Daryll

Thanks for your reply, John, I didn't realise that there were different forums, I had a couple of questions a couple of years back, which i posted here and got some really useful advise, so I simply just found my feed and added a new topic (after searching for Macro's obviously to see if my question already existed). I took your advise and renamed my layers, and you're correct that did let save these edits to a Macro, however when i run this Macro on a new image, nothing happens so i imagine I've done something wrong? Above is what my macro look like after i've selected my edits Regards

Thanks Carl, I added a pixel layers and blur filters mostly, this was an online tutorial I found, using there image, so what I'd like to do is save these edits as a Macro to apply to my own images, I'm not even fussed about saving the image it self just the edits. Many Thanks in advance.

Hello Affinity I would like some advice / guidance please? I'm trying (and failing) to create a macro from existing edits, I've already edited a photo to create light beams through the trees and would like to save these edits as a preset, however when i select "Macros" if i record and select either of these layers it will say i cannot select current layer, below, but will not allow me simply create the macro from all my existing edits. I really appreciate some help here, I'm not even sure if a Macro is the answer here, but is there a way to save existing edits as a preset for future use please? Many Thanks Daryll

Hi All, I'm aware this is an old post, Was wandering if it is possible to limit the below blur idea to one section of the picture? for example the Sea of landscape. I realise that this quote is taken out of context, and it would indeed be best to capture this effect in camera, sometimes however it isn't possible and I'm wandering how much I can create in AP, more out of curiosity?

Perfect Cheers Toltec, For some reason the mask and copy and paste options weren't working, I think it may have been because I had done some in-painting prior? I have done now though by duplicating the layer and deleting the previous layer leaving only the beach hut I wanted. Thanks for your Help

Hello All, I'm trying to make a selection and I've used the steps mentioned above SELECT>SAVE SELECTION>AS SPARE CHANNEL however when I load from the selection it comes up with outline which also happens to complete wrong size for image i'm trying put it on. All I'm trying to do is remove a beach hut from a picture I took and put said beach hut onto a mountain background I took (or any background really) but how do I do this? I've been playing with this for about an hour now and for the life of me can't figure it out? Please help for sanity and stress level Daryll

Thanks I will have a look

Thank you James, I appreciate you taking the time to explain, it’s very useful information when your a novice like me.

I'm experimenting with non destructive inpainting and seen the below video which is very helpful however I've got a couple of questions if I may? 1. Why would I add pixel layer and apply to below layers as opposed to duplicating the background pixel layer as I was previously? 2. Is there anyway to non destructively crop (I'll admit I'm not very good at editing and quite often change my mind with cropping but have to CMD Z until I get back to crop and lose subsequent edits) 3. Finally and a little of topic but I've seen a couple of Photoshop videos on creating a sunset, is there a way of doing this on Affinity?

Hi MEB, That was embarrassingly easy (I knew it was going to be something simple I was missing) worth it though as I now know that I can edit this section as I never before. Thanks for your reply, all fixed now

Hi Mark, Thanks for your reply It is the bottom right menu of the above image you've kindly posted, I don't have the Nvg/Xfm/History/Chn options on mine, I do have the mask/pixel etc... symbols above but I can't seem to find what option to press to be able to access the History option of my editing, that whole section is gone from my screen. I've had it there before but for some reason since reloading it's gone, I hidden the studio and then un-ticked it again to make it re-appear but i'm still missing that section and unfortunately reloading the software doesn't work either I'm quite sure it's one of the menu options in your screen shot but i'm reluctant to press random buttons as I don't want to end up with more missing options. Thanks again

Hi, I'm new to Affinity photo and quite sure this sounds noddy to you guys but what is the bottom right corner menu called and how do I recall it, for some reason every time I close the app it disappears Thanks