Affinity Photo Frequency Separation for Landscape Photography

[@ItsWillLee]

Thanks Robin for all your Affinity, DxO & Nik videos, I refer back to them quite often for a refresher.

[@RobinWhalley]

Thank you and you're very welcome.

[@weldonf4081]

Thank you so much for this and ALL your Affinity Photo videos. You are an excellent teacher, and all your hard work and time spent making these videos is much appreciated by all of us. Kudos to you sir.

[@RobinWhalley]

You're very welcome! Thank you.

[@diezijnleuk]

Thank you for this tutorial!

[@RobinWhalley]

You are welcome.

[@ianbrowne9304]

Thank you ; that seems simple enough for me to try ----- gave up with PS back in the day

[@RobinWhalley]

You're welcome.

[@true2himself]

Another brilliant tutorial. Thanks, Robin.

[@RobinWhalley]

Thank you

[@cathcort1]

I found this to be an excellent tutorial as it was clear and concise.

[@RobinWhalley]

Thank you. That's what I'm trying for.

[@PatrikUytterhoeven]

Awesome tutorial would love to see some more tips and tricks with affinity photo. Also bought your book it was great help to start with.

[@RobinWhalley]

Thanks and thank you for purchasing my book. I do intend to build up the library of videos for Affinity Photo.

[@marcthomas9831]

Great video, thanks for this. Just what I was looking for.

[@RobinWhalley]

That's great to hear. I'm pleased you found it helpful.

[@TheRedpool]

An outstanding tutorial. Grateful of what you are doing. Regards Darya

[@RobinWhalley]

You're very welcome.

[@LouisPhilippeTessier]

Great tutorial, much appreciated !

[@RobinWhalley]

You're welcome. Thank you.

[@nord_seher]

I found it usefull. By the way the orten effekt could be done much easyer. Please Look into the official affinity tutorial. It is only one layer and a Range mask. But 8n sum it is the same. Affinity Photo is for that stuff much easyer to use! Thanks one thousend times and have a friendly xmas

[@RobinWhalley]

Thanks for the suggestion, I have already seen the Affinity video. There are also many other ways to create the effect and all are slightly different in the appearance. The point of this video though was not about creating the Orton effect, it was about creating a Frequency Separation. I hope you find that helpful.

[@nord_seher]

Robin Whalley Thank you! I understand what you are saying!

[@yunfei1982]

yes! for Chinese people, we need English subtitle! great!!!

[@RobinWhalley]

Yes, a few people who speak English as a second language have told me this. Since then I always try to add subtitles to my videos.

[@ianbrowne9304]

This one has become my go to for Orton effect that I have set up in macro . Working extremely well with my earthy ''where water flowed" abstracts . However , I often want to remove some of the blur only or have different strengths of blur across the image . The only way I have found to do this is to add a mask to the blur (high frequency) layer >paint on black at 100% to make a full blur effect >then use difference strengths of the white brush to remove the blur to suit . Sort of working opposite to how I'm used to . That understandable ? Although not overly important ; but is there another/better way Robin ? Cheers

[@RobinWhalley]

I've been using this effect for quite a few years now and find it better than all the alternatives I've tried. If you want to apply it selectively, the best way is through a Lumiunosity Mask. If you are using Affinity Photo, apply a Luminance Range mask to the layer or use the Range Controls on the group. You can then avoid applying the blur to darker subjects in the scene (or even areas that are too bright). Having done this, you can add a further mask filled with black to gide the effect. Then with a white brush, paint on the mask in the areas where you want to see it. I do this type of editing a lot in both Affinity Photo and Photoshop. I think it creates a nice look.

[@ianbrowne9304]

@@RobinWhalley Thanks mate ; you are very good at replying with very handy tips

[@matthewcheung5136]

Thanks

[@RobinWhalley]

No problem

[@ianbrowne9304]

4:49 You ''put into a new folder'' ; or do mean a new group Robin ? I have worked it out but less experienced may be scratching their heads

[@RobinWhalley]

Folder or Group. I don't think it will leave people confused and most of the Affinity users I've spken to seem to be happy using either term.

[@C00ltronix]

Question: Why or when I would do frequency separation and not just sharpening?

[@RobinWhalley]

It's just another technique to have. I tend to use the Frequency Separation to soften the image rather than sharpen it. I also tend to use this technique selectively rather than across the entire image. It just gives it a subtly different look. You may find the same when using it selectively to sharpen.

[@MrKhagbr]

robin, thanks for going over the filter. i do wonder if you know of any luminosity mask panels for affinity photo. i used a panel in another program, finding it very useful. so far, nothing found for affinity photo.

[@RobinWhalley]

Sorry, I haven’t seen anything for Affinity but a few people have published macros if you search the Affinity Photo forum.

[@davidellinsworth22]

Use blend ranges instead. Highlight a layer and click the cog icon. You then have two grids, use the left hand grid to blend whatever effect as you wish into the tonal ranges. For example if you want the effect just to impact the highlights then pull down on the left (to blend the effect out of the shadows) and unchecked linear so that you can create a curve to dynamically blend the effect into just the highlights. You can also make selections based on luminosity and alter the tolerance... that then masks that tonal range and you can make whatever adjustment you like.

[@TravellerHike]

Can u make a tutorial on changing the white beard to black when the hair is very tiny (1-2 days hair), without affecting skin? I didn't find this tutorial anywhere.

[@RobinWhalley]

Unfortunately I don't have any images that I could use for that. Sorry.

[@TravellerHike]

@@RobinWhalley I can give u image. I just need steps to get it done. Can't find way to do in AP.

[@RobinWhalley]

@@TravellerHike I'm sorry but it doesn't fit well with my channel. I focus on Landscapes because I'm a landscape photographer. There is though a good piece in the official Affinity workbook which explains how to create a brush to simulate a beard (1-2 days growth). I think you could probably use something like that to cover over he beard.

[@danielesalvatore6594]

I know how to use Frequency Separation, High Pass and Clarity. It appears to me that all the 3 ones can be used to Sharpen an image; why to have all of them redundant?

[@RobinWhalley]

Personally I find different methods suit different image characteristics.

[@danielesalvatore6594]

@@RobinWhalley Many thanks for your answer that leaves me with the same doubts

[@bj1676]

Top banana

[@RobinWhalley]

Ta

[@johnkendall174]

I maybe stupid, but how do I get rid of your printed commentary that covers the screen?

[@RobinWhalley]

You had me scratching my head for a while because I couldn't understand what you might be seeing. After thinking about it for a while, I'm guess you have turned on the Subtitles/Captions on KZbin. Try hovering your mouse over the video when it's playing. You will then see some icons appear along the bottom right of the video. One of these will be for the Captions/Subtitles and you should be able to click it to turn them off. If you are referring to something else in the video please let me know and I will try to help.

[@johnkendall174]

@@RobinWhalley So it was a stupid question and I'm so sorry for bothering you I never even considered that cure. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Now I will start your series from the beginning, they will be even better this time.

[@RobinWhalley]

@@johnkendall174 No problem and it wasn't a stupid question. I've done it myself in the past.

[@johnkendall174]

@@RobinWhalley Thanks again., much appreciated.