Touch-Up Tools Explained - Tutorial for Affinity Photo

[@Kiwicruiser355]

Just one hour ago I was trying to use the clone brush in Affinity for the first time. As you showed, at first nothing happened. I did not know about the new pixel layer etc. I ended up re-opening my image in my regular editor, and cleaned up the image, That was so much easier and straight forward compared to Affinity. I am currently trialing Affinity, but am finding it far more complex than I think basic editing needs to be.

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Hi @Kiwicruiser355, I agree it can be tricky to use at first!

[@stevenlitvintchouk3131]

I've used Inpainting and Patch tools the most often. The Blemish Removal tool seems to be a holdover from the old days when you needed a separate tool for that, before the Inpainting tool became so powerful. I didn't even know about the Sources panel and how it worked until you just explained it! Thank you.

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Hi Steven! Yes, you may be right. Some tools may be older and Affinity just kept them around for people who are used to them.

[@Dexter101x]

Whoa, I almost missed this one

[@roycejohnson929]

For larger object removal I use the free hand selection tool. Then go to edit, fill, inpainting, apply. I tend to use the other tools as well for smaller problem areas. Cheers

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Thanks for sharing, Royce...there's definitely many good ways to do object removal!

[@AllenReinecke]

I use the inpainting and clone tools the most. You managed to clear up some of my issues with the other tools, like patch and blemish. 👍

[@andyatmosphere]

Trents tutorials are the best I've ever seen!

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Thanks AndyAtmosphere! I appreciate it.

[@elizabethrussell4858]

I use the inpainting and healing brush tools the most, great video. Thanks.

[@cremecut6659]

Great. Need to see which of these are in Designer

[@EngineerRon]

Great stuff, as always! Thanks, Trent! 😁🎨

[@mtm7031]

Really great tutorial. thank you so much I learned a lot again.

Very interesting! Good Job, Thanks!

[@CBM64]

Awesome. Did not know about the "global" feature where you cloned the cat, that was pretty clever!

[@jacobvaldez8794]

Very cool! I never knew the other options worked basically the same as the clone brush, but with different blending effects.

[@nadineappletini]

Great tutorial. Learned a lot again. Thanks for all the in-depth look into the tools. I often got stuck bc I never chose "layer and below" 😀

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Yes, that is something I always forget too!

[@Cyber_Kriss]

12:47 "cat.afphoto" for sure this photo looks like a cat af 😂

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Ha, I didn't even notice that :)