Tahunga Posted October 28, 2020 Posted October 28, 2020 I love the Panorama creation in Affinity Photo. To learn more about it I went to Chapter 4, Subsection 2, Torres Del Paine in the Affinity Photo Workbook. In that section on page 300 starts a concept called "Blocking". As I found that concept quite interesting I tried to follow this section very carefully. Here is the challenge I have: I managed to follow the steps in detail all the way to Page 302, including Step 9. However, when I perform Step 10 on Page 303, (i.e. On the Tools Panel choose the Perspective Tool, then ensure Show grid is unchecked in Perspective settings) my resulting image looks different from the one shown in the Workbook. Specifically, the frame created by the Move Tool (selected in Step 9) is much larger and does not have any "handles" in the lower part of the water section (as shown in the attached image). As a result I can not perform Step 11 on Page 303 (i.e. Drag the bottom-left and bottom-right corner handles outwards to skew the water and change the angle of the reflections.). Dragging the bottom-left and bottom-right corner handles outwards causes virtually the whole length of each side to move outwards, creating a strange skew across the whole picture. Please note that I used one of my own images and not the one given in the Workbook. But I don't think that should make any difference. I just wanted to practice the technique on one of my own images. One additional issue I see is the line across the lower part of the water. I believe that is caused by the duplication of that lower part asked for in Step 9 on Page 302. Strangely enough, there is no such line in the upper part of the image, although I also had to use the same steps (i.e. duplicate a rectangular piece). ....and of course, that cross line can not be removed easily as it is caused by two separate parts of the composition. Any help in understanding what I am doing wrong would be greatly appreciated. Quote
Staff stokerg Posted October 30, 2020 Staff Posted October 30, 2020 Hi @Tahunga, I've just followed the chapter in my workbook with the sample provided and this worked as expected. One thing i did notice, in my book it says to make the selection and use Layer>Duplicate, really that should Duplicate Selection, which will duplicate the selected area. The option, would duplicate the whole layer and could cause some issues. So make sure you are using Duplicate Selection from the Layer Menu and if still having trouble, if you could attach the image you are using, i'll try the same steps with your image Quote
Tahunga Posted October 30, 2020 Author Posted October 30, 2020 Hi Stokerg, I tried once more, but this time by using the actual pictures provided in the WorkBook. So here is what happens: Steps 1, 2, and 3 work just fine, producing this picture: Steps 4, 5, and 6 also work just fine producing these results: So this takes care of the top part of the picture. Steps 7, 8, and 9 also look good. But Step 10 does not work. As can be seen from the picture, the frame created by that step is not as shown in the book. The frame is missing the rectangular frame and, in fact, does not show a frame at the very bottom. As a result I can not perform step 11. 😢 Hope this makes sense. Please note that to keep the message to a reasonable size I actually used screen pictures of the various images and not the actual pictures. Cheers. Quote
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