Staff James Ritson Posted June 5, 2019 Staff Share Posted June 5, 2019 Official Affinity Photo Desktop Tutorials We've got a brand new set of tutorials that follow a more structured approach and are sorted into logical categories. You can access them by following this link: https://affinity.serif.com/tutorials/photo/desktop Please note that the previous thread is now considered legacy and has been unpinned. The videos linked in the thread are also considered legacy—they will remain accessible (albeit unlisted) but ultimately my goal is to produce suitable replacements over time using the new studio setup with live mixing and picture-in-picture. There's been a clear increase in quality of teaching and production values since Affinity Photo was first released back in 2015, and we hope to continue this moving forward. The videos listed at the above link are hosted on Vimeo. Alternatively, please find a list below with YouTube links: Basics UI overview New document with templates Light UI Open and save Placing images Pixel vs Image layers Moving, scaling and rotating Layers Advanced layer options Selecting layers Mask layers Undo, redo and history Exporting Resizing & resampling Canvas resizing RAW development Tool cycling Studio presets Hardware acceleration External file linking and Resource Manager Advanced Adding lens profiles Manual lens corrections Keyboard and Mouse Brush Modifier Colour management Compression efficiency Channels Channels: Selections HDR merging HDR ghosts removal HDR from one exposure Liquify Stacking: Object removal Stacking: Noise reduction Stacking: Exposure blending Focus merging Panoramas RAW advanced development HDR/EDR workflow Macros 360 live editing OpenColorIO setup Blend modes Blend ranges LAB Infer LUT Importing and creating LUTs Luminosity masks from layers Masking vs clipping layers Paste/move inside Isolating layers Layer Z order and hierarchical view Linked layers Corrective & Retouching Cropping Straightening Images Inpainting Haze removal Dodge, burn and sponge brush tools Clone brush tool Sky replacement Chromatic aberration reduction and defringing Creative Tools Colour picker tool Gradient tool Paint mixer brush Selection refinement Fill layers Pen tool Bitmap pattern fills Selecting sampled colours Selection Brush Tool Freehand Selection Tool: Freehand, Polygonal and Magnetic modes Pattern layers Text on a path Custom brushes from layer selections Divide blend mode Filters & Adjustments Curves Levels Masking adjustment layers Filters Live filter layers Displace filter Shadows/highlights Gradient map Denoising/Noise reduction Radial blur Clarity Channel mixer White balance Black & white adjustment Zoom blur Selective colour Procedural Texture: Tone Mapping HDR to SDR Procedural Texture: Nonlinear Transform Correction Affine filter: seamless textures Frequency Separation: Gaussian, Bilateral and Median blur methods Export Persona Exporting slices Workflows & Techniques PSD write-back and PSB import PSD smart object import Editing infrared photography Relighting 3D renders Using Matte ID render passes for masking Lock children (Masking) Editing metadata Retouching scanned line drawings Applying Blender Filmic looks Compositing 3ds Max and V-Ray render passes Frequency Separation: Retouching lens flares with Median method Frequency Separation: Portraiture retouching Perspective compositing Astrophotography Astrophotography stacking: SHO composition Astrophotography stacking: One shot colour workflow Astrophotography stacking: Monochrome colour mapping Astrophotography stacking: LRGB composition Astrophotography stacking: HaRGB composition Astrophotography stacking: Bi-colour composition Astrophotography: Removing background gradients Astrophotography: Equalising colours Astrophotography: Sigma Clipping Astrophotography: File Groups and Filters Hope you find them useful! James Ko Thet, Anand Kumar, stevewade and 14 others 12 5 Quote Product Expert (Affinity Photo) & Product Expert Team Leader @JamesR_Affinity for tutorial sneak peeks and more Official Affinity Photo tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanshab Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Hello James. I still refer to the old set of tutorials now and then. Lately I needed to look at the LUT tutorial. Are they still available ? There is a lot of good information there. BeauRX and stevewade 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdD Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Looking forward to seeing tutorials on the new release of Photo. Is there a way to tell which of the tutorials are new? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwellborn Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 I really like the new videos for Photo and Designer!! For starters, they show the entire screen, so we can see which tool was selected, or where in the Menus or on the Toolbar one is clicking. They are also far more explanatory with regard to steps taken, so one hasn't gone from a good idea to an accomplished deed in the blink of an eye!! Really well done for those of us (surely I am not the only one) who normally learn from reading. I hope these make it into Apple TV. Nothing like a cosy evening with Unsharp Mask ! stevewade 1 Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6.7. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.5.5. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6.7. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smadell Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Hey, James... Just to nitpick... The link to the video titled "Inpainting" says "Pinpointing" instead! Patrick Connor and stevewade 2 Quote Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2 (latest retail versions) - desktop & iPad Culling - FastRawViewer; Raw Developer - Capture One Pro; Asset Management - Photo Supreme Mac Studio with M2 Max (2023); 64 GB RAM; macOS 13 (Ventura); Mac Studio Display - iPad Air 4th Gen; iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkfish Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Hi James...The new videos are great but i have been referring to the old videos on a regular basis and would enjoy having access to them. There is a lot of good information there. Are they available anywhere? M.Fiedler, stevewade and BeauRX 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeroen Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 10 hours ago, sharkfish said: Hi James...The new videos are great but i have been referring to the old videos on a regular basis and would enjoy having access to them. There is a lot of good information there. Are they available anywhere? Hi James, Thanks for your ongoing educational efforts! Your videos are an indispensable resource for me. I do love the format & quality of the new videos. Will eventually all old videos be adapted? I have a particular wish to review a video explaining how to select the sky from a foreground with a tree, using (if I remember correctly) temporarily converting to BW and enhancing contrast, then selecting by tonal value. I hope this one will be available soon, since I have a question on it. Alternatively, same question as above: are the old ones still available? Cheers, Jeroen. stevewade 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leafdancing Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Hi James, Thank you very much for the excellent tutorials. Please may I ask you to do a tutorial on brushes, especially sub brushes and textures. I am experimenting, but it would be very nice if someone knowledgeable could provide more guidance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p_mac Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Hi James, firstly thank you for the revamped tutorials, they are awesome as usual. I was wondering if you could give us a tutorial on the new HSL filter. It is vastly changed and I would like the perspective on how much has changed as it seems to be much more complex than the previous iteration. With thanks in advance. stevewade 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marciomendonsa Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 HI! Is this way to master Affinity Photo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwellborn Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 31 minutes ago, marciomendonsa said: HI! Is this way to master Affinity Photo? It is a really good start! Paul Mudditt 1 Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6.7. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.5.5. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6.7. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff James Ritson Posted June 6, 2019 Author Staff Share Posted June 6, 2019 Hi all, thanks for the feedback so far! (Pinpointing has been renamed ) I'm aiming to get a few more videos done over the next 2-3 weeks (there is of course the Publisher launch to think about as well...). For now, here's a new one that covers how to use the new HDR/EDR display support. EDR support on macOS is limited to the newer MacBook Pro and iMac Pro panels (other models may be supported but I'm not sure), plus the new XDR display that was announced at WWDC. If you have a Windows machine you stand a better chance of using this feature since you just need an HDR-capable display and suitable graphics card. For example, I used my HDR TV at home to get the clips in this video! The video has also been added to the list above. Hope you find it interesting! TestTools, Dejstokes, Paul Mudditt and 1 other 3 1 Quote Product Expert (Affinity Photo) & Product Expert Team Leader @JamesR_Affinity for tutorial sneak peeks and more Official Affinity Photo tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladimir78 Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Thanks a lot but is there a way to get the old videos ??? I can find the one i've marked but cannot find the others. THANKS. ingad40@gmail.com and D23 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vit157 Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 I will join the main question here - how we can access old videos??? It is a bit strange to completely remove access to them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AffinityFan2k19 Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 (edited) From over 200 videos down to 64!? That sucks... BTW, you can only access the old videos if you downloaded them prior to the now, truncated video library... Edited June 6, 2019 by AffinityFan2k19 D23 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mudditt Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 6 hours ago, AffinityFan2k19 said: From over 200 videos down to 64!? That sucks... BTW, you can only access the old videos if you downloaded them prior to the now, truncated video library... http://www.miguelboto.com/affinity/photo/video-tutorials/ ingad40@gmail.com, BiffBrown and D23 3 Quote Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.5 on macOS 15.0 Beta Sequoia on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.5 on Windows 10 Pro. (revived !) Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.5 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS beta 18(22A5326f) https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/affinityphotoastrophotography The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwellborn Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 12 hours ago, Paul Mudditt said: http://www.miguelboto.com/affinity/photo/video-tutorials/ I have that bookmark too, but I did not offer it in these forums, because my MAC warns me in Safari that it is “Not Secure.” In case of potential trouble, I did not want to be the villain who caused the problem. Although so far, my MAC has kept me safe. And I see that MEB has provided the same link in another topic in the forums. ingad40@gmail.com 1 Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6.7. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.5.5. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6.7. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mudditt Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 13 minutes ago, jmwellborn said: I have that bookmark too, but I did not offer it in these forums, because my MAC warns me in Safari that it is “Not Secure.” In case of potential trouble, I did not want to be the villain who caused the problem. Although so far, my MAC has kept me safe. And I see that MEB has provided the same link in another topic in the forums. It’s just an old fashioned http site, if it was https it would be marked as secure. The page is collated by MEB I’d assumed going by initials. jmwellborn 1 Quote Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.5 on macOS 15.0 Beta Sequoia on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.5 on Windows 10 Pro. (revived !) Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.5 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS beta 18(22A5326f) https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/affinityphotoastrophotography The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 James outstanding video and content. Now to see you putting all this in action, holding my breath. Thank you. Quote Cecil iMac Retina 5K, 27”, 2019. 3.6 GHz Intel Core 9, 40 GB Memory DDR4, Radeon Pro 580X 8 GB, macOS,iPad Pro iPadOS Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smadell Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Here’s the old videos... https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/10119-legacy-official-affinity-photo-desktop-video-tutorials/ Paul Mudditt 1 Quote Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2 (latest retail versions) - desktop & iPad Culling - FastRawViewer; Raw Developer - Capture One Pro; Asset Management - Photo Supreme Mac Studio with M2 Max (2023); 64 GB RAM; macOS 13 (Ventura); Mac Studio Display - iPad Air 4th Gen; iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeroen Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 4 hours ago, smadell said: Here’s the old videos... https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/10119-legacy-official-affinity-photo-desktop-video-tutorials/ Great! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 43 minutes ago, Pattou said: Can't have access... videos removed. The Vimeo videos have been removed but the YouTube ones are still there. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDPR-365024 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 All YouTube videos (plus a truck load of other stuff) can be downloaded via JDownloader2 On Windows right click the file you want to download ...'Copy Link Address' The first 'Copy Link Address' when launching the app (each time) may have to be initiated. If so click bottom left 'Add New Links' and click the the url that'll open in a window. All further links after that are all good to go JDownloader is safe ... Open Source, Free, No Charge ... etc Edit: Only use my above link—ie .org ... the official source [there are aseholes with a .com from what I've read that may have other intentions] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petar Petrenko Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Is it possible to mark all new videos as [NEW]..., in the first post if they all are not new? Quote All the latest releases of Designer, Photo and Publisher (retail and beta) on MacOS and Windows. 15” Dell Inspiron 7559 i7 ● Windows 10 x64 Pro ● Intel Core i7-6700HQ (3.50 GHz, 6M) ● 16 GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600 MHz (8GBx2) ● NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4 GB GDDR5 ● 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD ● UHD (3840 x 2160) Truelife LED - Backlit Touch Display 32” LG 32UN650-W display ● 3840 x 2160 UHD, IPS, HDR10 ● Color Gamut: DCI-P3 95%, Color Calibrated ● 2 x HDMI, 1 x DisplayPort 13.3” MacBook Pro (2017) ● Ventura 13.6 ● Intel Core i7 (3.50 GHz Dual Core) ● 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 ● Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB ● 500 GB SSD ● Retina Display (3360 x 2100) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLC Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 The new tutorials are pretty good @James Ritson - thank you, keep up good work Quote Why relying on your users to report errors is the dumbest thing you’ll ever do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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