Chintan Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 I have a photo of a person sitting on a carpet - she wanted the carpet removed - that was easy enough as I saw a tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf6dh3wFbxo I was able to cut out the carpet. But now I don't know how to add my own background such as a colour or a colour gradient. I've tried the flood fill tool but nothing happens - and yes, I did change the colour. How can I do this in the simplest way possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrym Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Your deleted area is transparent so create a new raster layer, put it below your background layer and paste new image or gradient/colour to the new layer but the trick is to make it look natural though and that might look a bit false so check out this video Jean Bussiere and Dee3676 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 I have a photo of a person sitting on a carpet - she wanted the carpet removed - that was easy enough as I saw a tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf6dh3wFbxo I was able to cut out the carpet. But now I don't know how to add my own background such as a colour or a colour gradient. I've tried the flood fill tool but nothing happens - and yes, I did change the colour. How can I do this in the simplest way possible? Go to Layer - New Fill Layer Simply click on a colour to change the colour to whatever you want. (The fill layer probably started white) Drag the fill layer below your pixel layer in the Layers panel. That's it, three clicks and a drag. If you want a colour gradient, look at the context bar when you create the fill layer, it should say Type - Solid and then a short colour bar in whatever colour you just choose. If you click on the "Solid" bit it will open a drop down menu, you have the option to choose a colour gradient fill. Like linear, elliptical, radial. Select one and the gradient tool will then be active, drag it across the page and you get a graduated fill. Click on the circle at either end to set a colour, say yellow at one end then red at the other end and it will graduate between them. It is also possible to graduate from, say, red to yellow and then back to red (or blue even), Click on the line and it will add a new control point, you can then set the colour of that to get three colours. More if you want. There is a little slider on the bar between the colour points to adjust the blend. BTW, are you sure the background layer was selected when you tried to fill the erased carpet area with colour? It is easy to add an adjustment layer and try to edit that, or even deselect the layer, wondering why nothing is happening. Don't ask me how I know that ;) Roger C 1 Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirdrake Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 On 2/6/2017 at 1:18 PM, Chintan said: I have a photo of a person sitting on a carpet - she wanted the carpet removed - that was easy enough as I saw a tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf6dh3wFbxo I was able to cut out the carpet. But now I don't know how to add my own background such as a colour or a colour gradient. I've tried the flood fill tool but nothing happens - and yes, I did change the colour. How can I do this in the simplest way possible? Better if you share the original image Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 7 hours ago, sirdrake said: Better if you share the original image This thread is more than nine months old! sirdrake and dutchshader 2 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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