Align Layers without any blending.

[holephoto]

Hi,

Making the transition from PS and I cant figure out how to align layers.

I often shoot portraits and have my lights and stands in the frame, I then shoot plates of the scene without the lights in. In Photoshop I would load in both layers or sometimes more if I am changing props in my final select frame and click Align layers, to just account for any small changes in camera position or movement if I'm handheld or sometimes to extend the frame a little to one side or the other. I then just create masks to brush through or hide parts of the frame and reveal the frames below.

In affinity I've tried the new stack tool to align the layers, but I don't want any blend (median etc) modes on, I can see how they're useful and time saving for specific things, but I just want manual control of masking two layers that have been automatically aligned

Is this possible?

Thanks

[Old Bruce]

There is a Stacking video by affinity which will answer your question show you how to achieve your desired result. Check under the Affinity site for Photo and Video Tutorials.

[holephoto]

Thanks, but I've already watched that and as far as I can see it just shows how to use the different blend modes, without any suggestion on how to just line up several images and mask them yourself.