Andy Clark Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Sorry, I'm a newbie to AP but picking it up slowly. I want to apply 'grid' effect to an image. So literally, as if I was looking through an old fashioned window with lots of smaller panes of glass. I'm guessing it's done using masks, but I can't find any tutorials, and I've floundered about a bit myself without much success!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted August 9, 2018 Staff Share Posted August 9, 2018 Hi @Andy Clark, Welcome to the forums. You can try using the Rectangle Tool or the Pen Tool to create the shape you need, on top of your original image. Thanks, Gabe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Create a grid of white rectangles on top of the image, Boolean ‘Add’ them together to create a single Curves object, and then ‘Rasterize to Mask’ the grid of rectangles to apply it as a mask to the image below. Bee-eater_Window.afphoto Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.3.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Clark Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 Thanks. I saw a video of it being done on an iPad, where the guy drew a grid with the line tool and then 'rasterised' it (I think, whatever that does)!! Then somehow applied it as a mask, and was able to edit the individual boxes, apply effects etc.... How would I do this in Photo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted August 9, 2018 Staff Share Posted August 9, 2018 What step did you try to do and struggle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Hi, Andy Clark, The vid tute you linked to was for A Photo on iPad. You would do it just the same on A Photo for the desktop, but the interface is somewhat different. "Rasterize" takes the vector grid and turns it into a pixel object. That is the used to form boundaries for the flood select tool, which in turn are used as areas for the HSL adjustments. Alfred 1 Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Clark Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 Thanks for the explanation gdenby. I'm picking this up gradually. Not boing in this professional area, I only use the application when doing some in-house work for brochures or the website etc. I'm sure if I was using it daily, it would become second nature. But thanks for taking the time to explain how the rasterizing process works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 I made a file with a slight variation, you can turn squares off and on to blank out the image below: Grid Overlay.afphoto file is saved with history so you can see my doodling Andy Clark 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Clark Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 That's terrific 'firstdefence' just what I was looking for. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this, it is really appreciated. firstdefence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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