Michael Coates Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Hi all, I am hoping to move away from the expensive Photoshop to Affinity. I've read a lot of good things about it so am confident it can be done but there are a few tools I use in PS that I'm struggling to find. I am by no means a power user and what I do is relatively basic stuff but it is important to me. I create 12x12 artwork for CDs and a lot of this involved adding various layers of images and manipulating them. I'M DOING A LOT OF TRIAL AND ERROR SO I WILL UPDATE HERE IF I FIGURE THINGS OUT IN CAPS LIKE THIS! Right click on a selected image and fill it with a colour. RIGHT CLICK SEEMS LIMITED SO I GUESS IT'S JUST BUCKET FILL THE SELECTIONS RIGHT? Paint Bucket / Pain Brush 'Clear' mode - leaving a selected area transparent so I can add another image underneath it. - STILL STRUGGLING TO FIND A CLEAR OPTION FOR BUCKET AND BRUSH Scew / Distort / Perspective / Warp transformations for selected areas. STILL CAN'T FIND Polygonal Lasso Tool - I'd like to create a distinct area on my background and then make it transparent - STILL CAN'T FIND Line Tool so I can draw various lines of different thickness - FOUND IN THE CONTEXT MENU UNDER THE PEN TOOL... GETTING THERE SLOWLY BUT SURELY! Anyway, maybe I'm stupid but it's causing me a few issues so any tips on these bits would be appreciated. I have 10 days of the trial remaining and if I can master it I will be buying it but coming from PS makes it hard to understand and learn! Thanks for reading Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 19 hours ago, Michael Coates said: Hi all, I am hoping to move away from the expensive Photoshop to Affinity. I've read a lot of good things about it so am confident it can be done but there are a few tools I use in PS that I'm struggling to find. I am by no means a power user and what I do is relatively basic stuff but it is important to me. I create 12x12 artwork for CDs and a lot of this involved adding various layers of images and manipulating them. I'M DOING A LOT OF TRIAL AND ERROR SO I WILL UPDATE HERE IF I FIGURE THINGS OUT IN CAPS LIKE THIS! Right click on a selected image and fill it with a colour. RIGHT CLICK SEEMS LIMITED SO I GUESS IT'S JUST BUCKET FILL THE SELECTIONS RIGHT? Paint Bucket / Pain Brush 'Clear' mode - leaving a selected area transparent so I can add another image underneath it. - STILL STRUGGLING TO FIND A CLEAR OPTION FOR BUCKET AND BRUSH Scew / Distort / Perspective / Warp transformations for selected areas. STILL CAN'T FIND Polygonal Lasso Tool - I'd like to create a distinct area on my background and then make it transparent - STILL CAN'T FIND Line Tool so I can draw various lines of different thickness - FOUND IN THE CONTEXT MENU UNDER THE PEN TOOL... GETTING THERE SLOWLY BUT SURELY! Anyway, maybe I'm stupid but it's causing me a few issues so any tips on these bits would be appreciated. I have 10 days of the trial remaining and if I can master it I will be buying it but coming from PS makes it hard to understand and learn! Thanks for reading Michael To fill a selection go Edit > Fill or (Shift + F5) There is a Liquify Persona or a Mesh Warp Tool. Lasso tool is in a group with the marquee tools (called Free hand Selection Tool) Set to Polygonal If you make a selection with any tool, press Delete to make it clear (transparent if the document is set to be transparent). Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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