Dave.Kelly

Hold down the J key?

Texture over the top of the image then reduce opacity and try different blend modes.

As it stands the only interaction with other On1 users is the On1PhotoRAW users facebook group, and the access provided by On1Plus. The user to user forum was quite low traffic and a lot of days I wouldnt look there. I am keeping tabs on AffinityPhoto and if an "open in" or "send to______ after export" is offered I will upgrade to V2. At present I have to save as a PSP and overwrite the imported file. I do want to learn how to get the most out of Photo.

On1 has closed the user to user forum which I think is a dumb move. On1 comms were never brilliant but I do like their software. Looks like facepage will be the main source for fast help.

Use a mask to stop the effect where you dont want it

I think that part of the issue with the UI in On1 is that it is not a part of a desktop publisher like Affinity and as such the procedures are different to Photoshop/Affinity. If you want to do composites then Affinity is a better tool. I have been using On1 for several years now, because Serif dont seem interested in a DAM/Raw editor and my main interest is managing/editing photos. Sometimes I use Affinity Photo and I dont find the UI intuitive because it is not what I am used to. To me the masking/layers and procedures seem very complicated in Affinity, what with 4 different layer types.

borris effects has a lot of film styles BUT it is expensive and wont work as a plug in with Affinity

is this any help Have you red the PDF manual? https://www.on1.com/videos/on1-effects-2023-user-guide/

This mini series has some good info https://scottdavenportphoto.com/on1-effects his website has a very good selection of on1 masking and how to do stuff

You could always ask here https://on1help.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

there has been issues when out of date graphics drivers are used. have a search on1 raw facebook page Good luck, its worth it.

Free and perpetual licence. This plus Affinity Photo is a great combination. If you use the stand alone version you get to use layers, crop etc On1 has a lot of instructional videos and there is stuff on Youtube.

Another demo

Yes. Free until end of the month AI masking and a lot more. Does a good job in masking and all masks can be refined. https://scottdavenportphoto.com/blog/mask-objects-with-the-refine-brush-on1-photo-raw-2023

This thread has info