Hello, I've been working through your instructions and have come across an issue where the image that I wish to add a border to has been cropped in development stage. So when I attempt to expand the canvas, it only "uncrops" by the amount I select as per your tutorial... thoughts on how I can get around this?
Cropping in Affinity Photo works by resizing the Document Canvas but not the image to hide areas. When you change the size of the canvas using the technique in the video you are revealling the hidden area. The work around is to export your cropped image to a TIFF or JPEG. You can then open that image file and use this technique.
thanks a lot Robin for sharing this and I succeeded to give this nice border to a non cropped picture. But I have a problem with cropped pictures, part of the border is visible, another part is not. Is there a solution for this with your method? Formerly I cropped the photo, exported it and opened it again in affinity photo to finally put a border around it. Maybe you have a different method of doing this without first exporting the cropped picture?
The cropping in Affinity is non-destructive. It works by hiding part of the image using hte canvas. To make this work with a cropped image you do need to first export your cropped image to an image format like a Jpeg or TIFF.
Just like I demonstrate in the video by adding a text box and then entering the information to that. If you are asking how to have Affinity to automatically pick up the information from the photo then I'm not aware of any way to do that at present.
I love to add borders but have an issue with Affinity. When I used Photoshop I could create an action that would add the same size border to any size image regardless of aspect ratio. I can't figure out how to do this with Affinity Photo macros. When I create a macro then try to use it on another photo that has a different size or aspect ratio the macro re-sizes it to the size of the image of the photo used to create the macro. Is there a way to do this that I'm missing?
No luck. When I use % it just creates a new size and resizes each image using the macro to that size instead of adding a proportional border.@@RobinWhalley
This is exactly what I was looking for, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us Robin. 😃 and could you tell me do you have a tutorial for exporting images for the web like you were covering at the begining of this tutorial, that'd be awsome, thanks 🤗
I'm glad you liked it. Try the following videos for exporting to the web ua-cam.com/video/3suVYPOECf0/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/KBqq1gNHVlw/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/9i6_aAHsHCI/v-deo.html
Thank you, good to learn how to do this and use templates. I do think that this part of image production should be a part of the Affinity Photo Export Persona though...
I admit I never use the Fx options. I'd just have drawn a black edged rectangle as the middle layer, the same size as the image, then used 'resize from centre' to expand it. This is much neater, there are always new things to learn in Affinity!...
You certainly covered a lot of subjects in that one . I properly should look into it more but I have a similar way that works OK for me Fill layers or filling layers : I pretty much always use 50% grey fill + brightness and contrast (set to 100) + white balance so I can set the colour/tone from black to white via the brightness slider , and adjust colour with white balance without doing anything . Naturally , I have a macro that includes a mask and that macro is included in my "start" macros so it's always there if I need it. You are welcome to share that idea without mentioning me
I try to cover the tools I use and like - which are quite a few. I have several tecniques for creating borders that I use including the one you mention. Here's another Affinity video with ideas. ua-cam.com/video/sKdvTO3-O10/v-deo.html Thanks for adding your description.
@@RobinWhalley . This may be of interest . I like a thin border for online shared images using Select >outline . The macro group uses the 50% grey + adjustments as I mention above to give two stroke lines (22 and 11px on a 12" photo) . "default" is 22px black outside 11px white inside . Both lines are on the actually photo . It's easy to change black for white , or reduce the white if too bright , or have just black or just white or any colour that suits . Naturally ; macros with different sizes could be made but if I want wider I make the image smaller , add the macro, then resize back 12" . I have no need big perfect photos these days . Again, you are welcome to share without credits .
@@RobinWhalley Thank you for this video. I have something roughly similar in mind: a 300ppi 6x9-inch image placed within an 11x14-inch canvas. The file exported from Affinity Photo would be sent to a lab for an 11x14 metal print that includes the wide borders. Is there any reason not to use an approach like this: start with an "empty" AP file-an 11x14-inch opaque white canvas; place the image within it; adjust position as needed. (The goal is a slightly narrower top border for visual "weighting".) Before the steps in AP, the image would already have been exported at the exact desired size from Capture One-sRGB, per the lab's request. I assume that exporting a 300 ppi 8-bit TIFF from Affinity Photo would preserve quality well enough.
Hello, I've been working through your instructions and have come across an issue where the image that I wish to add a border to has been cropped in development stage. So when I attempt to expand the canvas, it only "uncrops" by the amount I select as per your tutorial... thoughts on how I can get around this?
Cropping in Affinity Photo works by resizing the Document Canvas but not the image to hide areas. When you change the size of the canvas using the technique in the video you are revealling the hidden area. The work around is to export your cropped image to a TIFF or JPEG. You can then open that image file and use this technique.
thanks a lot Robin for sharing this and I succeeded to give this nice border to a non cropped picture. But I have a problem with cropped pictures, part of the border is visible, another part is not. Is there a solution for this with your method? Formerly I cropped the photo, exported it and opened it again in affinity photo to finally put a border around it. Maybe you have a different method of doing this without first exporting the cropped picture?
The cropping in Affinity is non-destructive. It works by hiding part of the image using hte canvas. To make this work with a cropped image you do need to first export your cropped image to an image format like a Jpeg or TIFF.
This is absolutely brilliant! Thanks for sharing this technique with the Affinity community.
My pleasure. Thank you
hi, how i can add a frame with the parameters of my photo? like, camera used, lens, date, etc?
Just like I demonstrate in the video by adding a text box and then entering the information to that. If you are asking how to have Affinity to automatically pick up the information from the photo then I'm not aware of any way to do that at present.
@@RobinWhalley thanks so much
I love to add borders but have an issue with Affinity. When I used Photoshop I could create an action that would add the same size border to any size image regardless of aspect ratio. I can't figure out how to do this with Affinity Photo macros. When I create a macro then try to use it on another photo that has a different size or aspect ratio the macro re-sizes it to the size of the image of the photo used to create the macro. Is there a way to do this that I'm missing?
Try using a % size increase rather than pixels - unless I'm missundderstanding what you are trying to do.
you can enter % in the size field? I'll try that.@@RobinWhalley
No luck. When I use % it just creates a new size and resizes each image using the macro to that size instead of adding a proportional border.@@RobinWhalley
This is exactly what I was looking for, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us Robin. 😃 and could you tell me do you have a tutorial for exporting images for the web like you were covering at the begining of this tutorial, that'd be awsome, thanks 🤗
I'm glad you liked it.
Try the following videos for exporting to the web
ua-cam.com/video/3suVYPOECf0/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/KBqq1gNHVlw/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/9i6_aAHsHCI/v-deo.html
Thank you, good to learn how to do this and use templates. I do think that this part of image production should be a part of the Affinity Photo Export Persona though...
Glad it was helpful.
I admit I never use the Fx options. I'd just have drawn a black edged rectangle as the middle layer, the same size as the image, then used 'resize from centre' to expand it. This is much neater, there are always new things to learn in Affinity!...
There are some great options in the FX dialog which can save a lot of time. I use them a lot.
You certainly covered a lot of subjects in that one . I properly should look into it more but I have a similar way that works OK for me
Fill layers or filling layers : I pretty much always use 50% grey fill + brightness and contrast (set to 100) + white balance so I can set the colour/tone from black to white via the brightness slider , and adjust colour with white balance without doing anything . Naturally , I have a macro that includes a mask and that macro is included in my "start" macros so it's always there if I need it.
You are welcome to share that idea without mentioning me
I try to cover the tools I use and like - which are quite a few. I have several tecniques for creating borders that I use including the one you mention. Here's another Affinity video with ideas. ua-cam.com/video/sKdvTO3-O10/v-deo.html Thanks for adding your description.
@@RobinWhalley . This may be of interest . I like a thin border for online shared images using Select >outline . The macro group uses the 50% grey + adjustments as I mention above to give two stroke lines (22 and 11px on a 12" photo) . "default" is 22px black outside 11px white inside . Both lines are on the actually photo .
It's easy to change black for white , or reduce the white if too bright , or have just black or just white or any colour that suits . Naturally ; macros with different sizes could be made but if I want wider I make the image smaller , add the macro, then resize back 12" . I have no need big perfect photos these days . Again, you are welcome to share without credits .
Another useful easy to follow Gem, thank you
Glad you think so. Thank you.
Excellent, thank you! 👍🏻
You're very welcome.
@@RobinWhalley
Thank you for this video. I have something roughly similar in mind: a 300ppi 6x9-inch image placed within an 11x14-inch canvas. The file exported from Affinity Photo would be sent to a lab for an 11x14 metal print that includes the wide borders.
Is there any reason not to use an approach like this: start with an "empty" AP file-an 11x14-inch opaque white canvas; place the image within it; adjust position as needed. (The goal is a slightly narrower top border for visual "weighting".)
Before the steps in AP, the image would already have been exported at the exact desired size from Capture One-sRGB, per the lab's request. I assume that exporting a 300 ppi 8-bit TIFF from Affinity Photo would preserve quality well enough.