Jason Williams Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Hello, I'm using Affinity Publisher 1.8 on Windows. I have placed an image that has a green background. I want to make the green become transparent. Is that possible with this tool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 This should help: R C-R 1 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...
Jason Williams Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Thanks @firstdefence, but I have Affinity Publisher. Is there a way to do this in Publisher? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 8 hours ago, Jason Williams said: Thanks @firstdefence, but I have Affinity Publisher. Is there a way to do this in Publisher? Woah! totally missed that @Jason Williams unless you have Affinity Photo it would be no. The only other options are, to either buy Affinity Photo or use a free app like GIMP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUHrQ0bn0lg and then import the image back minus the green screen. 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...
carl123 Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 8 hours ago, Jason Williams said: Is there a way to do this in Publisher? Yes, it can be done but it can be a pain depending on the image (or really easy) Add a mask to the image (make sure the mask is a child of the image not above it in the Layers panel or you don't get the option for the next step - not sure why that is?) Right-click the mask layer and select Refine Mask In the Refine Selection dialogue that pops up click the Background Tab Now adjust paint brush size as required and paint on the green background where you want to erase it (This painting process is intelligent and tries to determine what it is you want to erase and what you want to keep. With a little practice (on the image) you can determine how close to paint to the parts you want to keep to let the program automatically fill in the gaps for you) When done, select Mask for the Output (if not already set) and click Apply You can then Right-click the mask and select Refine Mask anytime, to redo parts you may have missed or correct parts you did not want to remove by using the Background and Foreground tabs respectively firstdefence, Alfred and lacerto 3 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 @carl123 Where do you add a mask in Publisher? 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...
carl123 Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 The mask icon in the Layers Panel Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 4 minutes ago, carl123 said: The mask icon in the Layers Panel Having a seriously senior day today, I think I should go and do some gardening instead lol! I still think gimp is going to be a better option. 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...
carl123 Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 10 minutes ago, firstdefence said: I still think gimp is going to be a better option. Not when you are on a train hurtling towards London for an immediate do-or-die presentation and the boss calls you and says the image MUST have a transparent background - but your Laptop has no internet connection to download Gimp. Sometimes, we have to make do with what we have at the time. Also, in a commercial environment try telling the IT staff you are just going to download Gimp and install it on your PC. To them that is a public flogging offence I know because I was that IT guy and we flogged and sacked many violators of the company's IT policy. 😄 Alfred and firstdefence 2 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 6 hours ago, carl123 said: (make sure the mask is a child of the image not above it in the Layers panel or you don't get the option for the next step - not sure why that is?) To partially add to this It appears that APhoto has a Layer > Refine Mask command so you can still Refine a mask layer that it not a child layer But both Publisher and Designer do not have this command nor do either of them mention "Refine Mask" in the help file So... 1. Should this right-click command not be in Publisher or Designer at all? 2. Or should we still be able to someway Refine a Mask on a Mask that is not a child layer in Publisher and Designer? Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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