Feiying Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Hello together, i am wondering if it is possible to adjust a mask by using curves, contrast and so on to seperate the midtones and get more either black or white color in the mask. If i create a mask by using for example red tones, i want to edit this mask by using a curve and make lighter grey tones white and darker grey tones black. However, i can’t manage to do this in affinity photo. When I option+click the mask, i can see it and i can paint onto it, but i can’t apply curves to seperate the shades of grey.. I also tried by dragging a curve onto the mask icon, but it didn’t change anything. Maybe someone has a clue or knows that this just doesn’t work in AP. Best regards Wolfgang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 . Feiying 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affinity Revolution Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 You'll also want to make the curves/levels adjustment layer a child layer to the mask. Maybe I'm just doing something wrong, but I can't get a mask to receive a child layer until I un-nest it, apply the adjust layer to it, and then nest the mask back onto the photo. Anyone have a better way of doing this? Feiying 1 Quote Free Affinity Photo Course! Follow along with me as we learn how to edit everyday photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Polygonius Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 6 hours ago, owenr said: The current UI doesn't allow us to drag an object into a mask-nested object, but there has been requests for that to be allowed, so it may be possible in the future. Are you sure? I guess its working. See pic. But however, if you mean something different: just make a group of this mask- layer and put in the group whatever you need. Feiying 1 Quote OSX 12.5 / iMac Retina 27" / Radeon Pro 580X / Metall: on! --- WWG1WGA WW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Polygonius Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Aah, i see the point. lepr 1 Quote OSX 12.5 / iMac Retina 27" / Radeon Pro 580X / Metall: on! --- WWG1WGA WW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feiying Posted July 26, 2018 Author Share Posted July 26, 2018 Thank you guys, that really helped! Now there's just one big thing that would help me a lot: is there any way to show how the adjustments change the mask itself? It would be awesome if I could option+click and see the mask, and do the adjustments in this view! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Affinity Revolution Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Ya, it would be nice to see an easier approach (so not so many workarounds are needed) but I assume Affinity developers are more than a little occupied getting Publisher ready. Quote Free Affinity Photo Course! Follow along with me as we learn how to edit everyday photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feiying Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share Posted July 27, 2018 Alright, thanks again! Yes im aware of the workarounds, just wanted to make sure it's not possible to do it the easy way as known from the other big image editing software :-P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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