drippy cat Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Hi everyone, The course I've been working on is out and right here: https://www.udemy.com/affinity-photo-the-little-box-of-tricks/?src=sac&kw=affinity . It's a collection of 25+ projects from simple to advanced covering a whole heap of different topics. Things like combining images, spot coloring, tonal separation, advanced dodge and burn techniques, high and low key lighting, emulating the looks popularised by famous photographers, soft focus effects, artistic effects, restoring damaged photos, coloring vintage photos and beauty retouching techniques. This is the third Affinity Photo course I've put on udemy.com, and the three were always meant to work together. The Solid Foundations course was for beginners, the Raw Editing course for people wanting to understand and develop Raw files, and now this. This course assumes you know the basics of Affinity Photo, although the first thing I do after the introduction is to give a brief primer on layers, layer masks and layer blend modes. That way you should be able to get a handle on the things we'll be using the most. Affinity Photo: The Little Box of Tricks is intended to build on top of the Affinity Photo: Solid Foundations course and build up your skills in terms of technique and good working practices. Practices based off my 25+ years experience of working as a designer doing a variety of different work for a variety of different clients in a variety of different places. So why not click the link and check it out? Cheers, drippy cat MattP, Chipotle, HaroldBark and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chipotle Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Still working my way through the first course, which is very helpful. I will do your new one once I have finished it. I find your training style very easy to follow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drippy cat Posted June 25, 2016 Author Share Posted June 25, 2016 Hi Chipotle. I'm glad the first course is proving helpful for you. I suggest that you make sure you are comfortable with layers, layer masks and layer blend modes before you consider The Little Box of Tricks. There is a video right after the introduction in the new course which is intended as a refresher for those topics. Chipotle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timber Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Hi Simon, keep these great tutorials coming. Any chance you'll offer an introductory discount on The Little Box of Tricks, as you did with your earlier courses? Thanks again - Timber Chipotle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhandumuc Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Keep making these nice courses, I have already bought them all. I will buy the next thing you release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drippy cat Posted June 30, 2016 Author Share Posted June 30, 2016 Hi Timber. I think Udemy are already running a sale discount. at the moment (which I didn't know about & I don't know how long it will last.) So maybe now would be a good time to get the course. nhannomad, the next thing I'll release will be a very basic course which expands upon the 5 steps to better pictures tutorial I have on YouTube. It's intended for casual/beginner users of Affinity photo and covers ground already covered in the Solid Foundations course but without all the extras things like selections, layer masks and blend modes etc. For that reason I will be sending out an email with a coupon to all existing Udemy customers so they can get it for free is Udemy lets you do that, or discounted if they don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drippy cat Posted July 19, 2016 Author Share Posted July 19, 2016 Hi everyone. Just to let people know that I had some feedback off someone who said they had wanted things about landscape photography. So I've just published two videos on the course which deal with landscape photography. MattP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted July 19, 2016 Staff Share Posted July 19, 2016 These look like very nice tutorials, Simon - great work! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff James Ritson Posted July 19, 2016 Staff Share Posted July 19, 2016 Seconded, thanks for putting so much into developing your courses, they're a brilliant resource for people. Quote Product Expert (Affinity Photo) & Product Expert Team Leader @JamesR_Affinity for tutorial sneak peeks and more Official Affinity Photo tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drippy cat Posted July 19, 2016 Author Share Posted July 19, 2016 MattP and James, thanks very much! MattP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmcguiney Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Hi, I have both Solid Foundations and 5 Easy Steps. I am very eager to colorize some of our B&W photos. Is this available in what I have or where can I get it. Thanks for any help, really enjoy your tutorials. Don Mcguiney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drippy cat Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 Hi Don. There's a section towards the the end all about coloring in photos. I give an easy, intermediate and advanced method. Thanks for the enquiry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffBrown Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 A very good tutorial - certainly simplifies things. Would you advocate the same principles for RAW processing? Regards, Biff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drippy cat Posted January 5, 2017 Author Share Posted January 5, 2017 Hi Biff. For coloring in? Nope, I'd do the dark and light enhancement in the develop persona then take it into the photo persona, put a black and white adjustment layer to get a decent back and white image if it's not back and white already. Then I'd color it in. Raw files are too sluggish in any program to do extensive work of this type. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDuperMax Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Hi drippy cat, I finished watching all your tuts on udemy. Thanks a lot for your great work! drippy cat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drippy cat Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 Hi AstroMax - you've been busy! I hope they are of good use for you. Thanks for your support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDuperMax Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Hi AstroMax - you've been busy! I hope they are of good use for you. Thanks for your support. Yes indeed, and also my English has improved.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drippy cat Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 Yes indeed, and also my English has improved.... If you start speaking it with a slight Midlands accent it's got nothing to do with me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snuffleberries Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I have been a fan of Affinity Photo for quite sometime now. I have been dabbling with it but haven't had a solid understanding of a lot of things. Many of the things I've learnt have been from Photoshop tutorials, which can be tricky to translate into Affinity Photo if you don't really understand what the things are or mean. I found this course because I was particularly looking for a tutorial on BW photo colourisation. I highly recommend this course. I am still working may way though it. I find the style very easy to understand. It is broken up into convenient sections of about 10 mins each which makes it very easy to consume in small portions. Explanations are good. Repetitive actions are skipped out so everything you are watching is learning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drippy cat Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 Thanks very much snuffleberries! That's a nice review. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E9B6 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 and a good English sense of Humour as well. Pity he keeps spelling words wrong (sorry humor) CRG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drippy cat Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 and a good English sense of Humour as well. Pity he keeps spelling words wrong (sorry humor) CRG Oh HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! My poor aching ribs! Sory for the missspllingz, I has British spel checky on he computerzz... .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gearóid Ó Caoilte Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Simon How do I access the course? I never seem to be able to get working on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 1 minute ago, Gearóid Ó Caoilte said: How do I access the course? Follow the link in Simon's first post, which will take you to Udemy to purchase it. If you've already purchased, just sign in to Udemy and you'll find it in your course list. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Photo Edit Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 The tutorials is great for the new comers and it's really help to get achieve success in photo retouching profession. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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