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Hold down the 'fn' key and press F2. The fn key is at the bottom left corner of the Mac keyboard. It doubles as the emoji key, at least it does on my keyboard. Cheers.

@@billblakely Yeah I have tried that to no avail, but thanks!

Maybe you've assigned those keys to do something else. If I remember correctly that's something you can do.

@@billblakely No never assigned any keys, was looking up on apple and it says the 'globe' key is the 'fn' key but that is not working either, stumped. Such is life! Looked at the key assignments in the app as well to no avail.

@@billblakely Aha, forgot to click on the item, globe works with F2.

DV 19 doesn't change anything in regards to what's covered in the video. You can use any graphic file, as far as I know. Certainly all the popular formats. Easiest thing is to try and see. Do you mean photoshop and Illustrator project files? I really don't know. But anything exported from those apps should not be a problem. For transparency I use png. I haven't used other types but don't think they'd be a problem. Files you import don't need to have transparent backgrounds unless you want the background to be transparent. 4k is high resolution so if you use low resolution images they will stand out as such. That's all I can tell you for now. Happy you liked tne tutorial. Thank you.

You're very welcome! And thanks for watching till the end. I appreciate it.

Yes you could or you could use the offset controls in the tracker node. The purpose was to demonstrate how to fix a partial bad track without tracking the whole thing again.

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I've never used Adobe. I don't have the money for a subscription. From watching videos however, it's clear that Photoshop has far greater depth and functionality of tools. On the surface Affinity Photo and Photoshop are pretty comparable but when you dig down deeper Affinity Photo comes up short many times. That said I don't find the conversion to JPEG to be slow at all. It's just fine for me. And for the things I do Affinity Photo is quite good. I don't find myself wishing it could do more. It all depends on your needs and ability to pay as to which is better, I guess. Clearly, right now, Adobe is superior in many ways. But how much that superiority is worth in practical terms is another matter. I usually spend between three to five minutes on RAW development per photo.

@@billblakely agreed. Well said. For ny weddings, the extra quality of ACR makes me keep using Adobe even though I wish AP well.

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So glad you found it helpful! As I remember I covered everything I personally do in RAW mode. I did leave out noise reduction since I almost never use it. What in particular woud you like to see more of on the RAW side?

@@billblakely I know this is a leap, but what about using developer on the iPad version. Slimmed down interface, but using my Leica Q2 Monochrom (any of the new Leicas will work) and the Leica Fotos app runs on an iPad as does Affinity Photo (I have the enterprise version), I am looking to streamline my workflow especially when I am out in the field rather than need a laptop or workstation. BTW - no need to do noise reduction. Masking seems to be an art at times and how to achieve subtle effects. .

I don't have an iPad so I can't do anything like that but there are some videos on that though I don't know how good they are. I have a two or three videos that cover masks explicitly and a bunch more that use them and discuss them even though they're not what the video's primarily about. All best.

@@billblakely The other thing that really doesn’t get explained is the tools on the left side of the screen. Everyone does the tools on the right side since they are the most common tools to make the major changes.

You're welcome! Glad you liked it. Guides are handy. You can add just as many as you need. Grids don't provide that flexibility.

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Thanks for the comment! You can ask questions. No problem at all but I am not a Keynote expert so I may not know the answer. 😀

Yes, it should work. I'm assuming the split screen is composed of two seperate clips. Just select one of the clips and open the inspector and set up the zoom/pan like in the video. Then do the same with the other clip. Each will be independent of the other.

Thank you! I believe it's automatic. A result of having Transparent Background checked in the Document menu. That's my guess anyway. I can't say for sure.

@@billblakely ah ok. I'm still using Version 1. I'll check that out.

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It is odd. I don't know why it is. I'm pretty certain some other editors don't have this limitation.

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I don't have a "method," If shooting RAW I correct white balance in the Develop Persona. It's on the basic tab. Otherwise I just use the white balance adjustment layer in the Photo Persona. On top of that I would use a selective colour adjustment and maybe an HSL adjustment as well. Or you could just use an HSL adjustment. The colour balance adjustment layer can be quite useful too. It's similar to the white balance adjustment but it lets you target shadows, mid-tones and highlights separately.

The UI has changed since the video was made. You now have to hold the option key down to access the drop down menu.

@@billblakely Thank you Bill. While I'm here, I'd like to point out that I tried to recreate your white mask example at 2.22 approx. but haven't been able to..... I'm a bit of a noob and have been struggling a bit with black masks/white masks and have gone over that example many times but still don't understand how we get different results. I could not replicate the black line over the pink background, what I get is simply a white line right through both the pink square and the yellow circle; I tried setting the background to transparent and then I get a line showing the checkered background through both... is there some setting to do with layers or masks that I'm getting wrong? Also, when I apply an empty mask, I just get a white screen, unlike your pink background... I'm hoping it's easily resolved! Thanks.

My apologies. The first part of the video is a graphical representation to help explain how masks work. The black line you speak of is there simply to show the colour paint being used. In reality you wouldn't see that; you would see what you're getting. Sorry for the confusion. But the good news is that the masks are working as they should and you're doing everything right. If you only want to make the circle invisible you can do it two ways: 1. Put the circle on a separate layer all by itself and apply an empty mask to that layer 2. Leave everything on one layer and apply a mask and paint black over the circle to make it invisible or apply an empty mask and paint white around the circle so everything but the circle is visible. Of course you have to paint on the mask layer. Hope this helped.

@@billblakely Thanks Bill, I feel so much better knowing it's not me just being thick! Well, I've just come down with the flu, but apart from that... I'll try out your example later. Much appreciate you getting back to me ☺

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Thank you very much for your feedback! That was the whole idea. Happy you liked it.

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