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As a completely new user with no experience of photo editing I am having great difficulty finding how to do the most basic things in Affinity Photo.

For example, I would like to select an object (eg. in a photo of a man and his dog - select just the dog) and save this (dog extract) for insertion into another photo. I am not familiar with the many terms used in your tutorials and as the videos run at normal speed I find it almost impossible to see what tools are being selected and how they are applied.

Would there be any value in getting a beginners book on Photoshop which seems to use the same tool names?

I am very impressed with what can be achieved in Affinity Photo, but having purchased the software I find it almost unusable without a proper manual.

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Hi,

Welcome to the forums! :)

I would suggest taking a look at this tutorial, each step taken in this video is described in detail and this seems to be the same thing you are looking to do. Use the Selection Brush to define an area, then Copy and Paste the selection into your project. 

 

If there's anything specifically you are not sure about just comment on this thread again and I will try my best to make it easier to understand :)

We do not have a specific user guide of any kind at the moment, but you can refer to the inbuilt help or just post any questions you have on this forum.

J

 

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Hi Eezy. In the tutorials, actions whizz by at great speed -- which can be good. So it's helpful to use your space bar to start and stop a tutorial video at a particular moment, and then use your arrow keys to go back a few seconds or more to pick up on what is being done at that particular moment. Try this, it works for me better than a static book because it's always in context and can be very accurate. Enjoy...

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