Overview
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Learn how to enhance and composite photos using Affinity Photo, the photo editing software for the Mac.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- Affinity Photo vs. Photoshop
- Exposure, Contrast, and Clarity
- Applying lens correction
- Removing chromatic aberration and fringing
- Adjusting tones with Curves and Split Toning
- Sharpening and noise reduction
- Creating local enhancement with overlays
- Using the Blemish Removal tool
- Developing the image
- Using the Freehand Selection tool
- Using the Rectangular Marquee tool
- Adding and subtracting selections
- Modifying selections with Quick Mask mode
- Working with selections
- Using the Flood Select tool
- Round selections with Elliptical Marquee
- Expanding and outlining selections
- Making automatic selections by tone and color
- Making a layer mask
- Using the Selection Brush
- Viewing selections in Refine Selection
- Making global adjustments
- Painting adjustments in Refine Selection
- Saving selection results
- Using Levels to warm an image
- Adjusting shadows and highlights
- Localized adjustments using Curves
- Desaturating using Selective Color
- Painting selections on adjustments
- Using the Black & White adjustment
- Enhance color images with Black & White
- Apply adjustments to preselected areas
- Turning adjustment layers on and off
- Applying standard filters
- Creating live filter layers
- Using the Lighting filter
- Changing the layer mode
- Adding depth of field blur
- Adding the Shadows / Highlights filter
- Adding the Detect Edges filter
- Copying and pasting
- Transforming layers
- Masking hair
- Creating an "out of bounds" effect
- Mask a sitting figure to fit behind a desk
- Adding plasma glow
- Reducing the size of a plasma ball
- Darkening the screen
- Adding lighting
- Adding wall shadow
- Distorting with the Liquify Persona
- Distorting with the Perspective tool
- Distorting with Mesh Warp
- Merging images with stacks
- Working with type
- Working with basic graphics
- Creating pie charts
- Customizing shapes
- Customizing layer effects
- Exporting photographic images
- Exporting images with transparency
- Using the Export Persona
- Goodbye
