Affinity Photo For Beginners | Updated For Version 2

Everything you need to master Affinity Photo!

What you'll learn

You will learn the foundational skills of Affinity Photo, even if you are brand new to photo editing

You will learn a step-by-step workflow to enhance your own photos

You will gain a solid understanding of layers, masks, and adjustments

You will feel confident working in Affinity Photo

Requirements

A copy of Affinity Photo

No prior knowledge or experience of Affinity Photo is required

Description

If you are new to Affinity Photo, this course is for you!I've been teaching Affinity Photo for over 5 years. During that time, I've learned the best ways to help people learn Affinity. Now in this course, I've brought together all of my Affinity knowledge to give you the ultimate learning experience.This course has been designed for complete beginners. So even if you are brand new to photo editing, you will be able to easily follow along with these tutorials. We will start at the very beginning, and gradually build your skills.All of the course exercise files are available to download, so that you can follow along with all of the videos. We will complete lots of projects together, so that you can see how everything you've learned can be used on real photos. I want to help you maximize your photo editing. So in this course, I will teach you the best techniques that require the least effort. You will learn simple, effective ways to improve all of your photos. I know you're going to love this course. The tutorials are a lot of fun, and I know you will learn a lot. So if you've struggled with Affinity Photo in the past, but you still want to learn how to use this amazing program, then please join me on this photo editing journey! :)

Overview

Section 1: Getting Started

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Download the Exercise Files

Section 2: Affinity Photo Overview

Lecture 3 Affinity Photo Overview

Lecture 4 Opening Photos, Saving, & Exporting

Lecture 5 Affinity Photo's Workspace

Lecture 6 Mac vs. PC

Lecture 7 Navigating in Affinity Photo

Lecture 8 Layers for Beginners

Lecture 9 Update to Layers Panel

Lecture 10 What are Adjustment Layers?

Lecture 11 Working with Adjustment Layers

Lecture 12 Practice Makes Perfect!

Section 3: The Most Important Adjustments

Lecture 13 Chapter Introduction

Lecture 14 White Balance

Lecture 15 HSL

Lecture 16 Black & White

Lecture 17 Levels

Lecture 18 Black & White Practice

Lecture 19 Multiple Adjustments Practice

Section 4: Applying Adjustments to Specific Areas

Lecture 20 Chapter Introduction

Lecture 21 More Than Erasing

Lecture 22 Paintbrush for Beginners

Lecture 23 Lightening Part of a Photo

Lecture 24 Adding a Bit of Saturation

Lecture 25 Darkening Part of a Photo

Lecture 26 Adding Gradual Light

Lecture 27 Applying Layered Adjustments

Section 5: The Most Important Tools

Lecture 28 Chapter Introduction

Lecture 29 New Documents

Lecture 30 Working with Layers

Lecture 31 Shapes

Lecture 32 Text Tool

Lecture 33 Layer Effects

Lecture 34 Layer Groups

Lecture 35 Child Layers

Lecture 36 Cropping

Lecture 37 Ice Cream Shop Flyer (Part 1)

Lecture 38 Ice Cream Shop Flyer (Part 2)

Section 6: Personas for Beginners

Lecture 39 Introduction to Personas

Lecture 40 Liquify Persona

Lecture 41 Export Persona

Lecture 42 Tone Mapping Persona

Lecture 43 What are RAW Photos?

Lecture 44 Develop Persona for Beginners

Lecture 45 Develop Persona for Intermediate Users

Lecture 46 Develop Persona Practice

Section 7: Retouching for Beginners

Lecture 47 Chapter Introduction

Lecture 48 Shaping Light

Lecture 49 Bringing Colors to Life

Lecture 50 Clean Up

Lecture 51 Filters for Beginners

Lecture 52 Gaussian Blur

Lecture 53 Sharpening

Lecture 54 Retouching Project - Make a Plan

Lecture 55 Retouching Project - Crop & Clean Up

Lecture 56 Retouching Project - Global Lighting & Coloring

Lecture 57 Retouching Project - Darken the Edges

Lecture 58 Retouching Project - Brighten the Subject

Lecture 59 Retouching Project - Add a Blur

Lecture 60 Retouching Project - Finishing Touches

Section 8: Selections & Masks for Beginners

Lecture 61 Chapter Introduction

Lecture 62 What is a Mask?

Lecture 63 Update to Masks

Lecture 64 Mask Example 1

Lecture 65 Mask Example 2

Lecture 66 Mask Example 3

Lecture 67 What are Selections?

Lecture 68 Flood Select Tool

Lecture 69 Selection Brush Tool

Lecture 70 Using Multiple Selections & Masks

Section 9: Compositing for Beginners

Lecture 71 Chapter Introduction

Lecture 72 Apply a Mask

Lecture 73 Add the New Photo

Lecture 74 Match the Two Photos

Lecture 75 Continue Editing

Lecture 76 Example 2 - Apply a Mask

Lecture 77 Example 2 - Add the New Photo

Lecture 78 Example 2 - Match the Two Photos

Lecture 79 Example 2 - Continue Editing

Section 10: Final Projects

Lecture 80 Chapter Introduction

Lecture 81 Winter Portrait - Make a Plan

Lecture 82 Winter Portrait - Clean Up

Lecture 83 Winter Portrait - Global Light & Color

Lecture 84 Winter Portrait - Painting with Light

Lecture 85 Winter Portrait - Focus on the Face

Lecture 86 Winter Portrait - Stylized Blur

Lecture 87 Winter Portrait - Finishing Touches

Lecture 88 Summer Portrait - Make a Plan

Lecture 89 Summer Portrait - Replace the Sky

Lecture 90 Summer Portrait - Clean Up

Lecture 91 Summer Portrait - Global Lighting & Coloring

Lecture 92 Summer Portrait - Change the Dress Color

Lecture 93 Summer Portrait - Painting with Light

Lecture 94 Summer Portrait - Finishing Touches

Lecture 95 Course Conclusion

This course is designed for beginners to Affinity Photo. Even if you have zero photo editing experience, you will feel confident working in Affinity Photo by the time you finish this course.