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Karen, Glad you got the problem solved. I will watch out for that also. Richard Gold

Thank you Stokerg, I will try that when it happens again. Richard - Photodoc16

Ladies and Gents, New problem. I am editing a photo and made HSL edits, change color edits and wanted to then clone an area. I watched the tutorial, added a new pixel layer above the background layer between the original background and a background copy, clicked on 'current layer and below' to start a clone and the clone tool would not work. Did I mix up the order of layers or what? Very frustrating. Photodoc16

Okay, I have read this entire thread and still do not know what key on a Windows keyboard comports to an Option command. Photodoc16

@walt.farrell Thank you. I suppose that with all of the RAW editing choices there would be a certain number of images that are just not edited further in the Photo Persona. Richard

@walt.farrell Hello Walt, Well, I have been busy. I am in the middle of a terrific video tutorial offered in what was Lynda.com and now is called LinkedIn Learning called Affinity Photo: Essential Training and it is terrific. I also am using the Udemy course which I got on sale for $12 and it is also wonderful. I finally was able to obtain the Affinity Photo for Beginners by Ezra Anderson. These resources should get me well on my way and I am looking forward to becoming competent to handle most edits. One question is why there was no mention of manipulating the White Balance in the section on using the RAW image for initial image corrections in the Lynda course. In my Infrared work, using the RAW file to create a proper white balance is considered important. Also, when bringing the image back into the Photo Persona he mentions converting it into either an Affinity File or a jpeg. I know that when I take an Affinity image and move it to any other editor, it cannot be opened. Should I just go with the jpeg? I could also change it into a jpeg when I go to Export it. Using my Firefox browser I can make the Affinity manual put up by ve2cjw usable for additional reference. Thanks, Walt. Your thoughts please. (If I am becoming too much of a pain in the butt just let me know)

Walt, I am working my way through Simon Foster's "Solid Foundations." Where is this video stored usually because I do not see it in my download folder? I have been minimizing it in between sections but when I am done and want it for future reference I am not sure where to look. Also, I have not seen the 50 page PDF offered anywhere. Thanks, Richard

I might have to. Richard

@walt.farrell Walt, When I used Firefox I could make the PDF usable but it takes a little time. I have to type in the page I want and it will get me there. Sometimes I get a message that some pages are not available. I will use it as much as I can. Thanks, Richard

Walt, Is there any way to browse and read the PDF without actually downloading this monster? Thanks, Richard

ve2cjw, I cannot even read the manual when I go to your Dropbox link. The manual shows up but I cannot move the pages or open up the information. Anything to suggest? Thanks, Richard

@john Rostron, There was no good reason except as an attention getter. You are right and it probably is inappropriate. My bad. Richard I am not sure I am using the @ symbol as you intended. The only options were to paste and paste without formatting.

To ianrb, Thank you for your thoughts. I, too, have been into digital photography for quite some time and have used Photoshop Elements and plug ins for a while. Realizing some of the shortcomings of Elements, I sought an editor that was more sophisticated and settled on Affinity Photo due to the finances and the 'daunting' nature of the Photoshop program. I have just not made the progress I was hoping for even after watching many videos and reading articles from all over about how to use Affinity. I think part of the problem is the poor explanations of the tools and symbols in the program and the fact that I have had a very bad experience trying to duplicate projects done in Photoshop on other tutorials. I have found other sources recently and will stick with it. I don't want to waste all this time by switching to Photoshop but it is a remote possibility at some time down the road. To John Rostron, I am actually watching a video by Mr. Foster now and enjoy it. I will follow up your references and I thank you for them. Richard

Walt, Thank you again. I will try to contact the site. Richard To RickRails, Thank you also. When you say "I have many Udemy courses..." does that mean as PDF or ebooks or always available videos that you own or what? Richard

Gentlemen, I do thank you for your comments. For the moment, I would ask Walt if there is any way he knows to obtain the ebook "Affinity Photo for Beginners" by Ezra and Ally Anderson. At their site it tells you to choose from the video course or the e book or both, but it is impossible to get the order to go through. Any ideas about getting a copy or the course? Also, at Udemy, while all of their tutorials are pay to play, they are offering a video course for $11.99 that I am considering. I watched the sample videos which seemed helpful. Are you familiar with this product? Thanks, Richard

I have been using the Workbook diligently and have gotten to the point where instead of being enlightened, I am frustrated and disappointed. The book is helpful in showing many of the features of Affinity Photo but it certainly will not prepare me to then proceed with my own editing and be successful. I know this takes a lot of work but more organized help is needed. I wanted to recreate a project performed in Photoshop in a tutorial I watched and it was way too difficult, confusing and ultimately unsuccessful. If your goal was to compete with Photoshop, then it needs to be much clearer how to do it. And unlike Photoshop, there are no books that are goal oriented rather than tool oriented. Affinity needs, perhaps, a series of small books that can be referenced if you wish to perform a specific editing goal or project or more thoroughly understand some of the functions right down to the most basic, like how to erase mistakes quickly. This has been the source of frustration even in these forums. Scott Kelby has written dozens of books on Photoshop and it is time for Affinity to play catch up. His "How Do I Do That in Photoshop? The quickest ways to do the things you want to do, right now!" is an extremely helpful format. No one has the time to reread the workbook which most likely will not help routinely. No one wishes to just experiment endlessly trying one thing after the next or to refind the video tutorial and watch it again. I jumped into Affinity with guns ablazing ready to become proficient and to put in the time needed. I find, though, that the time put in does not seem to correlate with my level of competence. Do I really have to sign up for Photoshop? Photodoc16

Walt, The problem is solved and you would have seen it on the screenshot. In the context toolbar, the ADD selection was not activated and only the SUBTRACT selection was active. When ADD was selected, the Selection Brush did work. A bit embarrassing and I feel badly that I dragged you into this for such a silly oversight. Maybe next time I will have a 'real' question. Thanks, Richard

Walt, I am having a problem attaching a screen shot to this message. Could I email it to you? If so, what is the email? Thanks, Richard

Mr. Farrell, Turns out I did actually open up the zip files and then had access to the resources for each chapter. I find that I have to drag and drop the teaching images into the workspace but it is working well. I posted separately that I cannot get the selection brush tool to work. I just get a circular cursor but no evidence of a dotted line to make a selection that snaps into place. Thanks, Richard

Hello Affinity Aficionados, There I was, merrily rolling along through my Workbook, when I came to the Selection Brush Tool on page 104. While other tools work, I get nothing but a circle cursor that does nothing. No selection boundaries are created. Now what? Thanks, Photodoc16

Thanks again. I will work with this and see what I can do. It is interesting that in this first part of the Core Skills chapter, I could use it without the Resource files. I suspect that will work with others. However, I did skip ahead a while ago for a lesson on Photo Stacking (I think) and the Resource files I used (opened them myself somehow) were very interesting. Richard

Mr. Farrell, A belated 'thank you' for answering my last question. Unfortunately, these Resource files remain an issue for many people and the 'bugs' should be worked out immediately before many potential users will abandon Affinity. For instance, I can open the photocoreskills package but opening the exposure_adjustments.ORF files is another matter. In the workbook it states "use File>Open to load the 'exposure_adjustments.ORF files. And how do I do that? I tried getting out and starting Affinity and going to File>Open that way with no success. When I click on the files in the zip package it just opens a series of ads for many of the Affinity programs. None of the sliders described in the workbook appear. This is getting very frustrating. Would you take me through this so I can actually get the most out of this workbook? Thanks, Richard

Ladies and Gents, I am using the workbook but keep having a problem opening up the proper 'resource files.' I type in the address https://affin.co/photocoreskills and nothing seems to register. One time it seemed to work but I could never get the actual resource files for the chapter I was in. I make as much progress as possible without these files but some of them would be helpful. Any hints? Thanks, Photodoc16

Hello, Old Bruce, Genius, I say...pure genius. Thank you so much. May all of our problems have such quick fixes. Thank you, Photodoc16

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Affinity Persuasion, While messing around today I managed to rearrange and lose the color, history, layers, adjustment and other titles on the right side of the Persona screen. I tried to sign out but the panels did not change. Should I completely shut down and try again or is there a quicker fix in Affinity itself? Thank you, Photodoc16