reflex films Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 I bought affinity photo due to Adobe CC licensing issues (being locked out) The tool set here is deep but not very intuitive for the beginner Applying a graduated exposure is a very common effect. I can see how to apply a universal exposure adjustment - but i have no idea how to create a mask to apply a range / gradient to the exposure. Apparently each adjustment has an integrated mask to make this adjustment - but i just cant work it out. Can someone advise how it is done? typically this is used on a horizon to bring back contrast to skies / clouds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakerlund Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Hi, You can do several adjustments and group them and do a gradient mask on the group. Is that what you were looking for? Cheers (i made a quick movie of that) mask.mov Woody42, MelG and maritan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aslusers Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 That's great, Jakerlund... This was on my list of things to figure out! Thanks for the movie. Jakerlund 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody42 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Hi Complete newbie here. I've also come from Lightroom, not really familiar with Photoshop, so the learning curve is quite steep. The movie was great in explaining how to do this. I have an associated question. I did something similar using a gradient overlay in the develop persona, and added a couple of overlays. I then moved to the photo persona, but when i went back to the develop persona only the master was visible. Is this expected? The video tutorials are excellent by the way. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimGoshorn Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 At this time, I don't believe any of the develop settings are stored so you can't open the image again and see the previous settings you made. In addition to processing raw files, you can also use develop on pixel layers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody42 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Thanks for the fast reply. Always a benefit when you know what you can & can't do. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reflex films Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 Hi Jakerlund, I just wanted to say thank you for posting that video. Cheers! Jakerlund 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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