Masks for Beginners : Tutorial for Affinity Photo

[TrentL]

Masking is a crucial skill for non-destructively editing your photos and art. In this video, we’ll look at masking from the ground up in Affinity Photo.

 

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Switching between black/white could be better explained as just X not shift+X (although that works too) and maybe add a mention for the shortcut to make the default black/white by pressing D

[TrentL]

3 hours ago, tzvi20 said:

@TrentL

I need to put someone into photo but behind other people what is the process for that?

Yes, you could create a mask for the person in the back and paint black on the areas occupied by the people in the front. My incredibly rough 30-second example is below. You could also duplicate the layer with the people, create a mask for the people in the front, and apply it to the top layer of people. Then you could freely move any object between the people layer and the background layer. 

[bijutoha]

I especially liked how you explained the difference between deleting and masking, and how to use gradients and shapes to create masks.

[TrentL]

23 hours ago, tzvi20 said:

hi @TrentL

I was trying to get the bride into the space next to the groom but having trouble. I was trying to learn the technique of how to do it. Below is my super quick and dirty example. Tip: you can temporarily make the bride's transparency 50% so you can more easily see through her and determine which parts to mask out. 

wedding photo.afphoto 3.21 MB · 2 downloads

Yeah, you could add a mask for the bride and then paint solid black onto the mask where the people in the front are.

You could also do some tweaking of the lighting (maybe set the white point of the bride), but that is another issue. 

 

[Affinityconfusesme]

Hi @TrentL Do you mind doing a screen recording of the process?

[TrentL]

10 hours ago, tzvi20 said:

Hi @TrentL Do you mind doing a screen recording of the process?

Sure, I attached the file. I don't know how to embed a video in a post. 

 

[Affinityconfusesme]

I got it.  Thanks. do you mind deleting this file as it is really somewhat private? Thanks.

[loukash]

15 minutes ago, TrentL said:

I don't know how to embed a video in a post

Make sure it's an *.mp4 container so that an uploaded file plays directly in a post.

[loukash]

2 minutes ago, tzvi20 said:

it is really somewhat private

You should share files via private messages then.

[Affinityconfusesme]

I hid the post pretty much right after I uploaded it to hide from people. It was only available for a very short time.

[TrentL]

25 minutes ago, tzvi20 said:

I got it.  Thanks. do you mind deleting this file as it is really somewhat private? Thanks.

Done.

[Catshill]

On 10/30/2023 at 12:30 PM, TrentL said:

Masking is a crucial skill for non-destructively editing your photos and art. In this video, we’ll look at masking from the ground up in Affinity Photo.

 

That is a well presented tutorial with concise and informative content.