Affinity Photo How To: Tools and techniques for serious photo editing
- Length: 210 pages
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- Publication Date: 2021-01-11
- ISBN-10: B08SQK2DYP
- ISBN-13: 9798702022741
- Sales Rank: #442254 (See Top 100 Books)
Are you ready to improve your skills and knowledge of Affinity Photo?
If you ever find yourself wondering how to do something in Affinity Photo, then this book is for you. It doesn’t matter if you are a novice or advanced Affinity user, you are likely to discover something you didn’t know by reading this book.
In Affinity Photo How To you will learn how to perform common tasks such as how to crop a photo, how to sharpen an image or how to create a mask. But in doing so you will learn much more than just a collection of simple techniques.
Each chapter of the book focusses on a different activity, and using instructive exercises, explains how Affinity Photo works. Importantly, it links what might seem unrelated activities together, to build your understanding and editing skill in Affinity Photo. By the end of this book, you will find you are delving deep into Affinity Photo to perform tasks such as easily creating complex selections and masks.
Here are just a few examples of what you will learn:
- How to customise almost every aspect of the Affinity interface.
- How to control the many different options when exporting an image, like colour space, bit depth and image resolution.
- How to edit images using different colour formats for example RGB and CMYK, but how to do this without changing the image format.
- How to easily add layer effects including shadows, outlines, and glows.
- How blending modes work and how you can use these with different Affinity Photo tools like the Paint Brush.
- How to use the Refine Selection dialog to greatly improve the accuracy of a selection automatically.
What may seem like a simple topic will probably delve much deeper into Affinity Photo than you imagine.
Accompanying the many exercises in this book are sample files. You can download these from the author’s website, allowing you to follow along in your own copy of Affinity Photo.
Packed with tips and advice, this book is a valuable resource for all users of Affinity Photo.
Introduction Supporting Images for Download 1. How to Navigate the Affinity Photo Interface Affinity Photo Personas The Photo Persona Components Exercise 1 - Personas Related Chapters 2. How to Customise the Affinity Photo Interface The View Menu Viewing Options Exercise 1 – Using Views Controlling Toolbars Studio Panels Hiding and Showing Studios Exercise 2 – Understanding Studio Panels and Areas Moving Studio Panels Panel Content and Menus Modifying Shortcut Keys Exercise 3 – Creating Keyboard Shortcuts Preferences Related Chapters 3. How to Read the Affinity Histogram How to Read the Histogram Taking Measurements from the Histogram Exercise 1 – Reading Histogram Values Channels, Layers and Marquees Related Chapters 4. How to Work with Rulers, Grids and Guides Working with Rulers Working with the Guides Manager Exercise 1 – Adding Guides to a Document Working with the Grid Manager Related Chapters 5. How to Save and Export Images Exporting images Using the File Export command More Options Exercise 1 - Creating a JPEG Export Preset Exercise 2 - Creating a TIFF Export Preset Related Chapters 6. How to use the Export Persona The Export Persona Slice Tool Exercise 1 – Creating an Export Related Chapters 7. How to Use the History Tools The Edit Undo Menu Command History Studio Panel Exercise 1 - Timeline Branching Undo Brush Snapshot Undo Brush Taking Snapshots Related Chapters 8. How to Resize Images Image size and Pixel Dimensions Document and Canvas Size Using the Resize Pixel Art Document command Resizing in the Export Persona The Export Dialog Image or Document Resizing Related Chapters 9. How to Crop, Rotate and Straighten Photos Example 1 – Cropping and Levelling Saving Crop Presets How to Rotate an Image Related Chapters 10. How to Use the Brush Tools Exercise 1 – Preparing to Paint Exercise 2 – Basic Painting Controls Exercise 3 – Stabilising the Brush Exercise 4 – Symmetry Settings Exercise 5 – Exploring More Options Related Chapters 11. How to Work with Filters and Live Filters Understanding regular filters Understanding live filters Related Chapters 12. How to Convert an Image to Black and White Vibrance Adjustment Layer Gradient Map Adjustment Layer Black and White Adjustment Tone Mapping Persona HSL Adjustment Layer Black and White Adjustment Layer Other Conversion Techniques Combining Tools Exercise 1 – Black and White Layer Order Related Chapters 13. How to Use the Levels Adjustment Exercise 1 – Adding and Adjusting the Input Levels Exercise 2 –Adjusting the Output Levels Related Chapters 14. How to Use the Curves Adjustment How to Read the Curve Exercise 1 – Adjusting the Curve Using the Picker Exercise 2 – Using the Picker Other Important Points Related Chapters 15. How to Sharpen an Image Sharpening in the Develop Persona Clarify Enhancement Sharpening with the Unsharp Mask High Pass Sharpening Sharpen and Blur Brush Tool Related Chapters 16. How to Remove Image Noise Capture Noise Reduction Exercise 1 – Capture Noise Reduction Selective Noise Reduction Exercise 2 – Selective Noise Reduction Selectively Adding Noise Related Chapters 17. How to Replace Colours The Colour Replacement Brush Exercise 1 – Using the Colour Replacement Brush Tolerance Setting Sample Continuously Contiguous Replacing Colours with the HSL Adjustment Exercise 2 – Using the HSL Adjustment Related Chapters 18. How to Work with Layers Working with Adjustment Layers Saving layers Related Chapters 19. How to Add Layer Effects Outer shadow Effect Outer Glow Effect The Effects Studio Panel Saving Layer Effects as Styles Related Chapters 20. How to Work with Layer Masks Exercise 1 – Creating a Layer Mask Exercise 2 – Changing the Brush Opacity Converting Objects to Masks Exercise 3 – Adding a Layer Mask A Note About Refining Masks Related Chapters 21. How to Work with Channels The Channels Studio Panel Understanding Document Channels Creating a Channel Mask Exercise 1 – Converting Selections to Layer Masks Exercise 2 – Modifying a Mask Related Chapters 22. How to Use Blending Ranges Exercise 1 – Source Layer Blending Ranges Exercise 2 – Underlying Composition Blending Ranges Exercise 3 –Multiple Blending Ranges Exercise 4 – Channel Blending Ranges Uses for Blending Ranges Related Chapters 23. How to Use Layer Blending Modes Exercise 1 –The Multiply Blending Mode Exercise 2 - Blending Modes and Adjustment Layers Exercise 3 – Using Blending Modes Exercise 4 – Experimenting with Blending Modes Exercise 5 - Blending Modes Understanding Common Blending Modes Related Chapters 24. How to Make Channel Adjustments Exercise 1 - Adjusting Channels Part 1 Exercise 2 - Adjusting Channels Part 2 Working with Other Document Formats Exercise 3 - Adjusting Channels using Other Formats Related Chapters 25. How to Work with Selections Exercise 1 – Creating and Converting Selections The Quick Mask Exercise 2 – Quick Mask Graduated Filter Affinity Selection Tools Flood Select Tool Freehand Selection Selection Brush Tool Exercise 3 – Using the Selection Tools Refining Selections for Accuracy Exercise 4 – Refining Selections Adjustment Brush Exercise 5 – Using the Adjustment Brushes Refining Masks Related Chapters Wrapping Up Other Books & Courses by Robinlo Investigation of Power 10.5 *General Rank Scores 10.5.1 Efficacy 10.5.2 Estimating Equations Based on General Scores 10.5.3 Optimization: Best Estimates 10.6 *Adaptive Procedures 10.7 Simple Linear Model 10.8 Measures of Association 10.8.1 Kendall’s τ 10.8.2 Spearman’s Rho 10.9 Robust Concepts 10.9.1 Location Model 10.9.2 Linear Model 11 Bayesian Statistics 11.1 Bayesian Procedures 11.1.1 Prior and Posterior Distributions 11.1.2 Bayesian Point Estimation 11.1.3 Bayesian Interval Estimation 11.1.4 Bayesian Testing Procedures 11.1.5 Bayesian Sequential Procedures 11.2 More Bayesian Terminology and Ideas 11.3 Gibbs Sampler 11.4 Modern Bayesian Methods 11.4.1 Empirical Bayes A Mathematical Comments A.1 Regularity Conditions A.2 Sequences B R Primer B.1 Basics B.2 Probability Distributions B.3 R Functions B.4 Loops B.5 Input and Output B.6 Packages C Lists of Common Distributions D Tables of Distributions E References F Answers to Selected Exercises Index Back Cover
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