GeoffreyH Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Hi, I am starting to do some compositing in Affinity, and have noticed on some YouTube videos that users at the start, set up a new document. They then load their photos onto this document and work on them there. Why set up a new document? Are there some advantages? thanks for reading, cheers Geoffrey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff stokerg Posted June 7, 2018 Staff Share Posted June 7, 2018 Hi GeoffreyH, I guess it would depend on the kind of compositing you are doing, for example a face swap could all be done in the one image without the need for a new document. Where as a more complex composite could benefit from a blank new document set to the size of the final image, you then have a boundary to work within. MEB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 13 minutes ago, GeoffreyH said: Hi, I am starting to do some compositing in Affinity, and have noticed on some YouTube videos that users at the start, set up a new document. They then load their photos onto this document and work on them there. Why set up a new document? Are there some advantages? thanks for reading, cheers Geoffrey Are you using Affinity Designer or Photo. That makes quite a difference. Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted June 7, 2018 Staff Share Posted June 7, 2018 @GeoffreyH stated he was starting with compositing and mentioned photos so it's probably Affinity Photo. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 9 minutes ago, MEB said: @GeoffreyH stated he was starting with compositing and mentioned photos so it's probably Affinity Photo. Assuming things often make an ass out of me so I try to avoid it You are probably right but as there is quite a difference between Designer documents (pages) and Photo documents (canvas) I thought it wise to ask. I actually quite like compositing in Designer, but the techniques are slightly different. Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted June 7, 2018 Staff Share Posted June 7, 2018 I'm sorry toltec, i didn't have intention to offend in any way. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 6 minutes ago, MEB said: I'm sorry toltec, i didn't have intention to offend in any way. That's OK, I wasn't offended but thank you. I have however made several long winded posts (a failing of mine) (and I can already hear Alfred typing his response ) only to have the OP of that topic reveal he/she is using Designer not Photo, or vice versa. Alfred 1 Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffreyH Posted June 16, 2018 Author Share Posted June 16, 2018 Been out of touch for a while, but back on deck now. Thanks for the responses regarding compositing and setting up new documents. I am using A. Photo, and coming to terms with it quite well. At this stage I will be setting up new documents for each composite set to the relevant size I require. cheers Geoffrey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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