Fade Photo to Transparent in Affinity Photo

[SteveRoberts]

Hi Friends,

Having a really hard time fading a photo to transparent in AP on my Mac.

I've found several older videos, but none of the techniques seem to work.

Is there a simple way to fade a photo to transparent in AP?

Thanks!

SR

 

[Dan C]

Hi, SteveRoberts,

You can reduce the opacity in the Layers Studio panel, however I get the feeling that's not quite what you mean? Could you expand a little on what you are trying to do?

 

Lee

[SteveRoberts]

Thanks, Lee.

 

I'd like the picture on the left to fade to transparent on the right edge, exposing the photo below it.

[Dan C]

Do you mean cutting out the person on the left so the grey background is no longer there?

If so, have a look at this short tutorial for a method of background removal. 

 

 

If you mean actually fading the entire image on the right side, you can select the top layer (the left image) and go to Layer > New Mask Layer, then use the gradient tool on your image to fade it out on the right hand side with a black to white gradient. However this will fade out the shoulder of the image on the left and leave a lot of the background.

 

Lee

[SteveRoberts]

1 minute ago, LeeThorpe said:

Do you mean cutting out the person on the left so the grey background is no longer there?

If so, have a look at this short tutorial for a method of background removal. 

 

 

If you mean actually fading the entire image on the right side, you can select the top layer (the left image) and go to Layer > New Mask Layer, then use the gradient tool on your image to fade it out on the right hand side with a black to white gradient. However this will fade out the shoulder of the image on the left and leave a lot of the background.

 

Lee

Yes, that is what I want to do. It worked perfectly; thanks!