Signguy Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 When using Pages on the Mac, there is a feature called instant alpha that can remove the white/colored background from an image and make it transparent. Is there an easy way to do this in AD or AP? AD Prefered. I see that in pixel persona (I usually only use draw persona) I can use the Selection Brush Tool and then I can just delete the selection. However, I can't seem to get rid of the yellow edge around the flower as well as Pages instant alpha can. Any suggestions? Alpha.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 12, 2015 Staff Share Posted August 12, 2015 Hi Signguy, In Affinity Photo you can go to Filters ▹ Colours ▹ Erase White Paper to remove the white background. In Affinity Designer those filters are not available so i would create a mask (attached to the image layer) to hide the white background. There's several ways to do it, the easiest is probably to use the Selection Brush Tool to create a rough selection of the flower then refining it, selecting mask as the output. brunzenstein, thiasdnu and justwilliam 3 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signguy Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 That worked great MEB! I was selecting the white background and then deleting it. It still left a slight yellow border around the flower. I never thought to select the flower and then masking it. There is a lot to that refine option that I just don't understand but I'll keep playing around with it and trying to find some documentation on it. You gave me a great start. Thanks a lot. The erase white paper in AP worked too but still left that slight yellow line around the flower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 12, 2015 Staff Share Posted August 12, 2015 Here's a video (for Affinity Photo but the Refine dialog is exactly the same) that may help. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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