How to Get Started in Affinity Photo

[@hitechpanchal]

You made Photoshop Easy then, Now you are making Affinity Easy... Rich Features.. Thanks Deke.

[@betterpixs]

Totally agree

[@dekeNow]

My pleasure!

[@dekeNow]

@@betterpixs Thanks!

[@brianplatt9038]

You taught me Photoshop, and now that I made the switch to Affinity Photo, I'm happy to learn from you again - you're such a wonderful teacher! 🥂

[@betterpixs]

💯 🎉

[@dekeNow]

Thank you!

[@dekeNow]

@@betterpixs Thx!

[@theglasscitizen4643]

Dear Mr. McClelland, I just thought about you and your awesome Photoshop CS2 tutorials back then. A friend gave the DVDs to me (and a very legal version of the software!) to start out. And I have to say this shaped my entire career as a creative. So thank you very much for your concise explanations. Glad to see you're still teaching the world! Greetings from Germany

[@betterpixs]

His impact just gets on going!

[@dekeNow]

That is awesome news-thank you!

[@dekeNow]

@@betterpixs Cheers!

[@billbowman8747]

Great video! After over 30 years with Adobe, it was time to break up. "It's not you Adobe, it's me. Okay I lied, it IS you!" Affinity Photo isn't quite as good as Photoshop in some ways but in other ways it's better. At the end of the day I can do the work that I need to do at a professional level and keep a little cash in my pocket each month! Sorry Adobe, I don't miss you at all!

[@betterpixs]

Ditto

[@dekeNow]

“Affinity Photo isn't quite as good as Photoshop in some ways but in other ways it's better.” My sentiment exactly.

[@billbowman8747]

@@dekeNow Hey Deke were you at MacWorld in Boston back in `97 signing copies of your Real World Illustrator book?

[@dekeNow]

@@billbowman8747 That sounds like me! (Oh, those days 🙂)

[@billbowman8747]

@@dekeNow As I recall we chatted for a bit and you signed my book. Does "Vectors Rule and Pixels Drool" sound familiar? I don't have the book anymore, but that was what was written inside. I didn't really know who you were back then other than the author of the book I just bought at the show.

[@palrajib73]

He Deke, I learnt Photoshop from you from scratch (Photoshop 101 & the like). So you are my mentor to this creative world. But now Affinity Photos seems better. Enjoying your videos back then and also now. I think making selections and masking is better in Photoshop with lot of leg room to stretch. I think it will evolve gradually to be par with Photoshop and may be better, who knows. Thank you for introducing me to this new software.

[@betterpixs]

20 years later, he does it again!

[@dekeNow]

My pleasure! Yes, there is much room for Affinity to improve in the select and mask realm.

[@dekeNow]

@@betterpixs Aw, thanks!

[@dronevideographyproduction]

I learned so many practical tips... I left Photoshop when they switch to a paid subscription. I think the Affinity Photo is the best replacement so far. I did not like my experience with Gimp over the past few years. Looking forward to more of your awesome tutorials. 🙌

[@dekeNow]

I have a GIMP video coming out very soon! It’s like wrestling a beast!

[@dronevideographyproduction]

@@dekeNow That's funny! 😂I came to the conclusion that it's untameable...

[@Resolve4u]

I also learnt GIMP, but experience was not comfortable. Gimp is weaker in selection area. It is difficult to make a simple youtube thumbnail in GIMP. Here in Affinity photo, I started working the first day.

[@dekeNow]

@@dronevideographyproduction 😅

[@dekeNow]

@@Resolve4u Okay, actually, I might disagree. Next week, I show a selection tool in GIMP that actually matches Photoshop! Jury remains out. I await your thoughts. 😁

[@KingZero69]

good video, thanks deke

[@dekeNow]

My pleasure, thanks!

[@Schubeedoobee]

I am still having issues with my selections not having enough feathering when I want a smooth mask edge. I am working in really large files around 100"... and I find that the feathering only allows you to have a limited amount of smooth feathering.

[@dekeNow]

I will look into that. Some of the blur options have lower limits than I would like.

[@Resolve4u]

Waiting more tutorial sir.

[@dekeNow]

Will deliver. I have many more here. Turn on notifications! (Thx!)