Affinity Photo 2 - Next Level Photo Processing with Selections and Masks

Selections are massively important in Image Processing. They are the gateway to effective Masking and use of Layers in Affinity Photo 2 and Adobe Photoshop.

In order to master selections in Affinity Photo 2 we build on simple building blocks, get confident in the fundamentals and mastery follows with practice.

In this video we start with basic principles and take you along the path you need to follow to achieve stunning results in landscape photography.

The video is longer than the usual tutorial and so we advise watching in multiple viewings. Each stage of the journey has a chapter devoted to it and you can click straight through from the headings below.

0:00 Introduction
0:49 Making and Using Selections
2:18 Rectangular Marquee Selections
6:54 Flood Selection Tool
11:02 Selection Brush Tool
13:36 Freehand Selection Tool
19:42 Intersecting Selections
22:04 Quick Masks with Paintbrush
26:32 Saving Selections for Reuse
31:39 The Hue Range Mask
37:13 Luminosity Masks
41:41 Protecting Tones with Luminosity Masks

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