Janabanana Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Hi there everyone, thank you for your help. I used to do something in Photoshop that I would like to replicate in Affinity. In Photoshop, I was able to extend the canvas size by typing in the new dimensions in the 'Change Canvas Size' dialogue box. I used this when I wanted more space in the picture to add text to it (as in the image below) but the original picture didn't allow it. In Photoshop there's a 'Change canvas size' function that allows you to dictate the width and height you want (second photo). Then you select which edge you want to extend,whether top, bottom or either side and use the eyedropper tool to select what color you want to fill the extended canvas, and then use the brush tool at about 30% to tone it down if necessary. In Affinity Photo you can extend the canvas quite easily, but how do I tone down the color? And how do I blur the 'join' line so that you don't see a definite demarcation between where the original picture ends and the extension begins? Sorry if I'm not making myself clear..I'm such a newbie I don't know all the right terms. Thanks so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Document->Resize Canvas… ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janabanana Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 Thank you PixelPest...how do I pick up the color I need? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 As I´m not coming from PS I don´t know how it works over there - if I understand correctly you need another pixel layer behind the image - pick a color with eyedropper - take flood fill tool (bucket) and color the background layer. Like so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telemax Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Janabanana said: And how do I blur the 'join' line so that you don't see a definite demarcation between where the original picture ends and the extension begins? Quote Non-destructive Mask https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/150439-non-destructive-mask/Image layer & Pixel layer https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/146720-image-layer-and-pixel-layer/Brushes | Stars https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/135202-brushes-stars/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 If you're looking for something equivalent to the Content Aware tool in Photoshop, I'm afraid there isn't one. The closest is the Inpainting Tool. You can remove items with the Inpainting tool, but you can also use it to inpaint transparent areas, to add more background etc. How well it works depends very much on the background you have. The more complicated it is, the less well this will work. Also a lot will depend on how much background you have in the original and how much more you want to add. Select the figure, cut it out and create a new layer, with just the figure. So you end up the the figure on the top layer and the background (without the figure) below it. Use the Crop Tool to make the background the size you want. Select the transparent area (Select - Alpha - Fully Transparent). Expand the selection by a few pixels. Edit - Infill (or Alt + Backspace). You can then flatten the layers. Depending on how well it works, you may have to retouch the picture with the Clone, Healing and Inpainting Tools etc. ice_video_20210916-113029.mp4 Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granddaddy Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Here are three tutorials about extending backgrounds From Olivio, includes patterned backgrounds like yourshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDZjBasSC0k From Affinity Revolution with complex backgroundshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JL0Lcxfnvs From Chris LK with simple backgroundshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWHcTlMfMbQt Xzenor 1 Quote Affinity Photo 2.4.1 (MSI) and 1.10.6; Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 (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...
Granddaddy Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Two days ago, BRG Photography posted a new tutorial on extending even complex backgrounds at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtLpGfX_Iss kirkt 1 Quote Affinity Photo 2.4.1 (MSI) and 1.10.6; Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 (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...
Janabanana Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 thank you so much for all your help everyone. At least I have some basic knowledge now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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