Lighting up darkest parts of photo / creating more contrast in affinity designer

[jojo4]

I've seen the tutorials for Affinity photo for selecting the darkest part of a photo and brightening that section with composite red. Is there an analogous set of instructions for Affinity Designer?

[Ron P.]

Welcome to the forums,

Could you provide a link to a AP tutorial showing this technique, so we can have an idea on what's being done. I can think of a few ways to do this, using selections, and various adjustment layers.

Edited;

Designer does not have the Channels Studio. So if you're using it to select the darker or shadow areas of an image, it's not going to be possible using that technique. I'll wait until you point to a tutorial showing the technique you're asking about, to comment further.

 

[Ron P.]

Done some tutorial researching, and I think I found something far better than the technique you're describing, and you can do it in Designer. You don't need the Channels Studio.

I'll let the pro, Olivio Sarikas, show you how it's done in Affinity Photo. Just follow the same steps in Designer. I just tried and confirmed it works.

Important note, some of what Olivio demonstrates, like Inverting the Curves Adjustment Layer, can not be done in Designer. If you're needing to do a lot of work on Pixels in an image, then Affinity Photo offers way more flexibility. Designer is far better for working with vectors.