Why not duplicate the path if you want to save it? Personally, I have almost never "re-used" a selection just made them to create masks. Paths for sure but those are two different intentions/workflows. This seems a bit of a niche nitpick as your intention is to make a selection not to re-use one right? Do you normally save your selections as paths as well? Seems like a lot of people coming from Adobe call features of other software "bugs" when they really mean this does not work like how I learned it in my old software i.e. does not work my old way therefore this is broken.

The only thing that seems easier is the miter edge... But to be honest is something I've never done, so it might just as easy.

I'm looking at moving away from Photoshop because of the pricing model. I really only use the Camera Raw filter anymore anyways, but I haven't found a replacement for everything it does..most things...but not the color mixer. Specifically , the PS color mixer allows me to pick Red,Orange, Yellow, Blue, Aqua, Purple or Magenta, and adjust Hue, Sat and Lum for each of those colors. I have found no other program that allows me that type of control. All the other features in the Camera Raw filter can be found elsewhere, but not the color mixer. I do astrophotography and after doing the majority of image processing in Pixinsight, I bring my images into Camera Raw for some final tweaks. Any idea where I can find this functionality elsewhere?

After 10 years using PS I totally dismissed all Adobe Products and switched to Affinity phot and Affinity Designer. And I have not regretted. Everything you do in PS or Illustrator you can do in Affinity Photo or Designer...AND...you do not have to pay not every month!!! Saves so much money.

Great video idea... keep them coming

Really enjoy your vocal delivery and intonation. You Could be a sports commentator! Ps. I’m mostly a voiceover artist when I’m not editing photos so my ears pricked up when you started talking. Very different to the dry deliveries often seen on you tube. Thanks !

Grat video. As a little tip, Technique #1 can be done non-destructively in Affinity Photo if you go to Layer > New Live Filter Layer > Distort > Perspective...

Affinity team should listen! Very valuable insights on your channel. Affinity also needs a photo management organisation expansion/feature like lightroom has.!

I’ve been duplicating a path before I turn it into a selection. I create a layer group cleverly called “Saved Paths" at the top of the stacking order where I store paths I want to save. Agreed. Photoshop for the win on this one!

Yep! Photoshop for the win. Although Affinity is closing the gap little-by-little. I have given up my Adobe subscription for the entire suite and have only had to stick with the Photoshop app. I am hoping I can cut that off here in the near future too. Affinity Photo 2.6 beta (Just came out today) just took a giant leap forward in getting a little closer to that reality.

Affinity desperately needs a way of saving paths properly. Total deal breaker

You still amaze me Deke. You keep bringing things that I didn't know existed. Thanks a lot for this content.

Thank you!! I had no idea that you could do that same thing in Affinity Photo like in Photoshop. Awesome!

Have you looked at the new Affinity 2.6 beta? They are moving closer to Photoshop with the machine selection tool too. It isn't perfect, but not bad either, but it is exciting to see the direction they are moving.

As always, great tips, thank you. @lidans66

Amazing, and Thanks.

I learned so many practical tips... I left Photoshop when they switch to a paid subscription. I think the Affinity Photo is the best replacement so far. I did not like my experience with Gimp over the past few years. Looking forward to more of your awesome tutorials. 🙌

While I am more of a Lightroom guy, I have been using PS going back to the mid-90s. That said, Adobe is really slow walking any serious progression on the iPad or mobile, be it PS or LR. While I may be in the minority with regard to PS/LR users utilizing the iPad for serious processing and editing, however, over the past few years, I have seen more and more photographers adopting this format, especially those who like myself are frequently in the field and like the portability of the iPad over a Macbook Pro or any laptop. So, I am hoping that Adobe will take mobile a lot more seriously in the future and give the respect that it deserves.

I appreciate your video but seriously... "GET ON WITH IT!" I am looking for instuctions, not having to skim 3 mins of the video of you rambling about the "helpful tools" dude and who he looks like. Leave that on the editing floor!

You taught me Photoshop, and now that I made the switch to Affinity Photo, I'm happy to learn from you again - you're such a wonderful teacher! 🥂

**Important** Did anyone remember to remind the respective company ( Affinity ) who keep in silent the that issue we face since the last update about No Thumbnail in MAC still not fixed, telling us the new OS has changed and when we asked what are your engineers doing during the Beta OS they did not answer back, .....And the right to left writing support that we are requesting since V1 not yet available even worth the support team replying that it is not even in Plan ( Half of the world write in right to left ) are you going to do something about all these issues that we are facing?

Sir, you are a master artist!

My favortie of all time, dekenow, deke forever

Nowadays I am exploring this software. I want switch from GIMP to Affinity.

Dear Mr. McClelland, I just thought about you and your awesome Photoshop CS2 tutorials back then. A friend gave the DVDs to me (and a very legal version of the software!) to start out. And I have to say this shaped my entire career as a creative. So thank you very much for your concise explanations. Glad to see you're still teaching the world! Greetings from Germany <3

He Deke, I learnt Photoshop from you from scratch (Photoshop 101 & the like). So you are my mentor to this creative world. But now Affinity Photos seems better. Enjoying your videos back then and also now. I think making selections and masking is better in Photoshop with lot of leg room to stretch. I think it will evolve gradually to be par with Photoshop and may be better, who knows. Thank you for introducing me to this new software.

You made Photoshop Easy then, Now you are making Affinity Easy... Rich Features.. Thanks Deke.

Looks pretty much the same to me man

Great video! After over 30 years with Adobe, it was time to break up. "It's not you Adobe, it's me. Okay I lied, it IS you!" Affinity Photo isn't quite as good as Photoshop in some ways but in other ways it's better. At the end of the day I can do the work that I need to do at a professional level and keep a little cash in my pocket each month! Sorry Adobe, I don't miss you at all!

good video, thanks deke

I am still having issues with my selections not having enough feathering when I want a smooth mask edge. I am working in really large files around 100"... and I find that the feathering only allows you to have a limited amount of smooth feathering.

❤ wow exited😊

Deke, I wonder if you've had the opportunity (or desire!) to check out an Illustrator killer (well, maimer, maybe) called *VectorStyler* ? In terms of feature parity, it would seem to be better than Inkscape, Affinity Designer, and CorelDRAW. Plus, it even *_looks_* like Illustrator. It's not free, at around $100, but I really enjoy it. I live in Clip Studio these days, and its Vector Layers offer me all the tools I need for comics-making, but if I were back doing product drawings, VectorStyler would be my go-to.

i subscribed expecting to see more affinity contents. Hopefully there'll be contents covering Designer as well.

they have a "photoshop", a "illustrator", if they make a "after effects or premiere". it will be PERFECT!

Hey Deke, great to see you showing some love for Affinity Photo! Another former LDC author. :)

The only thing that holds back CS6 is the fact that newer Camera RAW versions do not support it. So no support for my Sony camera raw files :/ I'm converting them to tiff instead as I've read its basically as close to RAW as possible.

Gee Deke I'm really liking your channel!

So ... the printer has white ink? Not CMYK?

Cool graphic! I recognize "Lone Ghost" the Translucent Robot from Illustrator One on One's Blends, Masks and Gradient Mesh. Ha ha. Does that make me old? 🙂 . p.s Those were great Illustrator books that I used as textbooks in my Advanced Illustrator courses at the college I taught at. I worked (struggled? 🙂) through those exercises dozens of times. My Basic Illustrator courses used Classroom in a Book and your book was a great step up from those basics.

congrats on 100 eps deke 💪

Still with photoshop from my point of view

I went to your patreon and I could only find one video on affinity. i couldn't tell if it was for the 2 version or not. I am willing to spend the $5 a month if I know that there is substantial affinity 2 training on 'the other side.' Any way to find out?

I switched to AF as well. I kind of miss photoshop, but what I ABSOLUTELY do not miss, is Adobe.

Photoshop is too expensive for casual user and I hate subscriptions. Affinity price is justifiable so I bought it.

That illustration takes Us back. #Lynda If only CS6 had Directional Blur and a scalable interface. It is *so fast* on even relatively modern hardware. Ditto Illustrator.

As a digital painter/artist who has had both Affinity and PS installed for a year I'd want to add that if you need the PS brush engine at all you will also want to install ProCreate or Clip Studio to still have the best digital painting experience but they are also a low-cost one-time purchase. Also Affinity so far doesn't have as robust a support for CMYK, LAB, or Indexed color spaces as does PS but hoping for more in Affinity 3. I'm still happy with the new workflow and am about to permanently dump Adobe.

To hell with Adobe.

Where is this avaialble?

I honestly hate Adobe now. My CS5 suite suddenly doesn't work, because supposedly it's registered on too many computers. I deregistered ALL my computers, which did not resolve the problem. I paid close to $400 for that suite when I was going to college. I can still use Illustrator in Windows 7 inside of Virtualbox since I won't allow it internet access. Photoshop will work as well, but with some issues and is slow. Adobe acrobat pro will not install. And I used that all the time before. I'm not paying $20 a month just to get the latest Acrobat, insane. And they steal your image data to develop their AI but they retracted when they got caught. They are now under investigation by the Feds, we'll see what happens with that. I wasted so many years learning Photoshop, and I promise they will never get another penny from me. I'll learn Affinity instead. So disappointed in Adobe, I honestly don't know why ANYONE continues to pay them every month.