Affinity Photo 2 Bootcamp

Learn to Edit Photographs with Affinity Photo 2

What you'll learn

How to do Basic Photo Editing with Affinity Photo 2

How to Edit Raw Image Files

How to Retouch Images

How to Use Layers

How to use Adjustment Layers

How to use Masks

Requirements

This course will go through basic to advanced techniques in photo editing using Affinity Photo.

Description

Affinity Photo 2 is a very capable photo editor at a very reasonable price that has many features of more expensive photo editors.  Affinity Photo 2 has layers and masks, adjustment layers, and can edit raw image files.  This course is not only designed to teach you the basics of how to use Affinity Photo 2, but is also designed to give you some tips and theory that will help you make choices when you are shooting to get the most of some of the features of Affinity Photo.  Some of the topics we will go over in the course are:How to do Basic Photo Editing with Affinity Photo 2Cropping and Leveling a PhotoHow to Edit Raw Image FilesHow to Retouch ImagesHow to Adjust White BalanceThe Difference Between Major Digital File Formats Used in PhotographyHow to Use LayersHow to use Adjustment LayersHow to Use MasksHow Create Gradient MasksHow to Create a Mask with the Selection ToolHow to Add Text to ImagesThe course will give you a firm foundation and understanding of Affinity Photo 2 and many of the standard techniques used in photo editing in general. It will also give you a great starting point for exploring advanced topics in Affinity Photo and photo editing.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Installation

Lecture 3 Affinity Photo 2 User Interface Tour and Basic Layout

Lecture 4 Affinity Photo Editing Personas

Lecture 5 Tip - The Develop Persona and Raw Images and Pixel Layers

Lecture 6 Tip - Destructive vs Nondestructive Image Editing

Lecture 7 Tip - Workflow

Section 2: Basic Photo Editing Using The Photo Persona

Lecture 8 Zooming In and Zooming Out

Lecture 9 Cropping and Straightening and Image

Lecture 10 Color Temperature of Light

Lecture 11 White Balance

Lecture 12 Digital Photography File Formats

Lecture 13 Exporting Images to Different Formats

Section 3: Editing Raw Image Files Using the Develop Persona

Lecture 14 What is a Raw Image File?

Lecture 15 How Affinity Photo 2 Handles Raw Image Editing

Lecture 16 How to Make Nondestructive Raw Image Edits

Lecture 17 Making Basic Adjustments in Exposure, Contrast, and Saturation

Section 4: Retouching Images

Lecture 18 Healing and Touch Up Tools

Lecture 19 Clone Brush Tool

Lecture 20 Burning, Dodging and the Sponge Tool

Section 5: Layers and Masking

Lecture 21 What are Layers?

Lecture 22 Text Tool and Layers

Lecture 23 Adjustment Layers

Lecture 24 Tip - Live Filter Layer

Lecture 25 Layers and Transparent Backgrounds

Section 6: Masking

Lecture 26 Masking Basics and Gradient Masks

Lecture 27 Manually Painting Masks and Making a Composite Photograph

Lecture 28 Creating a Mask Using the Selection Tool

Lecture 29 Tip - Additional Mask Layers

Section 7: Other Affinity Photo Personas

Lecture 30 Export Persona

Lecture 31 HDR and the Tone Mapping Persona

Lecture 32 Liquify Persona

Whether you are a beginner and just learning how to edit photos or you are familiar other photo editing software, this course will take you through both basic and advanced photo editing techniques.