RomanNYC Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 I am relatively new to Affinity and, like many of us, am coming from years of Photoshop use. What I am having trouble with are two aspects of Affinity: 1) The healing brush painting mode. This was very useful in Photoshop where I was able to only effect the light/dark pixels or replace pixels. I can't find the equivalent in Affinity. 2) Gray layers -- I can create a new pixel layer, fill it with 50% gray and use it for dodging and burning. Is this technique better used as a mask for an effect on a duplicate layer in Affinity or do you all use gray layers? Here's a screenshot of what I had in Photoshop but in Affinity I need help! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff stokerg Posted July 16, 2019 Staff Share Posted July 16, 2019 21 hours ago, RomanNYC said: 1) The healing brush painting mode. This was very useful in Photoshop where I was able to only effect the light/dark pixels or replace pixels. I can't find the equivalent in Affinity. While our Healing brush tool doesn't have these options, you can add a blank pixel layer, set the blend mode to Lighten. If you then select the Healing Brush and change the toolbar along top from Current Layer to Current Layer and Beneath, you should get the same effect you are used to 21 hours ago, RomanNYC said: 2) Gray layers -- I can create a new pixel layer, fill it with 50% gray and use it for dodging and burning. Is this technique better used as a mask for an effect on a duplicate layer in Affinity or do you all use gray layers? We've got a video tutorial here that uses the gray layer for Dodging and Burning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 5 hours ago, stokerg said: We've got a video tutorial here that uses the gray layer for Dodging and Burning FWIW, creating the 50% grey overlay pixel layer looked like a good candidate for a macro so I created one that seems to work fine for that in Affinity Photo 1.7.1. It makes no attempt to place the pixel layer at any specific position in the layers stack, so that might need to be adjusted after using it, depending on the structure of the layers & the desired effect. To make that a bit easier, the last step in the macro names the layer "Grey overlay." If you want to use it, note that it is an "afmacro" & not an "afmacros" file, so to add it, it must first be imported into the Macro panel with a document open (not into the Library panel), & from there added to the Library category of your choice. Add grey overlay.afmacro Hilltop 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanNYC Posted July 17, 2019 Author Share Posted July 17, 2019 On 7/16/2019 at 7:45 AM, stokerg said: While our Healing brush tool doesn't have these options, you can add a blank pixel layer, set the blend mode to Lighten. If you then select the Healing Brush and change the toolbar along top from Current Layer to Current Layer and Beneath, you should get the same effect you are used to We've got a video tutorial here that uses the gray layer for Dodging and Burning Thank you very much! I'm watching now and will do that on the healing end. I have a few more questions regarding layer behavior -- could I message or email you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanNYC Posted July 17, 2019 Author Share Posted July 17, 2019 20 hours ago, R C-R said: FWIW, creating the 50% grey overlay pixel layer looked like a good candidate for a macro so I created one that seems to work fine for that in Affinity Photo 1.7.1. It makes no attempt to place the pixel layer at any specific position in the layers stack, so that might need to be adjusted after using it, depending on the structure of the layers & the desired effect. To make that a bit easier, the last step in the macro names the layer "Grey overlay." If you want to use it, note that it is an "afmacro" & not an "afmacros" file, so to add it, it must first be imported into the Macro panel with a document open (not into the Library panel), & from there added to the Library category of your choice. Add grey overlay.afmacro thank you -- i'll give it a try. Do you run or have you found ways to create check layers -- ie. checking saturation change, color reveal, blemish reveal, etc -- through combinations of curve, b/w, etc? (In Photoshop i had a lot of those that were helpful). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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