Photoshop tutorial not translating in Affinity :photo into a painting

[LinaMaria]

Hi there!  I found this really good tutorial on YouTube where you edit a photograph to look like a painting and it's exactly what I've been looking for.  It is a photoshop tutorial though.  I've tried photoshop tutorials in affinity before and it worked.  This one does not.  Because they are different, after watching the video, can anyone tell me how to do it where it works in Affinity Photo?  I really want to do this!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7-dam0-5Hk&t=475s

[Sara72]

Hi,

I could most of it, there is no Filter gallery but you can use 'Add noise' instead of film grain and Emboss instead of High pass. The Reduce noise option is in the Develop Persona, you will have to check the Extreme box and max out the Luminance and set contribution close to 100% .

[LinaMaria]

Oh wow okay!  What is the Develop Persona?  Editing like this gets confusing for me.  It'll take me a while just to find where the "add noise", "emboss", etc are.

[LinaMaria]

Yeah I'm not getting it.  Nothing is happening.

[Sara72]

Hi,

Add Noise and Emboss are under 'Filters' on the main Photo Persona, the Develop Persona is the third icon along the top and Noise Reduction is under 'Details' :

[LinaMaria]

When I go into Develop Persona and try noise reduction nothing happens.  I've tried multiple things un DP and nothing is happening to my photo.

[Sara72]

Hi,

Did you check the box for extreme in luminance? You will able to pull it up even further to something like 2000 and it will soften the skin out, you have to keep contribution up to 100 to have any effect.

[LinaMaria]

Yes, the box is checked. Nothing is working.  There is no change to the photo.

[LinaMaria]

This is what I'm getting.  Nothing like the tutorial.  I don't understand what I'm doing wrong.

[Sara72]

Hi, 

Your Shadow/Highlight adjustment layer is blocking you from seeing any changes, you need to clip it to the first image you created it for, just drag it down and when you see the long blue highlight let go, i actually used the Shadow/Highlight from the Filters drop down menu for speed but the adjustments tab processes are none destructive so you can just delete the adjustment not the image. I also don't think you have given the Dodge layer an Overlay blend mode, so its hiding any effect.