This is the best video I have ever watched on Affinity selection process. One thing Paint Shop Pro has that Affinity needs to add is a smoothing function that preserves 90 degree corners but makes other lines more straight that are not corners.
This was incredibly helpful, because of the detailed explanations. Often there are a bunch of options for applying a feature, but you have no idea what each of them do or when you might want to use them -- and all the video tutorials you watch seem to gloss over them, focusing instead on one narrow task. But I'm one of those people who want to know what those other feature options are used for! So, thank you for making this video that focused on explaining what each of these refinement options do (and that it was not just for background erasing). I will be checking out more your other videos now -- hoping to discover that you will be my "go to" person for figuring out what all the various options do in other areas of the Affinity suite.
You once again have proven that you are a great teacher and also that you are THE MASTER OF AFFINITY SOFTWARE. I really appreciate you and thank you, because you make videos to teach and not just to upload videos to gain subscribers. This video of Refine Selection, has solved my many problems regarding the refine Tool with which I was struggling for months. But this video of 11 minutes has solved all my problems with Refine Selection. Though your example was simple, but now I am able to cut out low resolutions images with perfection (though I resize them to a high DPI image). Thanks once again for doing a great job for Affinity Community. Besides, If possible, can you make a video, on how to perfectly resize a document within Affinity Photo itself.
Thank you, Vikas. That makes me very happy to read. What kind of resize for what purpose are you doing? For example for Social Media? Or for Web Design? Or something else?
@@OlivioSarikas I cutout images for Social Media and also for print like Brochures & Flyers etc. Some times clients send me a small size and low resolution image, which create problems when I zoom the image while making selections. My current workflow, is that I increase the DPI of the image to 300 within Affinity Photo, so that pixelation is less and making selection is less problematic. But many times this method fails. So, if you can guide on how to resize the image perfectly for making cutouts and also on how to adjust the contrast, levels etc, so that the foreground is easy to distinguish from the background. Hope I am able to convey, what I am trying to request to you.
@@vikasgautam2701 For upsacling a low resolution image you really need a AI upscaling software or online tool You can see me comparing different of these tools and pages here: czcams.com/video/6yf9kFhIGq0/video.html
A clear and extremely useful explanation. As someone below has suggested, one is often told what a feature does, but not why one would want to use it, and life is too short to look up everything with Google!
Very interesting. This provides me with answers to problems I've encountered in the past. I shall definitely be using these tools. Thank you for sharing.
Excellently explained Olivio. I've used refine often, but at times struggled with certain images getting them perfect. Now I know the full use of this tool. Many thanks, as always. :)
Wonderfully clear explanation, thank you! I'm trying to learn Affinity so I don't have to keep subscribing to Photoshop, and your tutorials have been the most helpful so far. Much appreciated!
another good one mate with little but important tips I need to revisit, relearn, or perfect better . As you said, low resolution files like my little Lumix fz300 make Affinity work much harder; and many of my selections are bush/forest/nature subjects and that can make refine work very hard; even with my Oly files. I will post recent select edit in your FB group Tip mostly for newbies : we often go over board with the perfection of our selection so we go to 200-300% screen enlargement which is generally not required Free tip: I have a macro that shrinks /smooths / feathers the selection by 1 pixel per click to take "the edge" off the selection Cheers -- keep safe
That is a very good advise. I actually made a separate video about this for removing bright and dark edges around objects :) czcams.com/video/Q3w28B75VxI/video.html
Absolutely brilliant! Thank you so much, you have helped me a lot with a work project I've been trying to get through. I am producing a technical manual for a car engine component and I took all of the pictures of the parts on a white background without realising that there would not be enough contrast to select them. I'm new to all of this (I actually build the engine part, I'm not a designer).
Yes, sorry for that. This was my first recording after coming back from Thailand and i spoke into the backside of my Mic (looks the same from both sides). In the future the sound is going to be perfect again :)
Hi Andrew, that simply turns the Matte Section on and off. If it is off you get a very rough and pixelated selection that goes from 100% directly to 0% with nothing in-between
I don't have an iPad sorry. But you can join my Facebook Community and ask there. They are very helpful :) facebook.com/groups/oliviotutorials.superfan
I tried to shrink my selection to remove some fringe. In the desktop version of Affinity Photo there is an actual menu to grow/shrink your selection. On the Ipad version I can’t find this option? Do you now where I can find this function on the Ipad version?
Heya people I need to know all the colours in a photo automatically, and have if possible the codes to make the colours else where, does anyone know if theres a way to do this in affinity photo? If not is there a addon I can download somewhere for the software. I have uploaded a few of my photos to colour extractor tools online and concerned I don't exactly know where my photos will end up Please reply back even if its a no it's not possible to do this
This is the best video I have ever watched on Affinity selection process. One thing Paint Shop Pro has that Affinity needs to add is a smoothing function that preserves 90 degree corners but makes other lines more straight that are not corners.
This might be the best video about refine selection.
Coming from Photoshop I was a bit puzzled by it in Affinity.
Thank you so much. 👍
Of all of CZcams, you're the best on Affinity Photo. Keep it up and thank you.
I just learned the answers to about 10 big questions. Thank you, Olivio. Great video.
This was incredibly helpful, because of the detailed explanations. Often there are a bunch of options for applying a feature, but you have no idea what each of them do or when you might want to use them -- and all the video tutorials you watch seem to gloss over them, focusing instead on one narrow task. But I'm one of those people who want to know what those other feature options are used for! So, thank you for making this video that focused on explaining what each of these refinement options do (and that it was not just for background erasing). I will be checking out more your other videos now -- hoping to discover that you will be my "go to" person for figuring out what all the various options do in other areas of the Affinity suite.
Glad I watched this, puts a few finer points across and made me a better user of the tool. Thanks my friend!
Awesome, happy i could help you understand this better :)
You once again have proven that you are a great teacher and also that you are THE MASTER OF AFFINITY SOFTWARE. I really appreciate you and thank you, because you make videos to teach and not just to upload videos to gain subscribers. This video of Refine Selection, has solved my many problems regarding the refine Tool with which I was struggling for months. But this video of 11 minutes has solved all my problems with Refine Selection. Though your example was simple, but now I am able to cut out low resolutions images with perfection (though I resize them to a high DPI image). Thanks once again for doing a great job for Affinity Community. Besides, If possible, can you make a video, on how to perfectly resize a document within Affinity Photo itself.
Thank you, Vikas. That makes me very happy to read. What kind of resize for what purpose are you doing? For example for Social Media? Or for Web Design? Or something else?
@@OlivioSarikas I cutout images for Social Media and also for print like Brochures & Flyers etc. Some times clients send me a small size and low resolution image, which create problems when I zoom the image while making selections. My current workflow, is that I increase the DPI of the image to 300 within Affinity Photo, so that pixelation is less and making selection is less problematic. But many times this method fails. So, if you can guide on how to resize the image perfectly for making cutouts and also on how to adjust the contrast, levels etc, so that the foreground is easy to distinguish from the background. Hope I am able to convey, what I am trying to request to you.
@@vikasgautam2701 For upsacling a low resolution image you really need a AI upscaling software or online tool You can see me comparing different of these tools and pages here: czcams.com/video/6yf9kFhIGq0/video.html
Excellent, thorough explanation. Thanks.
A clear and extremely useful explanation. As someone below has suggested, one is often told what a feature does, but not why one would want to use it, and life is too short to look up everything with Google!
Very interesting. This provides me with answers to problems I've encountered in the past. I shall definitely be using these tools. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you, happy i could provide new insights :)
Very good explanation Olivio. By the way, great shirt! 👍
Thank you :) I love that shirt too. Just bought it in Bangkok :)
Great job Olivio. I really appreciate that.
Happy i could help :)
absolutely fantastic! thanks Olivio, amazing for my workflow
My pleasure!
Completely EPIC! I actually love you! 😘😄
Best video on affinity selection's
Happy to help, stephen
Excellent video, thank you!
Best description of the refine panel I've watched Olivio, thanks.
The Ramp... Wow, how have I missed that for so long? Thanks again for a fantastic video.
Thank you, my pleasure
Danke für die nützichen Hinweise. Thanks for the usefull notices :-)
Thanks a bunch very detailed...
Well! just can't get a better presentation than this one :) .Thanks.
Thank you very much. Really happy to hear that :)
very informative, thanks for the video
I really enjoy your Affinity Photo tutorials. Keep up the great work.
Thank you. Great tutorial. You are my favourite Affinity Photo teacher.
Thank you Olivio!
My pleasure :)
rewatched and applied on personal project and .... woooooow
Thank you Olivio
Excellently explained Olivio. I've used refine often, but at times struggled with certain images getting them perfect. Now I know the full use of this tool. Many thanks, as always. :)
Awesome, happy i could improve your workflow :)
Wonderfully clear explanation, thank you! I'm trying to learn Affinity so I don't have to keep subscribing to Photoshop, and your tutorials have been the most helpful so far. Much appreciated!
Excellent thanks
Olivio, you do some pretty great tutorials. Well-paced, straight to the point, and very thorough. Great work!
Thank you, that makes me really happy to hear :)
@@OlivioSarikas No, thank you! I've learned a lot!
another good one mate with little but important tips I need to revisit, relearn, or perfect better . As you said, low resolution files like my little Lumix fz300 make Affinity work much harder; and many of my selections are bush/forest/nature subjects and that can make refine work very hard; even with my Oly files.
I will post recent select edit in your FB group
Tip mostly for newbies : we often go over board with the perfection of our selection so we go to 200-300% screen enlargement which is generally not required
Free tip: I have a macro that shrinks /smooths / feathers the selection by 1 pixel per click to take "the edge" off the selection
Cheers -- keep safe
That is a very good advise. I actually made a separate video about this for removing bright and dark edges around objects :) czcams.com/video/Q3w28B75VxI/video.html
Very detail explanation n easy to understand.. Thank you so much Olivio 👍👍
You are very welcome. Happy i could help :)
Absolutely brilliant! Thank you so much, you have helped me a lot with a work project I've been trying to get through. I am producing a technical manual for a car engine component and I took all of the pictures of the parts on a white background without realising that there would not be enough contrast to select them. I'm new to all of this (I actually build the engine part, I'm not a designer).
Another excellent tutorial. Thanks!
Another great video, thank you Olivio.
Thank you Olivio, in i've learned a lot that makes my work easier
Happy i could help you improve your skills :)
A very good tutorial, one of the best
Thank you, that makes me very happy :)
Vielen Dank, jetzt habe auch ich das verstanden... :-)
Danke, freut mich sehr das ich helfen konnte :)
Great tutorial, Olivio. One minor point of feedback: the audio track sounds thin, a bit like you're talking through a tin can. Check your settings.
Yes, sorry for that. This was my first recording after coming back from Thailand and i spoke into the backside of my Mic (looks the same from both sides). In the future the sound is going to be perfect again :)
Thanks for that!
My pleasure :)
Hey Olivio, great video but can you do one on Hair this always seems to be the most difficult thing in Affinity
Hi Simon, i'm working on that. Want to create a tutorial with really good results, so i'm still researching this more :)
@@OlivioSarikas Awesome, thanks Olivio - I am positive that there must be a way to do it quicker and more accurately.
What about the matte edges checkbox? Is that for color decontamination ? That’s the one thing you left off your detailed tutorial.
Hi Andrew, that simply turns the Matte Section on and off. If it is off you get a very rough and pixelated selection that goes from 100% directly to 0% with nothing in-between
How can this be done on the iPad version? I seem to be getting a lot of that slight fading/haze
I don't have an iPad sorry. But you can join my Facebook Community and ask there. They are very helpful :) facebook.com/groups/oliviotutorials.superfan
I tried to shrink my selection to remove some fringe. In the desktop version of Affinity Photo there is an actual menu to grow/shrink your selection. On the Ipad version I can’t find this option? Do you now where I can find this function on the Ipad version?
Sorry, i'm not on iPad. But you can ask in my Facebook Community: facebook.com/groups/oliviotutorials.superfan/
Heya people I need to know all the colours in a photo automatically, and have if possible the codes to make the colours else where, does anyone know if theres a way to do this in affinity photo? If not is there a addon I can download somewhere for the software. I have uploaded a few of my photos to colour extractor tools online and concerned I don't exactly know where my
photos will end up
Please reply back even if its a no it's not possible to do this
Join my Welcome Back Live Stream here: czcams.com/video/YcggJfCiEuw/video.html
a