Affinity Photo - Remove Shadows EASY

[@johnkanzler6646]

Can’t wait to try this HDR method on some macro subjects! 👍🏼

[@1showson]

The 'fake' HDR technique is brilliant! Thank you so much for this

[@OlivioSarikas]

Thank you, Thee :)

[@sharadshirali1546]

The second option is much easier to execute. Your videos are so informative. Thank you.

[@OlivioSarikas]

Thank you very much

[@karamakenyon739]

WOW!!!! very easy to follow and apply

[@99sixstring]

honestly, every single one of your tutorials, shows me things about AP, on a daily base, that I don´t know. That´s pretty frustrating 😁 Lots to learn....thx 👍

[@OlivioSarikas]

Awesome, I'm really happy to hear that I can teach you something new with every video. And don't think I know all these things just like that. I do a lot of research and learning myself all the time. :)

[@Milan-iy3pd]

i rarely save me some videos, but this went straight into a playlist for later. also it really helped me with a picture already! thanks!

[@jihstudios]

Olivio this is a master class. Thank you

[@OlivioSarikas]

you are welcome :)

[@biged3175]

The "HDR" result looked amazing considering not much work had to be put in. Thanks!!!!

[@csabapozsarko799]

This "fake hdr merge" is an excellent tip, Olivio, thanks!

[@OlivioSarikas]

Hi Casaba, thank you :) I'm happy it helps you :)

[@user-ih3ji2gb6o]

Thank you from Korea!! It is very helpfull

[@edlondon3717]

I like this video Sir Olivio, you give me a choice

[@timminsgetclean]

Wow! fantastic tutorial. Thank you

[@rossmfifer]

Amazing

[@chantaleaustin4978]

Amazing even for a newbie!! Very impressed with this tutorial! thanks

[@imzaazmi]

Awesome tutorial sir.. Thank you 🙏👍

[@webgirl2381]

Great job!

[@OlivioSarikas]

Thank you! :)

[@brianorakpohit]

I got to 1:50 where I click on 'invert' and was met by a chessboard of hundreds of tiny squares? Ive seen this before, and had to abort. Im trying to amend a black and white photo. I followed all steps exactly. Can you advise?!?

[@papitapaloro]

Excelente, Olivio! Muchas gracias.

[@christianhuys6657]

Great ! Espacially the HDR Method

[@OlivioSarikas]

Hi Christian, Thank you very much :)

[@TimFenwick]

WOW, absolutely amazing, so simple, Thank you!

[@WeiChong]

Your first method was nicely done. Thanks for pointing out the use of Blend Ranges. Hadn't really thought about that. Give lots of control, applied manually.

[@OlivioSarikas]

Thank you. Yes, the blend ranges are really useful for a lot of things. :)

[@herlingwowor1896]

Fantastic that was great fake hdr top

[@a.brantschen6912]

thank you for this fantastic video !!! It is absolutely awesome.

[@OlivioSarikas]

You are welcome, Andre

[@_neuromanser_]

Excellent tutorial, thank you!

[@OlivioSarikas]

Thank you very much :)

[@rescuemethod]

great techniques! thanks

[@OlivioSarikas]

Happy i could help, Robert

[@HawaiiBine2005]

Großartiges Video, die 2. Version als HDR finde ich noch besser und ist für mich auch einfacher zu merken, da ich sowieso oft Belichtungreihen mache.

[@OlivioSarikas]

Cool, das freut mich. Du kannst die beiden sogar kombinieren, indem du das HDR bild als layer über das original kopierst und dann mit einer maske nur da anzeigst wo du es haben willst :)

[@peterlawson8563]

Thanks Olivio, you are one of the Go To people for Affinity. Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong if in way 1 the HSL layer makes no difference? I've got them grouped as HSL on top, then Curves then mask.I'm partially removing shadows under broad brim hats from the Australian sun, so do need to pump up the saturation a bit. Cheers, Peter

[@mayankdesigns]

Thank you for this lovely tutorial, Olivio

[@OlivioSarikas]

You are welcome, Mayank

[@darkobakula5190]

Guys watchout when clipping adjustments to a specific layer so it does not affect other layers. The order of adjustments in this stack is inverted, the first adjustment is topmost one, right below the layer clipped on and the most bottom one is the last adjustment applied. This is a bit confusing since stacking adjustments on top of layers causes topmost adjustment to be the last one

[@vizcayamario]

very informative I was able to utilize all the information, thank you!

[@OlivioSarikas]

You are welcome :) I'm happy my videos help you :)

[@raeesmohammed3072]

Wow

[@amirsabermanesh3395]

Thank you for all your great tutorials. I tried to do this exercise on one of my photos. The brush does not work at the mask layer on my image despite white is selected on the top right corner. Any idea as to why? Vielen Dank Olivio

[@tombadil6761]

Hello Olivio - Little Hint: Method 1 is - with some aditional settings - my personal workflow for Dodge&Burn ;-) In my oppinion better than the "Gray-tone"-Approach, you use in an other video.

[@thomaswalber1942]

So good🙏

[@jer3006]

Great solutions to a very common problem (well, in my photos anyway)! Is there no end to what Olivio can do in Affinity Photo?! I think there is not. These two solutions will help me often since I don't use studio lighting. Thank you.

[@OlivioSarikas]

Always another trick to show :)

[@cryptonite8495]

This is effective, but needlessly complex. If you simply cannot bear to touch the original, just make a copy layer and work directly on the shadow in that.

[@bhuvannaik3450]

can u plz say which screen recoreder u hav used. it would help me a lot

[@OlivioSarikas]

it's called OBS - it's free

[@joseestevez1248]

Congrats!! You explain so easy and simple. I have a problem with the Mask, when click invert the mask appear as transparency and picture disappear. Following the processes step by step. What I doing wrong? Thank you Never mind, Mr. Sarikas, I found out that is a bug in Affinity Photo 1.7.2 (another one) Please continue transmitting your knowledge Thanks again.

[@OlivioSarikas]

Thank you, Jose. Happy you could find a solution for your problem :)

[@MrJimpurvis]

Hello Olivio first have to say love your videos very helpful, second i could use your help I purchased PSD text FILE FROM Brushezzy for some reason i cant figure out how to add my text to it. can you help? thanks Jim

[@shanley1190]

Love your tutorials, short and to the point. When I try to drag the mask under the Curves layer it won't move,could you tell me what I''m missing?

[@OlivioSarikas]

Hi Shanley, sometimes they are a bit sticky. Try to click & drag the mask out to somewhere else and then back it. If they are a bit indented to the right, it means they have connected to that layer. So you need to pull them out again and then in again to see if they are now freely sitting below the other layer. Other than that. I don't see a reason why you wouldn't be able to move them

[@sharkusify]

@@OlivioSarikas Thanks Olivio!

[@christophesurman641]

The "fake" HDR is a good idea

[@RealSkyDiver2]

Former is better for smaller areas while later is better across a whole image

[@ThePacobarranco]

Hola! En Affinity Photo en iPad Pro, cómo se puede invertir mascara de capa? Gracias

[@OlivioSarikas]

lo siento, no tengo un ipad. no lo sé

[@jogribaer]

Thanks for that great explanation :) That "Nope" at 7:46 got me laughing :D

[@OlivioSarikas]

lol, thank you, GreenSpoon :)

[@user-vp2rh6ko4g]

I think the first way is more effective in removing shadows. I tried the second way and the effect was not obvious.

[@seachangeau]

wow THX

[@OlivioSarikas]

You are welcome, seachangeau :)

[@sokigasp8886]

Nice video!

[@OlivioSarikas]

Thank you very much :)

[@josewalker24]

Every time that I apply the invert maskthe photo goes complety to white ?? Why does this happen, I being following the instructions to the letter

[@j.joseph5353]

Same here.

[@johnsmithlin5389]

Hello Olivio, First of all, I recently switched to Affinity Photo from Gimp and your tutorials are brilliant. Thank you. I do have one question that confuses me, why do you add a mask layer when the curve adjustment layer is already a mask? Why not just ctrl+i ( invert) the curves layer?

[@OlivioSarikas]

Hi John, thank you :) The reason i do that, is because it's more flexible. I can move the mask to other layers, copy it and more. So it keeps everything a lot more flexible. Plus it is more visible in the tutorial

[@johnsmithlin5389]

​@@OlivioSarikas That makes a lot of sense. I absolutely love how a single one of your videos can completely change how I edit. Again I want to thank you for putting out so many tutorials and for answering my questions in a timely manner. Cheers

[@billfried626]

Neat.

[@haliclark9244]

What photo editing software are you using for this?

[@OlivioSarikas]

It's called Affinity Photo :)

[@billfried626]

@@OlivioSarikas That could explain the title. Mystery solved!

[@easyislander]

hmmm I tried this. It seems to not work anymore.

[@scottcardais3560]

I love Olivio's tutorials and I know this isn't an Affinity Photos support site but when I invert the mask layer, my image disappears. I think I followed the steps exactly. I'm using v 1.72. Anyone else seeing this?

[@OlivioSarikas]

Hi Scott, please always comment with a time code of where in the video the part is you ask about. I did this video over 1 year ago, so there is no way i remember where and for what reason i inverted the mask layer ;)

[@scottcardais3560]

@@OlivioSarikas Thank you for the reply. The specific instruction to invert the mask layer is at 1:50 into the video. It's one of a series of Set Up steps in your 1st workflow to remove shadows from one part of an image. As soon as I choose INVERT from the LAYER menu, my image disappears. Undoing this brings the image back. Thanks again.

[@OlivioSarikas]

sorry for the late answer. if your image disappears it mean that you have the mask applied to the image, instead of to the group. make sure it is inside the group.

[@ashly....]

I must be doing something wrong. It's all good until I get to the brush part. Matter of fact, my toolbar layout isnt even the same!🤔🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[@garys639]

I'm sorry but it appeared to my eye that the first demo had very unusual colors and wasn't convincing at all.

[@OlivioSarikas]

Feel free to do it differently. In Arts there is no must. I only show the technique in principle, but you should set it to your taste. :)

[@genelakenetau]

I’m pretty sure that Olivio always says ‘adjust to your taste’. Two great techniques here explained very well. Thank you Olivio.

[@constantinosschinas4503]

fake hdr is just messed tone remapping. not suggested.