ScottF2000 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Hello everyone, I have a squence of images where a Falcon flies away from a nest box and I'd like to composite the images so you can see the trajectory of the bird as it leaves the box. I know you can select the birds out one at a time from the images and do it that way, but is there any other way to do it? Cheers, Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Not sure if this is what you want but you could try placing all the images into one file then Stack them (I think the Layers menu has that ? ? ?) then play with the blending modes. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.2 Affinity Designer 2.3.1 | Affinity Photo 2.3.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.3.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h_d Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Hi @ScottF2000 and welcome! Search the Help files for 'Creative effects using stacks'. The example image is a bit different from yours but I think the technique should be the same. Quote Affinity Photo 2.0.3, Affinity Designer 2.0.3, Affinity Publisher 2.0.3, Mac OSX 13, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Did the camera move or change focus between shots? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V23.0 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 17 hours ago, Old Bruce said: Not sure if this is what you want but you could try placing all the images into one file then Stack them (I think the Layers menu has that ? ? ?) then play with the blending modes. Stack your images (File > New Stack) and tick the align box. Choose a blend mode. If your falcon is darker than the background, choose Darker, otherwise chose Lighter. Note that you need your images in files on disk, not already loaded. Note also that the alignment algorithm needs some well-defined background features to work properly John Old Bruce 1 Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottF2000 Posted July 6, 2021 Author Share Posted July 6, 2021 15 hours ago, R C-R said: Did the camera move or change focus between shots? No, the camera was stationary , only the bird moved. I'll try the suggestions here. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granddaddy Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 APhoto's Stack function is robust. You do not need an unchanging background to stack photos, just enough overlap for APhoto to figure things out. You can make an action sequence by panning the camera to follow a moving subject. See my post at Quote Affinity Photo 2.3.1 (MSI) and 1.10.6; Affinity Publisher 2.3.1 (MSI) and 1.10.6. Windows 10 Home x64 version 22H2. Dell XPS 8940, 16 GB Ram, Intel Core i7-11700K @ 3.60 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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