What Ever Happened to "Clear?"

[GDPR-354025]

Referring again to my newspaper article project: Jim Hayes' video on replacing backgrounds is still to my knowledge on Youtube. He used Invert and then Clear, among other steps when dealing with a monochromatic background. Is there any reason Affinity got rid of Clear? Barring any charity on the part of the user who showed a perfect example of what I need, but without any instruction on how to achieve it, I thought to use Jim's old video. But "CLEAR" is gone from Affinity. Is there any reason why? Thank you.

[Gabe]

Hi @Guest-354025,

Can you post a link to the video, please? I could not find any videos of "Jim Hayes" on youtube related to Affinity. 

Thanks

Gabe. 

[GDPR-354025]

1) Serif “Clear” Video https://youtu.be/il77lgfWG4s

2) Jim Hays’ “Clear” Video

 

[IanSG]

Those are PhotoPlus videos, so the question is why didn't Serif include "Clear" in AP.  My assumption would be that it's not needed - you can use flood select and delete.  

[Medical Officer Bones]

Or use the Erase White Paper option in the Filters/Colors menu to quickly remove the white background (second video).

[GDPR-354025]

On 9/20/2018 at 8:51 AM, Medical Officer Bones said:

Or use the Erase White Paper option in the Filters/Colors menu to quickly remove the white background (second video).

For some reason, I didn't receive a Notification about this response. Flood Select and Delete most like requires using the Magic Wand (?), whose successful deployment I find too time-consuming and often inexact. I didn't even know an Erase White Paper option existed until I saw it here in your post. Are these videos the Vimeo tutorials?

Thank you.

[Gabe]

All our official tutorials are here: