How to Change Backgrounds in Affinity Photo

[@lukewest2510]

Ally is the #1 Affinity teacher! 👍

[@AffinityRevolution]

Wow, thanks so much Luke! 🤗

[@BlackWipeout]

Tips : When you are in the Refine section, use the option "New layer with mask" for a better result. When you use this option, affinity photo apply a color decontamination at the same time, that i noticed. Great video

[@AffinityRevolution]

I didn't know that! Thanks for the tip. :)

[@allenlovesyoutube]

I am so impressed with Ally as an effective teacher. Thank you, Ally.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you Allen! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@FrankWaltersLovestoteach]

I agree with Luke West. Ally and Ezra are easily the BEST Affinity teachers. Ally does an amazing presentation job. Really impressed!!!!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thanks so much! 🤗

[@k-deleon]

Wow, blending photos and make them match...it's an amazing art! Fantastic tutorial as always 📷

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you Kdeleón! 🤗

[@sharynwillis8920]

So easy to follow you in this as you went at a good pace and spoke clearly. I just paused, wrote the step down then did it on my own images. Thank you so much

[@theandersonfamily6094]

Ally and Ezra - thank you so much for all your work on these free lessons. You both are great!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@damorgman]

Most useful tutorial I've seen on AP. Thanks!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Wow, thank you! 😄

[@peterjones5770]

Excellence as usual: straight into the tutorial without a long rambling and interminable intro' very many thanks.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@mikevandoorn7161]

Another great tutorial! You always make it so easy to get to some awesome results. BTW All your courses are just fantastic. I highly recommend them! :D

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! That's so kind of you. 😊

[@eyewaves...]

Thank you Ally ! Another super video - I learnt a number of new functions...

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@anthonyrocha7583]

This is perfect. Thank you for the video.

[@AffinityRevolution]

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

[@jollygiraffe99]

I have just bought Af and this video is a perfect addition

[@AffinityRevolution]

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[@IdahoSAM.]

Thanks Ally! Another great tutorial. I would agree with many commenters below - you are a great teacher!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thanks so much! I appreciate that. :)

[@Kabeljauwsje]

Great explanation! Understood it instrantly. Thank you!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@elenaracanicchi5831]

So easy to follow. Thank you❤❤

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you Elena! 😊

[@mtntopviking]

Awesome tutorial! You always make everything so clear and simple. Thank you for making these Ally!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thanks so much Lee! :)

[@elizabethrussell4858]

Very clear video, thanks for the info.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you Elizabeth! Glad you liked it. :)

[@D0209962]

A well paced and straightforward tutorial. Thank you.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@hamradiowithkevin]

Your presentation was paced so well and explained in such a real world way that It made total sense to me, I have only ever used Davinci Resolve for this type of thing. Affinity has sat up to date on my computer and not been used. And because of your amazing video I feel renewed excitement to try more things like this. Thank you for making this tutorial. !

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked the video. 😊

[@anapantz]

Very helpful. I'll be signing up for your course for sure.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! I'm sure you will enjoy the tutorials 😊

[@keithwjones]

Nice quick lesson. Thank you. I am working through the new course.

[@AffinityRevolution]

That's great! I hope you enjoy the tutorials. 😊

[@kend4128]

Another great video, Ally. Your timing was perfect for me- I have been looking around at some apps and programs that "automatically" remove backgrounds. They're not perfect, but can be quick and easy. You've just provided a great alternative in Photo. Thanks for the early Christmas present!

[@AffinityRevolution]

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

[@andrewfrost8866]

Absolutely brilliant, and so clearly demonstrated!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you Andrew! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@tronghuy10]

Cảm ơn bạn!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Không có chi! 😊

[@yairdvora871]

Thank you so much for this video!

[@AffinityRevolution]

You're welcome! Glad you liked it. 😊

[@chrissutton4256]

Another excellent tutorial: thanks Ally 👍🏼😀

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you Chris! 😊

[@Martinbeef]

Excellent video. I was also wondering how I might give the model depth of field, to make it look like a proper portrait?

[@AffinityRevolution]

Affinity has "blur filters" that you can use 🙂 kzbin.info?search_query=affinity+blur+filter

[@stephenstevenson1900]

Great video Ally! Thanks for sharing.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you Stephen! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@Greg-fg1rd]

Thanks Ally. Fun video with some great hacks. How are you liking V2? A lot of complaints all over the place. Just wondering your take? Hope you and Erza had a wonderful Thanksgiving with tons to be thankful for. You are one of many things I am thankful for! Go purchase her courses'...well worth it!

[@AffinityRevolution]

I like V2 for the most part. I haven't encountered any major bugs, and I like the new interface. The only thing I don't like is how pressing on the mask button opens that mask pop out menu, instead of just applying a mask. V1 was simpler in that way, but it's not a big deal. And happy Thanksgiving to you and your family as well! :)

[@modelcarshouston]

Ally is the BEST!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@hughmannwright]

That was a great video tutorial!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you Richard! Glad you liked it. 😊

[@TEESCOTT333]

That was great tips! My biggest takeaway was matching the dark shadows. That was an aha moment for me. I appreciate you sharing.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! I'm glad you could learn something new. :)

[@Laodage23]

Thank you, this is such a useful tutorial!

[@AffinityRevolution]

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

[@morganborjessonrehn]

Thanks! It's so inspiring to listen to you!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Aww, thank you Morgan! 😊

Splendid work!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@SuperErnestoWorld]

this is incredible thank you

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! Glad you liked it. 😊

[@annadubbelt2739]

It is an excellent instruction, thank you!

[@AffinityRevolution]

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[@twesttv]

Excellent job. Thank you

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@derekgl]

Excellent 😀

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! 😊

[@Gelephoto]

Nice tutorial, thank you.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thanks George! :)

[@giuliobortolomiol4387]

thanks great tutorial... Is possible to resize the immage on the new background? lets say that the waman is way to big to be put in the background than we need to resize the immage in a smaller one... (once she is in the new background)

[@AffinityRevolution]

Yes, you can use the Move Tool (the tool that looks like a black arrow) to resize things. Just remember to unlock your layer first, by pressing on the lock icon next to its layer in the Layers Panel.

[@Nihilus]

And you replied to everyone too! I'll definitely be watching more of your tutorials so I can become an AFFINITY GOD 🙇‍♂️🙏😈

[@AffinityRevolution]

That's awesome!! Good luck on your Affinity journey! :)

[@rgrun1]

Thanks fort the great tutorial :)

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you Rick! 🤗

[@Zoolar]

Wow, cool. 👍🏻🐶.

[@kenlocke3905]

An excellent tutorial as usual. However, I could not transfer the new background. I entered place and my desktop appeared. I selected the image but nothing happened. where did I go wrong please?

[@AffinityRevolution]

After selecting the image from Place, you need to click & drag to add the photo. 🙂

[@torstivuorma2905]

Good vid, Thanks!

[@AffinityRevolution]

You're welcome! Glad you liked it 😊

[@larrygoldman7260]

Thank you for your video. I used your process to replace a blown-out sky on a landscape photo. After "placing" the new sky I noticed that there is a thin bright line where the landscape photo and sky meet. How can I get rid of this line? Thank you very much

[@AffinityRevolution]

You can paint on the mask on that line, to blend the transition area. 🙂

[@adamleroux2966]

Love your videos. I noticed that this is V2. When I use a brush on V2, I seem to have lost the circle brush 'guide' on the cursor - only seeing a crosshair. I've tried messing with the settings in user interface but can't seem to get the circle back. Just wondering if you know if there is an easy fix? Thanks in advance.

[@AffinityRevolution]

I know there's a setting you can change in the Preferences to turn the crosshair on/off. Go to Preferences, User Interface, and then turn off the box that says "always show crosshair". If that doesn't work, you could try getting out a different brush from the Brush's Panel.

[@adamleroux2966]

@@AffinityRevolution thanks, I'll give that a try!

[@bob_mosavo]

Thanks 😁

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you Bob! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@garreswe]

Masking things, especially hair, grass, twigs etc in AP (both v1 and v2), is pretty hard if the image is complex and one want it to look extra good. The Refine Selection tool is really messy, I've even had difficulties making things with a solid background. I wish the devs could improve this since one often has to separate objects in images. I tried Luminar AI and it does a great job with separating objects so hopefully we can see this on AP as well.

[@AffinityRevolution]

I agree. That is definitely something Affinity can improve on.

[@brians9072]

Ally, I'm trying to extract a photo of a boat on the water in action. Then I'd like to cartoonist it for a tshirt graphic. Is there a video for the process?

[@AffinityRevolution]

I don't have a video that covers that, sorry.

[@mdm-prods1184]

hi, i see your video "How to Blend Two Images | Affinity Photo Fantasy Composite" and the technique for blending the 2 elements is different from this one. Are the techniques you use to composite several elements (filter ect ...) specific to the project, or as this video is more recent you suggest using this technique rather than the one used on the video mentioned above. It's complicated to find an overall technique to mix several elements for compositing. thanks

[@AffinityRevolution]

It really depends on the photos you're using. Depending on your photos, you will need to use different techniques. This video kept it nice & simple, while the "How to Blend Two Images | Affinity Photo Fantasy Composite" is a little more advanced. If you'd like to learn more, I have whole compositing course, where I go into much greater depth on compositing. courses.affinityrevolution.com/p/compositing-for-beginners

[@Resolve4u]

Good class. Subscribed.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! 😊

[@scekicdragan]

You could make a video about the embedded file and its editing through image processing (mask, deletion, color correction, effects, etc...) I personally tried it and it's ridiculous how slow it is compared to photoshop. Maybe you can help.

[@AffinityRevolution]

I don't usually work with embedded files, but Olivio Sarkias has done a tutorial on embedding: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYKbd2aBhK12mcU

[@scekicdragan]

@@AffinityRevolution What Olivio showed is the basis, I didn't mean that in the question. Thanks for the reply and all the best!

[@fanofcameron]

"Let's get starded!" 😉 Yes, she's great! 👍

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! 🤗

[@4toes1nose]

Thank you

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thanks Kevin! 🤗

[@JulesMoyaert_photo]

👍Thanks!

[@azizrahmatz510]

i like this tutorial

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! 😊

[@debbiewrazen5233]

Thanks, Ally.

[@AffinityRevolution]

My pleasure! 😊

[@tropicalhousemusic601]

¡¡Great job!!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! 😊

[@tkarlmann]

The description says: "5 days ago". Were you using V1 or V2 of Affinity for this? Also, if that was a Bride's dress, the blue was wrong. How would you get the dress true-to-white if it was a Bridal Dress? Otherwise, good Tutorial. How would you expect V2 to be able to improve this tutorial?

[@AffinityRevolution]

This tutorials was done in V2. :) You can make the dress white by desaturating it with an HSL adjustment.

[@tkarlmann]

@@AffinityRevolution I'm surprised that you did this in V2! I thought selections were 'amazingly enhanced' in V2. The selections for hair didn't seem to be much improved. What's your take? I've tried desaturating Bride's Dresses -- it looks fake. It gets complicated because, when doing 'candids' every surface and light source sheds its own shade and color on the Bride's White dress -- but some times, I get frustrated, and I'll desat -- to some degree --anyway.

[@AffinityRevolution]

@@tkarlmann As far as I can tell, the selection tools are the same in V2. I really hope that's an improvement they work on soon though, because selections are so important! I did a video on how to change any color, including how to make it black or white: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4fLnZKqfpx6p5o

[@tkarlmann]

@@AffinityRevolution Ally: you are, as usual, correct. I thought somehow that the selections were now AI; I may have been thinking of some other program. Thanks for the correction & the Reply! B&W: I thought you hit the ball out of the part with a video you did some time ago -- the one entitled (something like) : "I've been doing B&W Conversions all Wrong!" -- where you gave the numbers to convert the colors to match the way the TV-guys did it back in the 1950's! That video was spectacular!!!!

[@uncleanAlibertine1]

super nice

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! 😊

[@djr3386]

Congratulations to you, your husband and family 👶

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! 😊

[@robboxify]

Would a vibrance adjustment have worked better than a HSL saturation as i think the colours popped a bit too much? Otherwise great stuff

[@AffinityRevolution]

Yes, that would be a great option to use. 😊

[@filippoz1976]

super!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@filippoz1976]

@@AffinityRevolution ♥️

[@terrygaume]

Thank you, I was able to follow along, ESCEPT my screen doesn’t have all the settings (brush flow) etc. not sure what they are called to fix them. Thanks

[@subodhpengal4603]

thanks madam...

[@AffinityRevolution]

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

[@XRP_321]

awsome

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@swaha55]

when I follow your directions and use the select tool to draw around the image that I want to replace the background, when I click the Mask icon there is no drop down list. Just mask. Then I do not get the transparent background after I hit refine and then apply. Your instructions are very clear but they do not work for me. I do not know what I am doing wrong.

[@692violet]

Need help, my page looks different then yours

[@AffinityRevolution]

I am using Affinity Photo Version 2 on a Mac. What are you using?

[@dmmchugh3714]

Is the same technique as to create a 'window pull' for real estate photography?

[@underrated_assets]

Hello - I can't seem to get the new background to "place". When I select the new background and "open" it seems nothing is loaded after thinking for a moment. Any ideas?

[@OscarAbasto]

Good job, but I suggest not forgetting to work with the depth of field filter, on the background image. Cheers!

[@AffinityRevolution]

That would be a great way to continue the composite! 😊

[@jimkelley808]

Hello, if I join will you help with specific issues I am having. I shoot real estate and need a little help editing. Thanks

[@helmar_rudolph]

Isn't that a wee bit antiquated compared to Photoshop? Way too many steps. That deserves improvements. Great tut, though, given the limitations.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Ya, Photoshop does has really nice selection tools. That's one area I hope Affinity can improve in.

[@reesaoldyear7763]

Thanks for the video. Do you know how to go about removing the background of transparent or half transparent objects. For example imagine the subject is the same as the one in this video but with mesh clothes. I'm including this link which is the exact tutorial I'm looking for, but in Photoshop. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4TchKGHa8R-ocUsi=0x8Ys2G_9jBZsqe7

[@oussamasadaoui7418]

I've been worried for so long to make the transition to affinity products as my subscription in adobe suit has come to an end and i can't afford a new one, but been really worried if it's worth the transition to affinity products, all has changed when i found your channel 🤍 Ally truly thank you for the incredible amount of work you put in your videos, you don't rush, you explain everything + laughing and making it comfy to follow along, if i make the decision to purchase affinity, i'll also buy your course as an appreciation letter to you once i get enough money. I know i talked too much, but truly thank you soo much ❤️❤️❤️🙏

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! I'm really glad you're enjoying my tutorials. Affinity is a great program. 😊