Vauxhall60 Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 I'm a newbie at photo editing.I'm trying to learn Affinity Photo on a Windows 8.1 laptop.I've read the tutorials and studied some of the Udemy courses by Simon Foster bit I can't get my head round layer masks.I'm practising on a photo where the top of the photo is too bright and the bottom a bit dark.I'm trying to use layer masks to do this using the paint brush tool.I create a layer mask by painting black over bottom of the photo then using Curves to darken the top half.However when I remove the mask,the bottom half of the photo is also darkened.Can anyone please give me a simple step by step guide how to do this. Quote Affinity Photo,Windows 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Lee D Posted July 10, 2017 Staff Share Posted July 10, 2017 Hi Vauxhall60, Try using the Quick Mask tool instead, make sure the colour is set to white and paint over the area you wish to adjust. Once you finished 'painting' on your image click the Quick Mask button again, now apply your adjustment. Once that has been done click Select and Deselect. Here's a link to our quick video tutorial on Quick Masks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vauxhall60 Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 Sorry to have taken so long to reply.Just found it today.Thanks for your help,much appreciated! Quote Affinity Photo,Windows 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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