iMac1943 Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 How to do in Affinity Photo? Thanks for replying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMac1943 Posted December 29, 2015 Author Share Posted December 29, 2015 This was a photo. It has been changed to a pencil drawing with PhotoShop. How to do in Affinity Photo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 You might have a look at the method outlined by crabtrem: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/14684-update-to-pencil-drawing-technique-for-use-in-ap-beta-357/ :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madame Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Check out this video. It's in German, but with English subtitles. Quote - Affinity Photo 2.3.0 - Affinity Designer 2.3.0 -Affinity Publisher 2.3.0 MacBook Pro 16 GB MacOS Sonoma 14.1.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMac1943 Posted December 29, 2015 Author Share Posted December 29, 2015 Nice! I followed step by step. Thank you!!! Madame 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMac1943 Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 Thank you RespŌk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMac1943 Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 See my original photo and see what I aprox. want. What are the steps to take? Thanks for answering mahitrans 2.pdf anon1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doeboy Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 These are the steps I used to create the image below. 1. duplicate your image ⌘+J 2. select the duplicated image go to adjustments > HSL and move the saturation to -100% 3. select the duplicated image and change its blend mode to color dodge then invert image the image ⌘+I 4. image should be mostly white go to filters > blur > gaussian blur, slide the radius till you get the effect your looking for. To add textture go to filter noise add noise. I used this video from Blue Lightning TV Image used fromhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sad_Summer_Girl_Portrait.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barninga Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 imac1943, you could go a step further: after applying the method suggested by doeboy, try adding a threshold adjustment layer on top. the result should be closer to what you want to achieve. as a side note, i'd also suggest substituting the hsl adjustment with a black&white adjustment. again, the result is to desaturate the image and avoid color halos, but since the bw adjustment offers separate controls for the color components, you should be able to tune the effect according your needs and taste. Quote take care, stefano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMac1943 Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 Thank you barninga, i'll try it out. If you have time can you explain more in detail how I can 'adding a treshold adjustment layer' Regards and happy new year!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barninga Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 hello imac1943, you can do it the same way you add the hsl adjustment or the b/w adjustment. select the top layer of your project, click on the adjustments tab at the top of the layer stack, or on the adjustment icon at the bottom of it, and select "Treshold". Then, adjust the slider control to your taste. happy new year to you too! iMac1943 1 Quote take care, stefano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barninga Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 one more note: you can obtain a coloured pencil drawing if you add a recolour adjustment instead of the b/w and treshold adjustment. Quote take care, stefano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMac1943 Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 Hi barninga! Back after the New Year stop... I followed your advice concerning 'treshold'. That worked exactly the way I wanted. Many thanks and have a good 2016! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMac1943 Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 Maybe one more question barninga. If I work with Illustrator I have the posiblility to 'soften' the drawing in this way (see picture).can I do the same in Affinity Designer? I normally import a drawing into AD because I then can enlarge the drawing without having pixels. I hope you understand what I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barninga Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 hi, unfortunately i don't use affinity designer, so i cannot help you specifically. however, many features of photo are in common with designer, so it's possible that you can replicate in ad the steps that would accomplish your goal in ap. i don't catch exaclty what you mean by "soften": can you please post the original image (before softening in illustrator)? Quote take care, stefano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMac1943 Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 See attached file. On top a drawing that has been enlarged in PS or AF. No straight line, but a kind of sawtooth. In Illustrator as I mentioned in previous post, you can turn it into a black and white drawing. OK, the sawtooth is not totally gone, but now it's nearly good enough for screenprinting on textile. Screenprinting on textile, in my case, is always black and white because I have to print on special transparent paper. The paint goes through the screen or doesn't goes through the screen. I was wandering if the same can be done in AD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barninga Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 i'd try applying a gaussian blur to the original image and then the treshold adjustment. i mean, first blur, then treshold. if you use a live filter, you'll be able to fine tune both and see what settings work best for you. see what i got modifying your image this way. anon1 1 Quote take care, stefano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMac1943 Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share Posted January 3, 2016 do you mean this: 1. duplicate your image ⌘+J 2. select the duplicated image go to adjustments > HSL and move the saturation to -100% 3. select the duplicated image and change its blend mode to color dodge then invert image the image ⌘+I 4. image should be mostly white go to filters > blur > gaussian blur, slide the radius till you get the effect your looking for. 5. treshold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMac1943 Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share Posted January 3, 2016 what do you mean by 'life filter', is this the one one have to click here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barninga Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 1. yes 2. yes, but instead of hsl you could select "black and white" (it allows you to better tune the bw result) 3. yes 4. yes, it works, but imho a better option would be: 4.1 select the duplicated image 4.2 go to menus, Layer => New Live Filter Layer => Gaussian Blur 4.3 slide the radius till you get the effect you're looking for 5. yes 6. optional: select the duplicated image go to adjustments > Recolour and set the hue as desired if you want a colored image instead of a b/w one now the question about "live filter". yes, i did mean what you show in the image you attached. the advantage of using live filter layers (instead of the filters that you can find in the Filters menu) is that live filters automatically set the effect as a mask you can edit later, just like adjustments: - if you later double click on the mask, you reopen the filter's controls and can modify all of the settings - if you later click on the mask, you can paint over it with the paint brush. note that the effect mask is white by default, which means that the effect is shown everywhere: so you'll paint black where you want to hide the effect. you can invert the mask (click on it and then press cmd-i): this will hide the effect everywhere and you'll paint white where you want the effect to be shown in other words, live filter layers allow to edit the image non destructively. you can modify the filter's settings, delete or deactivate it, mask it, and so on, without the need of throwing away the editing work you have possibly done after setting the live filter. on the other hand, the filters you apply through the Filters menu are destructive: they modify the pixel structure/color of the image. you can undo them, but if you do more editing after applying one of them and you want to undo that filter, you'll have to undo any subsequent work and redo it again after applying your changes. iMac1943 and dogsbylori 2 Quote take care, stefano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barninga Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 i've forgot to specify that step 6 is alternative to steps 2 and 5. Quote take care, stefano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMac1943 Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share Posted January 3, 2016 whaw! This is perfect. I hope other users of AP read this too. Stefano, you have been very very helpful. I thank you so much! Kind regards and have a good day! Luc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barninga Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 happy you found this conversation useful. see you next time. s Quote take care, stefano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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