Code & Photos
While editing Highlights and Shadows is very straightforward with Affinity Photo with the dedicated panel provided, it's not as intuitive to edit midtones. I'm not sure why the Highlights & Shadows panel doesn't include a midtones (and it should be renamed to Tone or something similar), but there's surely a good reason. Maybe it's seldom… Continue reading Editing Midtones with Affinity Photo
One important thing to keep in mind when composing a photo is to have a subject. If there is something in the way, it should be something leading the eye towards the main subject. All other things are distractions: they take the focus away from your main subject and should be thus removed. But should… Continue reading On editing photos and removing distractions
There's a photographer in Instagram that makes some very interesting images with a distinctive cyan-red look. Let's see how to recreate it in Affinity Photo. The photographer Alper Yesiltas is better known for photographing the same window for 12 years until the building was demolished https://www.instagram.com/p/Bea_ky7By4l He has many other nice photos, and something common… Continue reading Cyan & Red photo effect in Affinity Photo
The redscale is another interesting photographic effect that traditionally was achieved with film by loading and exposing it on the opposite side. Let's see how to achieve the redscale with Affinity Photo.
On the way back from Chile to Argentina, after crossing the Andes mountains and when there are only some hills left, you'll find this magnificent view as you cross the river Blanco, in the Potrerillos town.
The bleach bypass is a widely used photographic effect to process traditional film. Let's recreate bleach bypass in Affinity Photo using its adjustment layers.
The Nik Collection is a series of photography filters, each one specialized in a certain task: analog effects, HDR, sharpening and so on. Let's see how we can easily install and use them in Affinity Photo.