Affinity Photo: Master Photo Editing in Affinity Photo 2
Welcome to the MOST COMPREHENSIVE Affinity Photo 2 course on Udemy, including the V2 update for selected modules.
Do you want your photos to look better… to look amazing?
Do you want to learn one of the hottest and most inexpensive photo editing applications, used by professional photographers on both Mac and PC?
If so, you’re in the right place – and we’re happy to have you here!
It’s great to have you here. I LOVE PHOTOGRAPHY and PHOTO EDITING!
Maybe you’re an amateur photographer who has done a little bit of photo editing, or maybe you have quite a bit of photo editing experience. Either way, we’ve made this course to help you make images that matter.
Start editing photos in Affinity Photo 2 today
You’ve always wanted to learn how to easily edit your photos. Affinity is the perfect tool for you. It’s robust, yet intuitive. This course will teach you everything you to start photo editing today.
COURSE BONUSES
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Supplied photos so you can follow along with everything we do in the course
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Pro Tips and Guides to help you out
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Practice activities to share your work and get feedback
WHAT’S THIS COURSE ALL ABOUT?
This course will teach you how to use Affinity Photo to its fullest potential.
When you are done with this course, you’ll be able to edit your photos in Affinity Photo like a pro. You’ll be able to set up Affinity Photo so it will run its best saving you hours of frustration and you’ll have the confidence that you’re not going to lose your images.
You’ll also be able to professionally retouch images and you’ll spend less time doing it with pro Affinity Photo tips and tricks.
We’ll do this by covering Affinity Photo setup and configuration, exposure adjustments, adding drama and power, mastering Affinity Photo tools, covering top Affinity Photo personas, recovering details in shadows, how to edit a landscape photos, how to retouch a portraits, and much more.
Make your photos shine with this great course.
Each lesson is available for download, so you can take it with you wherever you go.
KEY TOPICS:
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Navigating the Affinity Photo application
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Starting a new photo editing project
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Using basic editing tools to fix photo problems like crop, white balance, and exposure
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Editing with advanced techniques
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Improving portraits and photos of people
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Exporting photos for any purpose
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and so much more!
With our 30-day 100% money back guarantee, there is nothing holding you back from jumping in right now and trying the course out.
Go ahead and click the enroll button, and we’ll see you in lesson 1!
Cheers,
Phil & Jeremy
Affinity Photo Quick start - Optional section
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Welcome to the CourseWelcome to the Affinity Photo course. In this lecture, learn what this course is all about, and how you can have the most success.
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Introduction to the course and what to expect
Use this first section to get a roadmap for the course, including
How to download resources
How to submit assignments
How to get help
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Getting the most out of Instructor support
5 tips to get the most out of your instructor support in the class..... and get UNSTUCK
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V2 disclaimer and course structure announcement .....DO NOT SKIP
Affinity Photo: Skills Lab Part 1
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Introduction to the V2 Content
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Downloads for this sectionNOTE.... these were done with V2 versions of the software and WILL NOT open in V1
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V2- Basic fo the Interface
In this video we tour the interface so you know how to navigate in V2
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The basics of Layers in Affinity Photo- Edit 1
In this lesson we introduce you to the basics of layers in Affinity Photo
We also do a simple edit using adjustment layers to get you up and moving
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Live filter layers- Edit 2
In this video we introduce you to live filter layers in Affinity Photo.... this is a huge bons and a non destructive way to work.
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Destructive elements, cropping and lighting - Edit 3
Now that you know about NON destructive filters, we cover Destructive operations like
Destructive filters
Cropping
We also introduce you to one of my favorite adjustments, the lighting layer
Affinity Photo Skills Lab: Part 2
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Resources for this section
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Basics of Brushes in Affinity Photo
In this lesson we cove the basics of brushes in affinity Photo , including
Where to find them and how they are organized
How a brush works
Basic adjustment of brushes
How it interacts with the color panel
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Basics of Selection
In this lesson we introduce the theory of selection and the single most important tool in Affinity photo for your selections.. the selection brush.
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Using Channels to save your selections in AP
In this lesson we show you how to use the CHANNELS panel to SAVE your selections like a professional when you do an edit
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The basics of BRUSH BASED MASKING
Brush based masking is an essential skill for ALL photo editors and in this lesson we show you how to pull it off in V2
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GRADIENT BASED MASKING
Gradient based masking is great for using adjustment layers and live filter layers, and in this lesson we show you how to apply it to images as well as live layers in Affinity Photo
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Skills Lab Project Part 1
In this lesson we put it all together the begin creating a double exposure in Affinity Photo
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Skill Lab Project Part 2
Finishing up the few techniques you have under your belt we finish the structural portions of the project
V2- Skills lab- Photo restoration and retouching
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Resources for this section
Unzip and use in this section
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Basics of Blend modes
Blend modes are essential for ALL digital art , in this lesson we break them down
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Cropping in Affinity
Cropping is a step in the early stages of work, and in this lesson we show the most common settings to make it happen
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Basic of Text in Affinity Photo
Adding text in AP allows you to make things like memes, print projects etc..... in this lesson we show you how to get up and running with the artistic text tool
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Basics of Color Grading
Color grading combine different layers, selections and masks to create unique styles. In this lesson I show you my top tool to achieve it
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Exporting in Affinity
Exporting means......taking it out of Affinity to share with others, and we will show the top 2 formats as a new user in affinity to get you sharing as soon as possible
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Skills Lab Project- Part 3
In this lesson we apply everything we learned to the project we have been working on ....... including color grading , cropping and even importing some brushes
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Skills Lab Project -Part 4
In this final installment we will finish and export your images, including resampling and resizing
Advanced selection in Affinity Photo
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Resources for the section
Unzip and save the file
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How to use the Clone Tool
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How to use the Blemish Removal tool
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How to use Frequency Separation Filters in Affinity Photo
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How to use the Healing tool
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How to use the Inpainting Tool
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How to use the Patch Tool
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Restoration project part 1
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Restoration project Part 2
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Photo retouching project
Affinity Photo Advanced color grading
Working with shapes and text in Affinity Photo
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Downloads for the section
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HSL Adjustment layers
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Split toning in Affinity Photo
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Selective color adjustment in Affinity Photo
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Color grading application project #1
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Gradient Maps in Affinity Photo
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Color balance adjustment in Affinity Photo
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Curves as color adjustment in Affinity Photo
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Color grading application project #2
Brush building in Affinity Photo
Wrap up and Gratitude from Phil and Jeremy
Below here lies V1 content
V1-Content Introduction and your first edit
V1 Content- Working with Text and the basics of raster programs
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Section 1 resources - Zip file downloads
Unzip the file for all of the project files used in this section of the course
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Basics of the interface
Identify the 3 major areas of the interface
Learn how to customize and find tools that aren't in the default work spaces
Identify how to stack studio panels in the most effective manner
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Opening Placing and cropping - The basics
Identify the difference between opening and "placing" an image
Learn how to open 2 separate images in Affinity Photo
Select the appropriate aspect ratio of cropped images
Learn how to apply a crop to get only the area you want in the image
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UPDATE: 1.9 File size
Now you can link image to a mock-up or any design instead of embedding it to keep file size smaller.
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The basics of Layers- and the 5 types
Identify the 5 types of layers in Affinity Photo
Adjust the 5 types of layers in Affinity Photo
Adjust the naming of the layer and the position of layers
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UPDATE: 1.9 Liquify
Using liquify non-destructively.
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Mini-project 1
Edit an image using only what you know in 6 edits or less
Export your first image in Affinity Photo
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What is a pixel layer
Identify what makes a pixel layer different from a vector layer
Define pixelation
Define best practices when sizing layers for pixel art
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Making a clipping mask and effects
Learn how to use a clipping mask to FRAME your images
Know how to add effects like drop shadow to appropriate layers
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Project #1 - Making a piece of modern art
Complete and export a piece of finished photo art using the techniques learned so far in the course
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The theory of composition and Story telling
In this lecture we look at the different things that make up a good photo
Dynamics between busy and still
Flow lines and how the viewer is taken on the journey
The use of thirds and the golden spiral
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The go and do- Challenge 6 edit challenge
Just a simple introduction to the GO and DO challenges in the course, pace youor submission in the assignment box following
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Dropbox for the 6 edit challenge
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Creating the Virtual Gallery
In this lesson we create a virtual gallery that you will use to display all your subsequent art, we cover some basics and preview advanced techniques like:
Perspective warp
Gradients
Masking
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Adding your first piece into your gallery
In this lesson we add in the piece of modern art you made in the previous lesson and introduce you to:
Layer effects
Lightning images with multiple lights
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