Affinity Photo for Beginners - Top 10 Things Beginners Want to Know

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This tutorial will teach you the top things that Affinity Photo beginners want to know. After watching this video, you will be totally prepared to edit your own photos! :)
0:00 - Intro
0:10 - Opening Photos
0:42 - Interface Overview
3:30 - Adjustment Layers
5:52 - Brightening Photos
7:28 - Enhancing Color
8:49 - Targeted Edits
12:40 - Photo Clean Up
14:36 - Removing a Background
19:56 - Adding a New Background
20:59 - Saving & Exporting

[@AffinityRevolution]

To make the most of this tutorial, be sure to download the PDF summary & example images. 😊 affinityrevolution.ck.page/ap-top-10

[@losspedal6151]

Is it really a good idea to be still interested today in Affinity, because of the things will change very soon after Canva has bought the Serif Company.

[@Cheryl-Harris-80]

What an incredible presentation. As someone who has struggled with Affinity Photo, this video was a breath of fresh air. Bless you and thank you. 🌹🌸🌻

[@markusmisins]

Thanks for this tutorial. It made learning affinity easier.

[@mikevandoorn7161]

Even for a "non-beginner" that was fun. I kept trying to see what you would do ahead of time and do it before hand. I succeeded most of the time which means I probably learned a lot from your other courses. Thanks so much.

[@lukewest2510]

This is really the BEST tutorial I have seen for Affinity Photo! Very clear explanations, understandable, efficient and followable! Thank you very much, it is GREAT!

[@Mark_KE8YCV]

That's because Ally is the queen. There's no instructor better.

[@paulmason806]

I decided to buy Affinity before finishing the free trial period because of this video.

[@georgetorres8980]

This is absolutely AWESOME! You covered 95% of all the things I have struggled with so THANK YOU! Your videos should be required viewing for anyone with Affinity Photo! : )

[@tonyhicks3095]

I've been using Affinity Photo for some time now and bought many of your excellent courses ( they've all been invaluable in helping me to widen my use of AP). But what I liked about this tutorial is that it reminded me of some of the basic operations I don't use as often as I should. It's easy to just use the same methods without looking at other options e.g. use of curves to lighten a photo. So once again, thanks for your the work you're doing , it's brilliant l

[@ChrisB257]

So useful Ally - excellent refresher not to mention filling some memory lapses!! Thank you. :)

[@lloydstuartm.d.5625]

I've been using Affinity for years, but your videos always bring out a hidden nugget I didn't know. Thanks Ally!

[@PhiddyPford]

As an old experienced user, I enjoyed this presentation as well!

[@dtheoharides]

Ally, another excellent tutorial! You are a natural teacher! Thanks!!

[@bandilesikwane4967]

I could listen to this all day

[@Gabrielle-and-The-Bard]

Me, too!

[@ChopperCindy]

Excellent!! Great to see the cursor moving at a sensible speed 😊

[@ric-carol]

This was the perfect tutorial. Thank you Ally for taking the time to do it

[@extremelydave]

Yet another excellent video. It has almost all that a person new to Affinity could use. Great job Ally!!!

[@whatusaymark]

Thank you for this. I just downloaded this from Apple today, and am a total novice when it comes to graphic design. This tutorial is super helpful, not to mention I'd rather support Affinity than Adobe as I learn graphic design.

[@RobSandstromDesigns]

Very helpful summary of the things people want to know. I sure benefited from this tutorial.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@59aml]

Well done again. A great tutorial. The Remove a Background was just the thing I was looking for. Thank you.

[@lilialang7983]

VERY CLEAR AND USEFUL TUTORIAL!

[@silversurfer4195]

Really excellent. I have already taken your course (which is also very good), but since I use Aff. Ph. seldom, I tend to forget the details. Three of the tips you mention (Clean up pictures and add/remove backgrounds) are lifesavers. Thanks!!!!

[@sleepyangler]

I watched this to see about your latest beginner tutorial but didn't need it myself. Really great that you included an introduction to the basics of using curves in this beginner tutorial. A lot of folks often bypass this and it look intimidating to beginners though it isn't. That was a really good basic introduction to a powerful tool. Fantastic and kudos for including that tool. For those interested, an even easier way to open a file, provided the user has their file browser open, is to simply drag and drop it into the document view area (the area where you see the image in Affinity), though this requires another program, the finder, to be open. Great material presented clearly with good pacing and high production quality as usual. Please keep up the great work!

[@RauAPerez-zd6qb]

I loved it😊😊😍🤩

[@Gabrielle-and-The-Bard]

I love your tutorials, Ally; you are such a great teacher! I have just recently purchased all three Affinity programs, and I'm so pleased I did. Thank you for your time, energy and generosity in providing tutorials for all three, I am very grateful!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you for all the kind comments! I'm glad you can be learning Affinity. They are great programs!

[@charlesmargrave6320]

Thank you for this very informative tutorial. I used your images and followed you along for the completed photo. Affinity is so enjoyable to use.

[@poulkonrad]

Thanks Ally. Please continue the good work for us beginners!

[@husainfotography5975]

THANK U FOR SUCH A GOOD VIDEO

[@marionb6154]

Thank you that was brilliant

[@arthurw8054]

Superb, thanks.

[@andrewfrost8866]

An excellent, very well presented explanation. I found it extremely helpful and informative.

[@scarletpimpernel6813]

Just installed Affinity Photo and got lost straight away in all the different settings, options, icons, windows, panels and what have you. Watched your presentation for a little over 20 mins. and started to feel confident that I can actually tame this beast. Great job and thanks for boosting my confidence!👍

[@AffinityRevolution]

Nice job diving into Affinity! It's a tricky program at first, but it's a lot of fun after you get the hang of it. 😊

[@terryt2910]

Oh, I am such a beginner. Thank you so much. This is great.

[@jenda3322]

Děkuji, za skvělý tutoriál a souhrn PDF velmi skvělá práce ok👍

[@jackgill2501]

Ally, good afternoon and thank you so much for this lesson; it is awesome!

[@Brian_1724]

Excellent tutorial. Thank you.

[@johnpaulirvine5845]

Thank you, Ally, you're doing a great job!

[@greglarUK]

Really useful, thank you 🙂

[@johnreynolds6074]

Thanks for a very good video on Affinity Photo.

[@uwopticienaanhuis]

Wonderful. Very good. Thank you very much!

[@anthonyrocha7583]

Super clear and concise! Nice job.

[@JackSmith-ud9bg]

Very good video

[@larrymag3]

Love this

[@turlinturlin2988]

bonjour, j'adore vos tutos,ils sont excellents, merci.

[@davidp1288]

What an excellent video. Really informative and superbly explained

[@FranksFilms-videos]

Well done another great instruction video Thanks very much for giving me a reminder I do tend to forget nowadays.

[@fabshop6359]

Excellent, thank you.

[@AffinityRevolution]

You're welcome! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@geoffc1862]

Thank you. Brilliant.

[@nikonrulz]

Excellent video.

[@heathernally9523]

What a great teacher!!!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you so much! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@kend4128]

As always, so good....what would we do without you? 🙂

[@NLGVIDEOS2]

Excellent!

[@SereneFarmLife]

This is absolutely AWESOME!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! 😄

[@PatMcDonald41]

Excellent

[@geog8964]

thanks for the hints.

[@74bish]

Great refresher for me!

[@InternetOfGames]

Luv you guys! Keep it all going.

[@JamesBrown-qi9lp]

You are a thorough and excellent instructor! Great job! Do you offer one one one training? Thank you!

[@uffejakobsen3721]

Love the tips, for a beginner such as me 🙂

[@pabloarvelo5969]

Great tutorial

[@tora7054]

Great tutorial !😊

[@MLouisevg]

Dank je wel :-)

[@harold.one.feather]

fantastic brush up, I have Affinity Photo v1 & v2; and some of your courses on v1, you could have added 11: fantasy photo compositing. I have learned how to do that from one of your courses, it is also useful for making brochures as well…thanks

[@Lolaraptus]

Merci, c'est exactement ce qu'il me fallait 👌

[@sandymccleary1664]

Thank you Ally 🙂

[@thulsa_doom]

Amazing tutorial as always! I've been using Affinity since the launch of Affinity 2, but always watch your videos, even the ones for beginners. :) There are two things that I would LOVE seeing in Affinity: 1. a vanishing point tool; 2. a tool to draw a straight line (something like what Krita has is much more useful and accurate than holding Shift and clicking on two different points).

[@thulsa_doom]

*in Affinity Photo, I mean (I mainly use it for digital painting)

[@JJohan95]

Thanks for this super presentation😊. it is a very clear explanation of questions that I also had as a beginner. I hope there will also be a new training for the iPad.

[@timgzl256]

Félicitations 👏🏼👏🏼

[@mwhite212]

Well, any insight into or thoughts on this recent acquisition by Canva?

[@dw.in.michigan]

I can't remember how long ago I purchased Affinity, but I've looked for videos that clearly and concisely explain the basics since purchasing it. Up until the acquisition by Canva, I had no delusions that it would totally replace Adobe, but I've wanted it nonetheless as an alternative so that I can perform editing tasks on any of my computers and not be stifled by the access limitations imposed by Adobe. While I've found some videos that show specific tasks for specific edits, I had not found one that shows all the basic functions so easily. Trying to find guidance for Affinity has been as frustrating as it was when I first started using Adobe. I probably have more than 30 videos marked on how to use Affinity, but this one enables me to delete probably 90 percent of them. I do mostly astro landscape, and even though this video shows absolutely nothing about astro or landscape, its lessons are easily applicable to just about any type of image editing. We'll worth watching. I subscribed immediately. I haven't had a chance yet to browse your other videos, but I'm definitely going to. And I can't wait to see what you bring us with the changes that come with the Canva acquisition. If you haven't yet done a side by side Affinity and Photoshop tutorial, that would probably be of great value to all of us Affinity noobs. Show us a Photoshop task, then show how to do it in Affinity. I think a lot of us struggle with the translation. Many functions are the same or very similar, but many are different enough that it keeps us from using Affinity to its full potential. Learning how to use Affinity better might allow me to dump Adobe.

[@keithwjones]

That is a very good presentation. But should we be concerned: Canva Acquires Design Platform Affinity to Bring Professional Design Tools to Every Organization

[@bigstew2000]

Amazing, as always! Just watched the Canva takeover video and I hope there is no negative impact to you or the channel! If you go, I'm going too!

[@al_vin007]

This is Awesome! Learning Curve is by far much faster. @AffinityRevolution, I have been trying to find the "hair refine" how to. What video do I look at? By the way, I like your aura. It seems you are a very Happy person. Thank you again for your videos. Cheers!

[@LunkerFishing]

Wow!

[@receanuioana3886]

Hi there ! I'm new in this program and trying to learn from your amazing video, that's why for the moment I have only trial version. I want to know if that's the reason I can'T access some of the features. For example at adjustment layers -curves , it doesn't show me anything, I can't play with the brighten. I have affinity photo 2 on Ipad. Thank you for your response

[@SgtMajor82]

Considering the news today, that aged fast!

[@user-tj8cw7fc7n]

I love these programs but I have not found a way to make a contact sheet and view several images at the same time to show my client. Is there a way you can explain to us please, because in other programs it is very simple but not here I find the way. Thank you very much for your response and your excellent videos.

[@genegustafson715]

Can Affinity sync several “same” images for painting in flashed areas for real estate?

[@meymardesigner]

Which video editing software you use teacher

[@AffinityRevolution]

Final Cut Pro 🙂

[@meymardesigner]

@@AffinityRevolution Thanks

[@TomLally]

But what about editing all my raws? Can it work like Lightroom, putting them in the library, so you can quickly edit one after the other.

[@bolbolegypttuber]

I know the Affinity Team not accept to AI to the Software like PS But we need some of these tools because it's really save a lot of time If they don't accept to add the generative tool Just give me Select Subject with Auto detect to save time of selection and I can complete it to refine edges or hair or any other what Picture need Also When we want to fix a lot of areas in-paint option depending on same picture.. but if I need it to fix with smart option it needs AI to add varieties of fixes So Must Affinity team rethink that AI purpose to add what we can use it to save time and complete work Also We need to support other language in Text to write in Arabic without going to another app or website to translate it and back to affinity to paste the result in Right Arabic language These small tips are important to help creative to use it easily with happy workflow Thanks

[@rtucker1955]

Please, How did you get the open photo filename to show in the upper toolbar? I have several of your tutorials but have not been able to find the answer. Thank You!

[@Kevin-oz9fw]

Can Affinity Photo do 3D parallax of 2D photos? It would be a great tutorial.

[@genemaitland2892]

I must have downloaded a bad copy of the software because I don't see the layers panel anywhere

[@CrushedAsian255]

Try resetting your studio layout

[@susaschweder6685]

Great Tutorial as usual. Could you do a Tutorial about raw files? It is a bit different in the V2 Version and I am not sure which one is best to choose

[@JulesMoyaert_photo]

👍🙏

[@ceecrb1]

Thank you youtube for 1.25x playback speed!

[@maximpowers1]

RAW or jpg ??

[@CrushedAsian255]

If you’re planning to do heavy editing, raw is better If you mean the example photos in the video, they’re jpegs probably because it’s mainly for beginners

[@MarvelHeroicActor]

Affinity did they change it cause Its hard now to use

[@CrushedAsian255]

I personally can’t live without the transform panel

[@erichofman]

@5:48 "DELETE" on a Mac & "BACKSPACE" on a PC? Is it not te other way around? ;-)

[@360Tinyplanet]

Hai. Can I get more basic tutorial affinity photo 2 Please 🙏? I'm New Thank you

[@VanshGaming572]

There is no specific channel that teach you everything

[@DesignGenie-cv1cn]

Canva just bought affinity. I wonder what your thoughts are on this? Personally i would love for them to combine personas and maybe have like a canva persona we could toggle between. Even if its a subscription base i'd pay for it because of the value you get from both.

[@TheMichaelTech]

Hey Ally, how is Ezra?

[@VanshGaming572]

What about ipad

[@UNDERDOG2533]

How to mock up products in affinity photo.

[@joseguevara184]

Is an old partner of Serif owner of Canva the new owner of Affinity? It sounds like a money adjustment.

[@MordysSubs]

Does Affinity Photo have any Ai freatures in it?

[@safetyfreedom6517]

Photoshop in different themes

[@charliewinkie6990]

Yes, quite excellent. Remember we are beginners, keyboard shortcuts, no thanks. It’s already hard enough. Explain everything, context toolbar. I nearly stopped watching here, then you explained what a context toolbar is, and I thought, clever lady. We know nothing. Explain everything, and slowly. I couldn’t follow the video when you got to inpainting brush thing. But hey I’m a dummy, and maybe if I watch this 50 times, who knows! 😂 Anyway, well done. Your up there with Robin Whalley, 1st equals on you tube, for us dummies.

[@Grymt]

It's so incredibly sad that Serif sold out Affinity to Canva. We won't have to wait long before AI nonsense, subscription policies and datamining enter the building. Probably training AI with our original work as well. It's a betrayal, that's what it is.

[@bazwillrun]

100% v3 will be subscription...

[@pmonk1177]

Dude relax, until that day comes let’s enjoy Affinity while it’s available for purchase.

[@dalsegno10000]

A lot of this is Open Source, ever wonder why Adobe didn’t sue Affinity for near identical products? We just need some bright Spark to launch a new version.

[@itz-_-arad]

​@bazwillrun is it worth it to buy the v2 as a complete beginner?

[@dalsegno10000]

@@itz-_-arad Definitely, it’s a fabulous product, cheap as chips and many videos on line to teach you. Affinity Revolution have a superb course for beginners. Check out out their free videos first.