AFFINITY PHOTO: HOW TO SELECT TOUGH FUR (AND IS IT BETTER THAN PIXELMATOR PRO)

[@yairdvora871]

Thanks for the video! I did learn a lot about the refine option Specifically how to use the the background and foreground

[@takebetterphotos8132]

Great to hear. Foreground and background also confused me.

[@lloydstuartm.d.5625]

Hopefully the new version of Affinity Photo with image selection will be a good alternative. I know it's out in beta but I'm waiting for the final version. I love your channel and have learned a ton from you - especially your compound mask tutorials.

[@takebetterphotos8132]

I've seen the beta. I do hope it will be very accurate even for hair or fur with one click but from the demos it seems you might still need to refine it.

[@KathleenRenninger]

Fantastic video! I hadn't really understood the "Refine" tool in Affinity, but now it's very clear. I don't have Pixelmator, but do appreciate the comparison, and knowing there's an alternative which may possibly be better for some things. Thank you so much. (New subbie!)

[@takebetterphotos8132]

Glad you found it helpful. Yes it's always interesting to look at the strength and weakness of tools given so many choices nowadays

[@billdungan3709]

This is the best tutorial I’ve found for selections! Thank you very much

[@takebetterphotos8132]

Glad to hear that! Happy editing

[@jed1947]

Very useful ===> refine to new layer with mask does color decontamination!

[@takebetterphotos8132]

Yes it does! I had to research it cause its not in the documentation

[@pedropuckerstein4670]

I have both tools. Sometimes I do AP selection using one of the three channels because the contrast might be better for the refine tool. There are many videos on this process. I wish that both tools supported the ability to plugin the other. Since AP supports plugins I was hoping for a solution. AP on MAC plugins don't seem to work as well as AP for windows :(

[@takebetterphotos8132]

Thanks for the tip. I did think of channels as well but I did not think it helped that much in the photos I used. Have to explore that more!

[@ΝίκοςΣυνατσάκης]

Excellent Job. Thank you!!!

[@takebetterphotos8132]

Thanks for watching!

[@jennifergow6524]

I don't use a Mac to there is only one option. At least it's a good option.

[@takebetterphotos8132]

Yes a very good option. Multiplatform is one big advantage of Affinity!

[@BenjWarrant]

That's a terrible selection; I'm only a part-time user but I was doing better selections than that with Photoshop 15 years ago.

[@takebetterphotos8132]

Photoshop has very good algorithms

[@BenjWarrant]

@@takebetterphotos8132 I should have said 'in' Photoshop; I was doing the selecting using Calculations, Channels and the like.