Realistic watercolour effect Affinity Photo

Welcome to another video where this time we are going to create a realistic watercolour painterly effect. The effect uses Adjustment layers and Live Filters so it's going to be fully adjustable when saved in layers as an .afphoto. Using this technique you have the choice of either producing a straightforward watercolour or you could try producing a surreal watercolour effect.
The video has chapters making it easier to find the part you need.
00:20 - Using the Stock panel
00:52 - Resizing the image
02:50 - Invert and G/Blur
03:46 - Adding Median Blur
04:37 - Sketch effect
05:57 - Liquify Fx layer
08:22 - Liquify Sketch
10:00 - Adding colour via Blend Mode
11:07 - Texture using Place
12:25 - Adding Border/Frame
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Thanks for watching,
David

[@davro06]

I hope this video helped you. I'd love to get your comments below! Cheers David

[@rosyh4262]

Wow, David. Many thanks for preparing this video. I especially like the step by step clear approach, and the clever use of the mesh tool. I haven't seen this anywhere else and can see other uses for it. As a new intermediate user this is a real help. Much appreciated.

[@davro06]

You are very welcome @rosyh4262, so pleased to hear that you enjoyed the video and it was of help for you. Cheers David

[@5223lp51]

Thank you so much for this video. It's very clear and easy and the results are amazing. Liquify is a fun tool but I have to be patient because it's very, very slow. One question. why do you use such a complicated zoom tool. In settings you can change it into scrolling in and out with your mouse. So easy.

[@davro06]

Pleased to hear that you enjoyed the video. The Liquify tool is memory hungry and there is a huge amount of calculations going on which is why it can run slow on some systems. As for the scroll wheel, yes you're right and it's the same with my magic mouse but as not everyone uses a scroll wheel or even a mouse so I tend to leave it to the keyboard which hopefully covers all bases. David

[@5223lp51]

@@davro06 Thank you for your answer. In the meantime I discovered the Liquify Persona. That works a lot quicker.

[@lynwillis9887]

Thank you,, very easy to follow.

[@davro06]

Pleased to hear that you found the video easy to follow. David

[@gerdt.7106]

Very interesting. Great Video.

[@davro06]

Thank you, pleased you enjoyed it. Cheers David

[@brianhorrocks5757]

Excellent👍

[@davro06]

Thank you @brianhorrocks5757 . Cheers David

[@neildevers8952]

I really liked this video, thanks

[@davro06]

Pleased you enjoyed it @neildevers8952 Cheers David

[@johntapley2549]

Great video, thank you.

[@davro06]

Glad you enjoyed it @johntapley2549 Cheers David