Affinity Photo beginner tutorial. Rasterize or not?

[@conyersfamily]

Thank you! I've always been confused about this. You explained it perfectly!

[@DigitallyFearless]

I’m glad it helped you.

[@eddiecool19]

It is so great to have you back and I just enjoy and I learn so much from all your videos. I hope your KZbin rating thing is getting better. Stay safe Richard.

[@DigitallyFearless]

Thanks so much. Thanks to all of you my ratings are back up.

[@philipzwick]

Well done and explained. I learned a lot from it. Thanks.

[@DigitallyFearless]

Thanks so much. Please share so others may learn.

[@meyou58]

Thank you for the clarification and excellent examples... always appreciate your Affinity Photo tips!

[@DigitallyFearless]

Thanks for watching.

[@sillyme625]

Excellent explanation!

[@DigitallyFearless]

Thanks so much.

[@johnlochness]

Thank you, I think I get it. Shame you didn't start with an explanation of what rasterize means.

[@DigitallyFearless]

Good point. I explained it in other videos, but I should have repeated it here.

[@MOAB-UT]

Great tips!

[@DigitallyFearless]

Thanks.😊

[@MOAB-UT]

@@DigitallyFearless Thank you.

[@tubegilchrist]

Great video, thanks! I have used Photoshop for decades, and somehow never really encountered this issue. I'm still stumped a bit on this and have two questions that you may address, (or may have already addressed,) in another video? 1. I know the difference between pixel images and vectored ones, like typefaces or your gear icon, but how is a rasterized image different than a pixel? I get how it commits to a crop or mask, (thank you for showing me that,) but aren't they fundamentally the same type of image? 2. I've hit roadblocks in Affinity that I cannot pass without rasterizing, and sometimes Affinity will just rasterize for me. Is there a video covering when I must rasterize and why? Thanks again!

[@DigitallyFearless]

I was confused at first also. In Photoshop, every Photo is a pixel image. That is why you make a selection in a photo and copy and paste it to another layer. In Photoshop you turn your photo into a smart object. Then it is just like an Affinity photo image. If you rasterize that smart object in Photoshop, it is then no longer a smart object. An image file in Affinity is a smart object. If you file-place a photo in Affinity, the original is stored in another file just as Photoshop does. Rasterizing it separates the photo from the original high quality image so you can't keep the original pixels in tact. Typing on my phone, so I hope this makes some sense 😊

[@tubegilchrist]

@@DigitallyFearless, wow, thanks, I didn't expect such a thorough response! Well, that helps, and explains why I can't select part of an image to copy without rasterizing it.

[@profyle766]

This is really important to know the difference of when & not to rasterize!! Thanks for this 😎🔥🔥

[@DigitallyFearless]

Thanks so much.

[@profyle766]

@@DigitallyFearless do you have a course for affinity photo/designer??? i tried a link on another of your videos and it did not seem to work would be great if you have as i find how you talk along with what you are doing is really a good way to learn, most people just click and click and occasionally say why they do certain moves, All the best :)

[@dougson56]

Thanks for this info, I’ve been working on a 13 layer image if I told you I’ve seen food decay faster than my computer processed the image, would I be correct in thinking that it won’t effect the quality when say I want to produce a large print ? Keep up the good work BTW.

[@DigitallyFearless]

As long as you create the image in the actual print size then rasterizing will not reduce quality.

[@Roddriley]

Thx for sharing ur skills work and help us improve ours. Chills! We are waiting 4 mo

[@DigitallyFearless]

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[@ianbrowne9304]

Good one; thank you

[@DigitallyFearless]

Thanks for watching.

[@zema4001]

Why is it important to rasterize when printing in color?