Haywire Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Hi, I have selected an area that is underexposed (see screenshot). I have tried to change the exposure and brightness of this selected area but nothing happens to the area selected brightness. I have tried with Mask ticked and not ticked. Please can someone explain what I need to do. It should be obvious once the area has been selected but I can seem to adjust the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 From your screenshots, it looks as though you're applying adjustments to the mask instead of the background layer. Each adjustment layer comes with its own mask, so there's no need to add another one: you just need to make a selection on the background pixel layer and then apply whatever adjustments you like. 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...
Haywire Posted December 24, 2017 Author Share Posted December 24, 2017 Thanks Alfred, I have tried this but when in background, the selection tool does not allow me to select an area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HVDB Photography Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Activate the background layer make the selection ad the adjustment layer > the mask is automatically created make your adjustments as required Quote Affinity Photo 2.3.1 Laptop MSI Prestige PS42 Windows 11 Home 23H2 (Build 22631.3007) - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz 2.00 GHz - RAM 16,0 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haywire Posted December 24, 2017 Author Share Posted December 24, 2017 Thanks HVdB, That's fine for rectilinear selection but how do I do that for my example shown in my screenshot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HVDB Photography Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 The type of selection tool doesn't matter ! You could even use a Shadows/Highlights adjustment, make the adjustment, invert the layer, and use a white brush the reveal only the targetted area .. If you could attach your image I 'd do a quick video ... Quote Affinity Photo 2.3.1 Laptop MSI Prestige PS42 Windows 11 Home 23H2 (Build 22631.3007) - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz 2.00 GHz - RAM 16,0 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haywire Posted December 24, 2017 Author Share Posted December 24, 2017 Thanks HVdB, Picture tells a 1000 words, then a video will tell.... Please find attached file. Upload image failed twice keep getting "There was a problem processing the uploaded file. -200" I'll try again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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