Affinity Photo Tutorial 5: Luminosity Masks Made Easy

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✅ FREE 6 Steps to Shooting Beautiful Landscape: https://geni.us/Robin_Whalley_FreeBook In this Affinity Photo Tutorial, I’m going to explain masks and show how they work in Affinity. I’m also going to show you how to easily create a simple Luminosity mask using Affinity’s selection tools. We also look at how to use the same technique to create a colour-based selection mask. FROM ORDINARY TO EXTRAORDINARY Affinity Photo course: https://bit.ly/AffinityPhotoCourse OTHER BOOKS Make photo editing easy with my books and courses: https://lenscraft.co.uk/books-by-robi... Although each of these examples is short and simple, they demonstrate powerful masking techniques. Understand these and you will understand some of the foundations of masking with Affinity Photo. DOWNLOAD THE RAW FILE You can download the RAW file used in this video from my website: https://lenscraft.co.uk/photography-t... Latest Affinity Photo Trial: https://tinyurl.com/2g9lhadc #robinwhalley #lenscraft #lenscraftphotography

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Affinity Photo Tutorial 5: Luminosity Masks Made Easy

Key moments View all

set the blending mode

set the blending mode

set the blending mode

soften the edges

soften the edges

soften the edges

create a mask from the shadow tones in the image

create a mask from the shadow tones in the image

create a mask from the shadow tones in the image

create a selection of the photo shadow tones

create a selection of the photo shadow tones

create a selection of the photo shadow tones

converts the selection into a black and white mask

converts the selection into a black and white mask

converts the selection into a black and white mask

clear the selection using the deselect icon in the toolbar

clear the selection using the deselect icon in the toolbar

clear the selection using the deselect icon in the toolbar

blend the effect layer with the image

blend the effect layer with the image

blend the effect layer with the image

Robin Whalley

Affinity Photo Tutorial 5: Luminosity Masks Made Easy

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Key moments

set the blending mode

set the blending mode

set the blending mode

soften the edges

soften the edges

soften the edges

create a mask from the shadow tones in the image

create a mask from the shadow tones in the image

create a mask from the shadow tones in the image

create a selection of the photo shadow tones

create a selection of the photo shadow tones

create a selection of the photo shadow tones

converts the selection into a black and white mask

converts the selection into a black and white mask

converts the selection into a black and white mask

clear the selection using the deselect icon in the toolbar

clear the selection using the deselect icon in the toolbar

clear the selection using the deselect icon in the toolbar

blend the effect layer with the image

blend the effect layer with the image

blend the effect layer with the image

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Key moments View all

set the blending mode

set the blending mode

set the blending mode

soften the edges

soften the edges

soften the edges

create a mask from the shadow tones in the image

create a mask from the shadow tones in the image

create a mask from the shadow tones in the image

create a selection of the photo shadow tones

create a selection of the photo shadow tones

create a selection of the photo shadow tones

Robin Whalley

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