Affinity Photo - How to replace a Sky

[@OlivioSarikas]

STRG = CTRL on a englisch/us keyboard

[@miss_vickies]

This is such an amazing tutorial!!! I use affinity photo to edit my photos on a high level like levels, shadows, colours, etc. Your videos are helping me explore other functions of this software. I have a similar photo to yours with a boring grey gloomy sky. I cannot wait to try this!!! Thank you so much for making these videos. Your explanations are always so easy to understand. This wet reflection thing is super cool!!!

[@bobkoure]

Well done!

[@fredhuurman1046]

Thank you olivio,a very good video.I learn a lot of your video,s .Also the way you explain them I like that very much

[@nerrelloader4226]

Great tutorial Olivio. I normally just tweak photos I've taken ie. contrast, clarity, shadows etc, so this took me out of my comfort zone and I feel great that I can actually now do this. Thanks so much for the tutorial video. Cheers, N.

[@OlivioSarikas]

Awesome, i'm happy i could inspire you and help :)

[@annaphrodite]

Great tutorial, Thanks

[@thatchickthatchecksstuffou6386]

How does this only have 437 likes???? This is the best tutorial I've ever seen!!! Thank you so much! New sub here :)

[@kellymartin8090]

Thanks, Olivio! Great tutorial. Quick and easy. Much appreciated!

[@OlivioSarikas]

You are welcome, Kelly :)

[@CarlSurry]

Loved the Video but have just one concern. It sounds like you are saying S T R G for keyboard shortcut like STRG+0 to resize image back to full screen. It looks like you are running this on a PC so surely it should be Control key or Ctrl+0? Maybe I am just miss hearing you but I did find it a bit confusing at first to follow what you were doing when using that key for shortcuts.

[@CarlSurry]

I have just done a bit of detective work and found that the German keyboard is STRG where the English one is CTRL. I am so glad you have recorded vocals in English but maybe best for future videos to point out at the start that when you say STRG, English/USA keyboard users have to press CTRL or Command for Mac users.

[@OlivioSarikas]

That is actually a very good point! I have a german keyboard, so here it is STRG instead of CTRL. I will say "control" next time. Thank you :)

[@CarlSurry]

Thanks for not taking it as me having a dig at your video. As a fellow Affinity video maker, I don't want to have a go at my fellow tutorial makers

[@OlivioSarikas]

no, that was really good advice. i didn't even think about that at all. Btw. if i may give you some feedback about your channel. I think it would help your channel if you created video covers that are a bit more visual. While they do their job, i think they could be designed better and more representative of your design skills.

[@CarlSurry]

Believe it or not they are representative of my design skills ;-) Design is a skill very lacking in me. I will have a think about what you have said though.

[@judyair4725]

Amazing! Olivio is a Master of his craft. I am no beginner, and I definitely would not recommend it for beginners or even those with little mastery, however I will be coming back to this again and again. Many thanks for sharing! Oops, I am Jim, did not notice that I am logged into my wife's account.

[@OlivioSarikas]

Hi Jim, thank you for your praise and don't worry about using her account. Maybe she would like my videos too :)

[@OLDisKing]

Hi Olivio! At 8:18, where comes the background-color from that you are using for the ambient light?

[@OlivioSarikas]

Hi Olaf, when you look at 9:12 i explain how to pic a color for that layer. The color is already had was probably still from the version i did to prepare for this video :)

[@dt..retired8462]

Olivio, I'm a real beginner in AP. I've found a lot of your videos very helpful, but this one, I'm afraid, completely baffles me. There's just too much in here that I simply don't understand. Maybe the tutorial is pitched at people with a greater basic knowledge than me!

[@franco-russo]

It was because of your video that I've ordered Affinity Photo. I've been using Photoshop for years and I'm one of those people who's turned off by the subscription plans. This program offers everything I would need or use in Photoshop, so I've bought the software.

[@OlivioSarikas]

Thank you, Franco. Have fun with Affinity Photo. Hope you enjoy it a lot

[@franco-russo]

@@OlivioSarikas I have been enjoying Affinity Photo 8 months later and still pretty satisfied with my purchase. Thank you for the great videos on the software, I watch them a bit to learn!

[@chuckbame4718]

Very informative tutorial; thank you! I will have to go through it very slowly to try to get everything. Anyway, very helpful!

[@OlivioSarikas]

You are welcome. Feel free to ask questions if you get stuck.

[@RafaelArteagaBetanzos]

Great tutorial Original and very well explained. Thank you.

[@OlivioSarikas]

Welcome and thank you for your nice comment :) Feel free to suggest topics that would interest you :)

[@ghisa9746]

Hello, looking at the initial selection of the sky seems that the best way to uncut the trees (especially in the middle of the branchs...I think also to the situation of a big tree with the sky as a background for example) is to use the Selection Brush and then let Affinity do the refine. My question (for Olivio mainly) is: there is some other clever tecnique to do this ? (What I told before is a classic example) . I propose you, if you agree, to make a dedicated video on that.... I guess it would be very appreciate from many people . Thanks a lot....and keep going !

[@reya1295]

Can you make a city apocalypse tutorial?

[@JeraldJamesCapao]

Thank you sir... i just learned how to change the sky on photos today. Hehehe.

[@OlivioSarikas]

You are welcome, Jerald :)

[@tubegilchrist]

What is "STRC?" I'm on a mac...

[@shrimpfarmer]

I learned a lot from this one. Thank you very much.

[@OlivioSarikas]

You are welcome, shrimpfarmer

[@robd2k]

Perfect for what i needed.. Thank you very much :)

[@OlivioSarikas]

Thank you, rob. You are welcome :)

[@robd2k]

@@OlivioSarikas this is the result flic.kr/p/TeWKpQ :)

[@nounix]

what is "s t r chi plus d"? Where do you find this?

[@OlivioSarikas]

it "CTRL" - i didn't remember that i am using a german keyboard, where it is STRG ;)

[@nounix]

@@OlivioSarikas lol - didn't know it was different in other countries! :P So, for Macs it's CMD+D, right?

[@errolyoung]

This is great. Now if it could be a macro key stroke

[@grethehoff5011]

A good video..again! I know this is an old one...T T T for an old lady! :D

[@clumein2]

Well... now I'm totally confused? LOL Like Olivio but he's a bit fast and jumpy for a beginner to really latch on... but I subscribed because I feel his tuts will become valuable in the near future.

[@OlivioSarikas]

Thank you for the sub! I have linked the source photos in the video description. Download them and experiment. Don't worry, there is nothing wrong with getting it wrong at first. Watch the video step by step and experiment with the tools i show. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask me. I might even do a video about a certain tool to explain it better.

[@alanshiell4244]

Agree - sorry. You clearly know what you are doing but for an absolute beginner like me, I found the jumping around just too distracting. I couldn't pick up any principles that were being followed so it began to appear rather random. In the end I gave up. I'll come back and have another go, but 'quick and easy' this is not.

[@patrickbell9117]

sorry, you lost me at strg + D. strg?

[@OlivioSarikas]

it's a old video. What I mean is CTRL (it's STRG on a german Keyboard )

[@NMalteC]

Geez, that insane background music(?) is driving me nuts. Why is it even necessary?

[@OlivioSarikas]

It helps people stay interested and motivated, even if content would be too technical or boring for their taste otherwise. ;)

[@lynncocksedge908]

it certainly does not keep me motivated or interested. I find it very annoying.

[@chrisdunford2346]

Great in depth example of how to do this but please never ever use that horrrendous so called music again ever. I almost turned off mid way it was so annoying.

[@OlivioSarikas]

:D :D :D

[@ady7d77]

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[@OlivioSarikas]

Hi Luis, enjoy your new savior in form of Affinity Photo :)

[@ady7d77]

@@OlivioSarikas is there any way you can create textures for using in maya, houdini, c4d_

[@ady7d77]

i am waiting for those tutorials to be faithful to affinity photo

[@maxmillion4216]

Great tutorial, but that music wasn't needed. You also talk and move to quick on the tutorial. I did learn though.

[@eyeofthetiger8287]

No background Music when you talk ! its disturbing !

[@OlivioSarikas]

All my newer videos are without music in the background :)

[@mimstyle]

Too easy with affinity photo

[@OlivioSarikas]

Thank you for watching. Affinity Photo is really a super convenient tool for these things :)