the leaves. Great work

[Liquify Persona]

6 hours ago, Dan C said:

Hi BrokenT ,

Affinity Photo is mostly pixel based, meaning that you are essentially always in 'pixel mode' and it does not have a pixel persona, unlike Affinity Designer. There is a good list of tutorials for AP here.
Could you expand on the issues you are having? And what you mean by pixel mode in Affinity Photo?

Dan I think I called it the wrong mode for AP. I meant the liquefy mode in AP. Same questions right module now  

[A Bit Of Humour]

2 minutes ago, Bigby said:

In my composites I try to color match all the elements with curves first, sometimes adding "Average Blur" of the duplicated background on top of that (set to Color blending mode and with 25-30% opacity). Works quite well. Then I drop some basic shadows and highlights on my objects that I can tweak later if needed. Making it all look believable and interesting takes a lot of time, but it's worth it.

 

Also, for creating shadows I would recommend this video. It was really helpful for me (like many other Photoshop tutorials that translate well to Affinity Photo).

 

 

That aside, I like the concept of your image Jules and it definitely put a smile on my face.

Thank you so much for sharing. I will have to check this video out later. I would love to see some of your work .

[A Bit Of Humour]

2 hours ago, AffinityJules said:

I would normally begin by cutting out all the components I need.

Select a background (in this case it was a photo I took while at Waterloo Station.

Then I would use the 'channels' in an attempt to colour/tone etc.. match (as best I can) all the elements.

After that I use anything that looks good; lots and lots of adjustment layers, brightness, HSL, contrast.

I don't know if that explains to any degree but that's how I go about it.

That is very helpful! Thank you so much

[Affinity Designer - Fan Art - Love Is a Danger]

Well done. I really dig the colors and vibe of this. Does it have a backstory?

[A Bit Of Humour]

2 minutes ago, AffinityJules said:

Ha! I never thought of that. Maybe in another attempt later.

When you decide to work on it again let me know. if I can help. I really liked this. And actually maybe you can help me out. I am dipping my toe into photo composite pieces. How do you go about making sure all the individual assests you use come together to look "real" do you treat each item as its own and make adjustments on each one at a time, and then overall adjustments at the end? I would love to learn from you if you are willing to share.

Thanks T

[Liquify Persona]

Good morning from the Bay Area. Of all the modes Ap offers Pixel mode is the one that I have yet to conquer. Maybe I missed it , but I didn't see many tutorials offered on the official site. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Also, I am curious to see/hear how you implement this mode into your workflow. And if you had some of the same issues I am having, how did you learn to use this mode, and what do you find you use it for the most?  Thank you for your time and guidance, it really is appreciated.

[Export format.]

Cheers MEB! I will thank you for replying. I am looking forward to getting to know you all better and learning with you and from you.

[A Bit Of Humour]

This is great. It would be cool to add a Predator walking out of the train.

[Export format.]

Hello,

This is my first post, but I have been using the AP for 2 years now. In advance thank you to anyone who takes time out to reply. In the AP tutorials created by Serif they suggest when exporting out to use the Lanczos non separable  ( I am at work and not in front of AP so excuse the spelling). I have found I use that for everything I export because it was suggested. But to be honest I don't really understand the differences in the modes. Can someone share some light, or point me in a direction so I can research further?

 

Thanks

Broken T