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AffinityJules

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  1. I think I misunderstood your goal. If you need to recolour the entire picture then the advice mentioned above by Old Bruce using the recolour might be a good option.
  2. Lots of ways to do this, one being the HSL Adjustment targetting the red (or any colour you wish). Once the colour has been chosen, move the slider to change the colour.
  3. Shhh. . .never give away your creative secrets, it takes something away from the mythology. 😜 But seriously: a very good composited picture. I dread to think how far down one would have to scroll if I were to display all the source material I use. Good luck in tracking down a goat to pose for you.
  4. Are you using the tools while your zoom setting is at 20%?. Zoom to 100% and check it again at 100% brush opacity.
  5. Your screenshot has the histogram selected (top right). The brush panel tab is fourth to the right according to your set up.
  6. Something to try here that might help prove that the tools are working. Try setting the opacity and flow to 100% and try it again. Does it work?
  7. Could you provide a screenshot showing the layers panel and context toolbars (whole screen in other words) when trying to use the tools you say are not working. It might be a simple thing that a screenshot will easily expose.
  8. Thanks, Wosven. I never rotate the canvas so I can't ever remember how to put it back when I accidently do. I'm still at a loss as to how I did it this time. Thanks again.
  9. I should know how to do this but, after accidently rotating the canvas a few degrees in AF, I couldn't work out how to put it back before rotation. Yes really! Speak to me Yoda.
  10. I can't leave it alone! Another story based picture.
  11. Looks to me like you have the rectangle selected rather than the layer with the letter (you are trying to refine a solid background). Highlight the letter layer then make your selection and all should be fine.
  12. I knew that I wanted a pentangle included in this picture, so apart from all other pictures sourced at unsplash, the pentangle is mine/mine/mine. I was determined not to go trawling through the internet looking for an easy life in choosing other people's graphics - free or otherwise. So, by using shapes - and my tired brain, I was able to manufacture the pentangle to how I wanted it to look. After many crashes when using the Perspective tool (my computer hates it and always freezes and crashes when it's used) I emerged from my deficient computer's sulky, inadequate gloom, and had myself a customised graphic. Time to invest in an actual faster computer I think.
  13. I don't use or know anything about Designer, but if like Photo they represent the same thing, then what those squares are showing are snapping candidates. In other words, all available layers/objects. In Photo, one would turn off snapping candidates from the drop down menu to get rid of those outlines. I'm sure someone who actually uses Designer will be able to explain it more than I can.
  14. The two things to immediately check (Affinity Photo) are: 1. Make sure the picture is not an image file, but a pixel layer. The blur tool will not work on an image file. 2. Make sure that the layer you are trying to blur, etc, is highlighted in the layers panel.
  15. In answer to your original question: when a selection is made and a mask applied, the outside of the selection will be masked out (everything inside the selection is retained). To do the opposite, simply invert the selection then apply the mask (everything outside the selection is retained. Any image underneath any of the above examples will show through because the masked out sections are now transparent. Using the edit/cut method will still work and do the same thing as a mask, but it's a hard edit rather than a soft masked edit which is retrievable should the need arise. The thing to note using the edit/cut method is, when making the selection everything inside the marching ants will be removed unlike the opposite effect when applying a mask. This can also be reversed by inverting the selection and cutting away the inside rather than the outside of the chosen selection.
  16. It seems a simple thing to me, but then again I might not be understanding your question properly. A JPEG opened in Photo has become an 'editable image' and thus capable of being live edited. A flattened file which has transparent elements exported as a JPEG (edited and saved) will not show transparency, and therefore when opening it again the transparency will appear as white. A PNG file saved with transparent elements will retain all the edited properties, and when reopened, the image will still have the transparency. Note: the image I uploaded had transparency, but once it was saved as a JPEG those properties were lost.
  17. A new image with a white background and a new black text layer are two different entities, or 2 layers. Rasterising both layers then selecting the white background will not result in making the text transparent. The text layer itself will need to be selected for this to work. If the two layers in question are 'flattened' down to one layer, then the black text can be made transparent after selecting the black areas.
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