Big_Stan Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 I have been reworking some of my old images to improve my skills and keep my spirits up and I think that this isolation in place has finally fried my brain. I have an old image of a night skyline of Washington, DC and I want to insert a full moon into the image above and to the left of the foreground building (Lincoln Memorial). Back in my CS-6 days this was not rocket science, but doing it in AP is driving me crazy. Can somebody out there point me to an AP tutorial on inserting a moon into an image. I would like to accomplish this before our Governor rescinds his "stay home order". The skyline was shot at 75mm and the moon was shot at 135mm, so I will have to shrink the moon about 50% in order to keep the scale correct. I have attached the skyline and the moon images Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CmonStoke Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 You could try adding a mask see : https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/tutorials/photo/desktop/video/332168517 assuming you are using photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smadell Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 How convenient that your moon shot has an entirely black background! I opened your Wash DC photo, then “placed” the moon photo into a layer on top of it. I changed the blend mode to “Lighten” which got rid of all the black, but showed the moon. (I used a Curves adjustment on the moon layer to increase contrast, but that’s just me...). Obviously, since the moon is a separate layer, you can position it and resize it as you’d wish. Quote Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2 (latest retail versions) - desktop & iPad Culling - FastRawViewer; Raw Developer - Capture One Pro; Asset Management - Photo Supreme Mac Studio with M2 Max (2023}; 64 GB RAM; macOS 13 (Ventura); Mac Studio Display - iPad Air 4th Gen; iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CmonStoke Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) Just a quick and dirty go. Hopefully I remembered to save the history for you. But it looks like @smadell beat me to it and with a much finer job. 🙂 lincolnmoon.afphoto Edited April 9, 2020 by CmonStoke Attribute another user. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smadell Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Thank you, @CmonStoke Quote Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2 (latest retail versions) - desktop & iPad Culling - FastRawViewer; Raw Developer - Capture One Pro; Asset Management - Photo Supreme Mac Studio with M2 Max (2023}; 64 GB RAM; macOS 13 (Ventura); Mac Studio Display - iPad Air 4th Gen; iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stan Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 Thank you!! Unfortunately, I am not particularly effective with layers and to add to my problem, I have been in the house too long. I need a "cook book". While I was able to get the moon into the image, I was unable to get it in the desired location nor was I able to shrink the moon to correct for the different focal lengths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Made a short video tut. Add a Moon.mp4 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stan Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 This morning while eating breakfast my brain started working. I took my last bite of toast and swallow of coffee and came downstairs to my computer. It worked Thank you!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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