biggaloot Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 The term I am using - cutout - has nothing to do with masking or removing an image. Instead I refer to the Photoshop filter factory effect. I use tis effect to simplify colors and shading to create a cartoon like image. It varies on numbers of levels to effect, edge simplicity and edge fidelity. I use this filter to create posters, flyers and more for clients. I am liking the windows beta of Affinity Photo and am seriously thinking of giving up my Photoshop CS6 for it. The workflow is a tad different, but this is one capability I can't find. I don't want to pay the exhorbitant cost of Adobe's CC subscription, but the $50 cost for Photo is sooooooooo enticing. The program is already ahead of my CS6 so I would love to move to it once it goes on sale. Some of us graphic designers don't just do photography. ps - if this is something more easily done in Affinity Designer, please let me know and point me at any tutorials. Thanks tons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 11, 2016 Staff Share Posted November 11, 2016 Hi biggaloot, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) We will be adding artistic filter effects later, meanwhile the closest/direct feature able to achieve a similar result is Posterise (check Layer ▸ New Adjustment Layer ▸ Posterise adjustment). Use a very low value. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Also, check this recent thread: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/27687-cutout-filter-workaround/ Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggaloot Posted November 11, 2016 Author Share Posted November 11, 2016 You guys are awesome. Knowing its on the way just reaffirms my thoughts, and knowing this work around is there until then helps. Now there's nothing to stop me from upgrading to this when it goes on sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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