JohnRob Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 I'm using Affinity 1.8.3 My goal is to learn a process for fixing "Pet eyes" I've stumbled through some attempts and watched a number of videos. I have had some success however I have some basic questions. BTW the pixel layer is there because I was playing. It seems in the photo I was working on the eyes are so bright that they are saturated at white, so no Adjustments can make much of a diffference. First I would like to state what I believe to be true about layers and perhaps someone can correct me. I think Mask's are easy. Black = not shown White = shown (perhaps gray might be partly shown) When combined in a group whatever else is in that group will only show through the "openings" (aka white) of the mask. It seems the structure in the layers window is important. Adjustments "below" the Mask will be applied to the layer below all (in my case "Molly Background") If I move "Molly Background" to above the mask group then the adjustments will be behind the background, basically useless. I only partly understand the subtleties of the layer structure and I don't understand the convoluted path to get where I am. It seems all the videos (example) I've seen start by adding a "curves layer" for no good reason except it appears to help creating the group the mask will control. Is there a way to create a group without this step? Also the layers "structure" seems non intuitive to me. The "group" is not indented at all. The Mask is indented two times The adjustment layers are indented one time The backgound is not indented It would seem the adjustment layers should be indented from the mask layer. Am I being picky or is there some logic I'm missing. Thanks John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Pauls Posted June 13, 2020 Staff Share Posted June 13, 2020 The menu item Layer, New group allows you to create a new group layer. The mask layer is more like a property of the group/layer rather than being a child layer in itself which is why its it indented. JohnRob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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