Mike from South Oz Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 I am enjoying working with the workbook. However I do have a question based on page 230. Following the instructions, I set the paint brush tool and then look at the colour panel. I am unable, in RGB mode, to get those standard numbers (please see my first attachment). What is that scale? I am however able to complete the steps (up to number 4) improving the red tones as suggested! The other attachment shows my work so far - prior to cropping. Many thanks in advance, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff James Ritson Posted January 19, 2018 Staff Share Posted January 19, 2018 Hi Mike, looks like you've got your colour panel set to 16-bit values rather than 8-bit. This means each colour value will top out at 65535 rather than 255 (thus explaining why you can't match the values given in the book). To set the values back to 8-bit, click the "burger" icon next to the X and choose 8-bit. I've attached a screenshot to show you. Hope that helps, let me know if you're still running into issues! 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...
Mike from South Oz Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share Posted January 20, 2018 James, Dead right!! Many thanks. I am exporting from Raw in 16bit tif and then going to RGB 8bit at the end. I am enjoying your videos and projects very much. all the very best, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLM Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 My problem too--on Chapter 2: Lumsdale Falls. Page161. I couldn't find any good color tutorials. One by Elaine Giles' is over an hour and a half long. I like the shorter ones by James Ritson. I'm looking forward to working my way through the book (just got it this week.) The one thing that would be more helpful for a 'workbook' is to be able to open it flat. I had to get a carpenter's clamp to both hold and weigh down the first pages. It lies flatter toward the middle. Thanks so much for developing AF. I could never get very far with Photoshop because if I didn't use a method for a while, I had to re-learn it. So every new type of project was like starting over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.