Using the Affinity Photo Undo Brush Tool

[@Lakmarh]

I know this is an older video, but, man, I cannot thank you enough for showing a thorough explanation of the undo brush. It is *not* intuitive at all. I could not get it to work and couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. It was making me so frustrated I wanted to scream. But your explanation finally helped me figure it out. Thanks so much.

[@RobinWhalley]

You're very welcome. I’m glad it helped you make sense of what was happening.

[@Balchre]

I sure enjoy your videos. I am always happy when I see one of your tutorials on my UTube subscription page. By the way I am working through your new how to book on affinity. It is helping a lot. Your two Affinity books are one of the main reasons I purchased Affinity.

[@RobinWhalley]

Thank you so much for purchasing my books. It's great to know that I'm helping you.

[@webphone5167]

@@RobinWhalley Where can I find those books please because Im a beginner so it would be a help for me?

[@iviemclardy50]

a bit late on joining the party, but just had to say, That I find your instruction on the various editing software, easy on the ear, and the brain, very informative, Thank you,

[@RobinWhalley]

Great to hear! Thank you

[@stevehallam0850]

Some excellent ideas here, clearly explained as usual! Will need several views for it all to sink in!

[@RobinWhalley]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you

[@paulmarbach6447]

Nik Collection integration into Layers, great discovery. Thank you.

[@RobinWhalley]

Glad it was helpful!

[@geraldreynolds9650]

Very good and so easy.But i must watch again for all to sink in !

[@RobinWhalley]

Thank you. Yes it does take a little practice to get the hang of it.

[@MichaelMurphy-mh7eo]

This is very interesting, and very powerful. Can it be applied only within a selection?

[@RobinWhalley]

If you mean can you make a selection to restrict the brush, yes.

[@ianyorke2617]

Excellent tutorial. I am so conditioned to masking that I never considered this technique.

[@RobinWhalley]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you.

[@cfytcf]

Same here - I have to "unlearn" many of the methods I picked up using GIMP.

[@tonyb2760]

That some nice work with Viveza. In reality, I would probably just mask it out and the paint back in what I wanted, but it's good to learn about optional ways. Thanks for sharing

[@RobinWhalley]

Yes, I also usually would mask something like this but it's worth understanding the Undo Brush. You never know when it will be useful. Great to hear you liked the Viveza work.

[@trevorcarpenter6678]

I learnt a lot about tools from this but I'm not sure my brain kept up very well

[@RobinWhalley]

It seems complicated at first but it just takes a little experimentation and practice. Give it time and you will come up with ways to use it.

[@lensman5762]

You are a wealth of information on Affinity Photo sir. My Nik Collection is presently set up to work with LR6. Is there a way it could also be set to work with Affinity Photo at the same time as the LR6?

[@ianyorke2617]

You need to enable unknown plugins in AP preferences. Then tell AP where the NIK plugins are located. Restart and they will be available in AP.

[@RobinWhalley]

Yes you can do that but as Ian says you will need to set up the location of the plugins in the Affinity Preferences. Here's a video where I explain how to do this kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWa7XpJtnMR5fKs

[@lensman5762]

@@ianyorke2617 I shall try this. Much obliged to you.

[@lensman5762]

@@RobinWhalley Thanks Robin. Very much appreciated.

[@joelrollins2841]

Incredibly clever! Thank you.

[@RobinWhalley]

You're very welcome! Thank you

[@JohnCollins-iy1pw]

totally brilliant😀

[@RobinWhalley]

Thanks

[@paulreid7761]

Hi Robin. I note that you are using NIK with a merged Affinity file. I can only use mine when they have been exported as Jpg and reopened in Affinity in that format? Any thoughts please?

[@RobinWhalley]

So, I have no idea. If you are using a DxO version of Nik I would report it as a bug for support. If you are using the old Google version then it's likely a compatibility bug.

[@paulreid7761]

@@RobinWhalley - thank you.

[@bruceatkinson932]

Very nice indeed!

[@RobinWhalley]

Many thanks! Great to know you liked it.

[@webphone5167]

Amazing

[@RobinWhalley]

Thanks

[@webphone5167]

@@RobinWhalley Where can I find your books about Affinity?

[@gossedejong9248]

thank you!!

[@RobinWhalley]

You're welcome!

[@johnchilver536]

Like the ideas I will have go

[@RobinWhalley]

It's worth trying even if you end up deciding it's not for you.

[@extremelydave]

Uh, this is much more than it's worth to me just being a hobbyist... impressive, but too much.

[@RobinWhalley]

Yes, I understand. The Brush won't suit everyone but it's worth knowing about.

[@stevej513]

And I thought the undo brush was pointless. Why is this not explained on the official Affinity site? Thank you.

[@RobinWhalley]

You're very welcome. I'm quite pleased this and other things aren't explained on the Affinity site. It would put me out of business.

[@phlotographer]

@@RobinWhalley not likely Robin -- you and others offer so much info related to the product.

[@RobinWhalley]

@@phlotographer Thank you. I hope that you're right.

[@JulesMoyaert_photo]

👍👍👍🙏

[@RobinWhalley]

Thank you

[@allanmarshall4582]

I guess there was no easy way to show this.. I also lost my way.

[@RobinWhalley]

Yes, some people find the brush easy and masking hard whilst others find masking easier and the brush hard. If you try it out with a few images you will probably pick it up quite easily.

[@alessandrociampi1811]

too much complicated for me it never works