Adrian Wood

Yes I found them now and thanks for the advice.

I used the basic brushes for this drawing where the Hardness was a vital tool for me but that was V1. I don't really see why every brush cant have the feature. No doubt there is a technical reason that is beyond me. y

I understand this now but why make it so complicated? The basic brush works for me with all the controls I need. It seems that because they can they do.. Thanks for the clarification.

In version 1 when I was using the brush I had three options: width of the brush, Flow of the colour and Hardness which made the selected colour stronger. In version 2 I seem not to have Hardness with the Paintbrush. The function is greyed out and set at 100%. The function is available with the Clone tool so I know that it is there somewhere. I have tried using the various brush options and wondered if somehow I had disabled the Hardness when using the Brush. I have probably missed the obvious so anyone with a clearer mind: thank you

Thank you very much. I was working with a pad and must have clicked on the Symmetry without realizing. Lot to learn...

I am colouring in a background to a drawing and working close up and then I zoomed out only to find that the bottom half of the drawing has been painted as well. It looks as if the top right is repeated at bottom left. I have no idea what I have done and how to undo this. I have obviously set the tool to do this but I cant find an undo and I dont want to start again if I dont have to. Can you please tell what I have done? Thank you Adrian

Thank you Paul. I didn't see the wood for the trees.

I have lost how I check I have the latest version of Affinity Photo. I am sure its obvious but can someone please advise. I am sure it's obvious. Many thanks

Thank you again for your help and I have learned a lot. I have attached the two images before and after to show you what I have achieved.. Adrian

Mark - I didn't know there is a history panel. Do I use your image you sent me and where is the History Panel?

Thank you its very kind of you to take the time. The two examples are very good so I now have something to aim for. I also have a list now of technical terms to decipher but I will get there. Thank you Greyfox, Joachim, MarkW and Old Bruce. I will post my result. Adrian

Thank you both. I can send you a screen grab, would that help. Sadly, calling it a Gaussian Blur is another example of my ignorance which is why I am grateful for the help. This is an image of a statue. The figure has a drop earing. I want to add a red highlighted area to make the earing look like a real pink sapphire. Thank you Adrian

I enjoy using Affinity but I find that I am using only just enough to start the engine when what I want to do is taxi, take off and fly as well. There is help a plenty in the videos but there is a but. Here is an example. I have an image to which I want to add a small area of diffused colour. Sounds simple but when I go to the videos, I am lost in a sea of technical titles which I am sure are fantastic but I don't see where I might begin. Clearly there cannot be a video for exactly what I want but although enthusiastic, I am not of The Language. I am thinking that it would be great too see a list of ideas that people like me want to explore and for someone in the know to suggest titles to watch; or combinations thereof. So where would I best go to learn how to add a small area of colour to an image. The colour has to be a highlight with a diffused edge; a hint of colour rather than a blob. I feel that in order to do this, I must first acquire Phd in photographic manipulation.

Thank you very much for your help. I have uploaded 2 images. You may notice that there are some repeated areas of cloud. Using the method I described above takes me a long time and is hit and miss at best and certainly not the professional result I am looking for. Adrian

Blending the Edges on a 360 panorama I have made a 360 panorama image ready for viewing in 360 as per google photospheres. I have removed blemishes, retouched any failure spots and when I view the result in the PTGUI viewer, there is a seam in the sky which shows how different the edges of the flat image are. I have tried the clone tool followed by blending and image in-painting but still the line seam difference remains. The difference might only be slight but often not and this spoils the seamless panorama. Is there a particular tool I am missing? Is there a video I have not found and has anyone else found a solution? I want all the sky to blend as one with no seam. I have tried to upload a 17mb image but each time I see a -200 error message saying the upload has failed. Thank you Adrian Adrian Wood