Johnowl Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 I have a badly exposed JPEG photo with some parts correctly exposed and othere drowned out by the sun. I have done some editing of RAW files on similar photos with some success but am very new to Affinity. Are there any ways to repair parts of a jpg photo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Of course, take a look over the AP video tutorials section to get an idea ... Affinity Photo tutorials Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnowl Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 Thanks. Any specific tutorials you’d advise on? Had a look and there are loads so a bit daunting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Getting Started, Adjustments, Layers ... (step for step) so those things you would have done with your RAW files too here or you want to do with your JPG images. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanSG Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 10 minutes ago, Johnowl said: Thanks. Any specific tutorials you’d advise on? Had a look and there are loads so a bit daunting Is there any chance you can post the image you're hoping to fix - it's a lot easier to recommend specific tutorials if we can see the problem. Quote AP, AD & APub user, running Win10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnowl Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 Have attached one of those I was trying to do something with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 26, 2018 Staff Share Posted January 26, 2018 Hi Johnowl, Welcome to Affinity Forums It's impossible to recover details on these areas (sun highlights) because the tones/highlights are clipped - that is, there's no information/detail on those areas to recover. It's possible to increase the contrast a little on the faces closer to the sun but most of the area behind them has no detail. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnowl Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 How would I edit the contrast on the faces closest to the sun whilst leaving the others alone. Even if I can’t do anything about the sky it would still help me to know how and what I can do to specific areas on a jpeg file. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 26, 2018 Staff Share Posted January 26, 2018 Hi Johnowl, All live filters/adjustments have a built-in mask that you can use to restrict the areas affected by the filter/adjustment. So for example, if you apply an exposure adjustment to your image/layer (set the slider to a high value so you can easily see its effect on the image) it will affect the image as a whole. To restrict it to a specific part, select the adjustment in the Layers panel clicking on its thumbnail then go to menu Layer ▸ Invert to change the built-in mask from white to black. When working with masks black conceals/hides, while white reveals/show. So when you change the exposure adjustments built-in mask to black you "block" the effect of the adjustment over the image. Your image should now look as if it didn't have an exposure adjustment at all since you have concealed the effect of the adjustment turning the mask to black. Now to affect just a specific area, select the Paint Brush Tool, set the hardness to a low value in case you want to use a softer brush, change the colour to white and paint over the canvas (with the layer exposure adjustment still selected). What you are doing is painting with white on the mask revealing the effect of the exposure adjustment on the areas you are painting. You can still double-click the exposure adjustment thumbnail in the Layers panel to adjust/tweak the exposure slider as you see fit. This applies to all adjustments and all live filters available in Affinity Photo. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnowl Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 Thanks. WiIl give that a go when back home later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 26, 2018 Staff Share Posted January 26, 2018 Also check this video tutorial for more details about using masking with adjustments: Affinity Photo - Mask Layers Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnowl Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 Thank you. Really helpful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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