I like that you showed how to use the Gradient Overlay Tools in the PHOTO Persona vs the DEVELOP Persona. Question: Say you make a Gradient Overlay on one half of an image. Is there an easy way to actually "Invert" it, so you can basically mask out the half you just did your Gradient Overlay on so you can now Only affect the otther half of the image ONLY? NOTE: I realize you can just create a 2nd Gradient Overlay for the other half of the image and then seperately do whatever adjustments you want to on that half of the image. I want to know if while working on the 1st half of the image with your initial Gradient Overlay can you just "invert" that overlay and go straight to working on the other half of the image, or do you have to create a 2nd overlay?
Thanks for the query. As each gradient overlay needs to be on a seperate pixel layer (in order to use the blending modes) the only practical way to carry your requirement would be to use different layers for each gradient overlay. Using multpile layers allows you to fine tune each edit you need to do without any risk of affecting the rest of the image. Plus, it also allows you to use blend modes between those layers if needed. Or indeed delete any you no longer want. I hope this helps.
Great channel, I'm in the process of learning Affinity Photo. I was wondering, can you use the gradient tool to control the amount of blur in any of the blur filters??
Hi Zo, thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Yes absolutely you can use the gradient tool to control the amount of pretty much any effect, including Blur. I'll do another video to demonstrate this.
@@chrisburgess9919 Hi Chris. thanks for watching and taking the time to add your comment. Yes you can have multiple gradients applied to the same base image. Just add a new pixel layer each time and apply the gradient as before. Remember you can still change the blend modes and opacity of each gradient layer to suit.
Hi Tony. Respectfully, I disagree. One of the main unique features of AP is that it isn't bloated and overly complicated for new users of high end editing software. sure it has different tools, and different ways of implementing these tools BUT it isn't more difficult than the industry leader Photoshop! That is not only my opinion but many others too.
Easy - When you have the Gradient Tool options open, next to the colour wheel (on the top right) is the eye dropper. Use this by clicking and dragging it to a point on your picture (which should be visible in the work area - see link below). Then don't forget to click on the little circle swatch colour to activate that colour. then repeat for other colours as needed. drive.google.com/file/d/10RY-qkmaV1P7Tue0YF_YEgfIAP66ql5D/view?usp=sharing
I like that you showed how to use the Gradient Overlay Tools in the PHOTO Persona vs the DEVELOP Persona. Question: Say you make a Gradient Overlay on one half of an image. Is there an easy way to actually "Invert" it, so you can basically mask out the half you just did your Gradient Overlay on so you can now Only affect the otther half of the image ONLY? NOTE: I realize you can just create a 2nd Gradient Overlay for the other half of the image and then seperately do whatever adjustments you want to on that half of the image. I want to know if while working on the 1st half of the image with your initial Gradient Overlay can you just "invert" that overlay and go straight to working on the other half of the image, or do you have to create a 2nd overlay?
Thanks for the query. As each gradient overlay needs to be on a seperate pixel layer (in order to use the blending modes) the only practical way to carry your requirement would be to use different layers for each gradient overlay. Using multpile layers allows you to fine tune each edit you need to do without any risk of affecting the rest of the image. Plus, it also allows you to use blend modes between those layers if needed. Or indeed delete any you no longer want. I hope this helps.
Great channel, I'm in the process of learning Affinity Photo. I was wondering, can you use the gradient tool to control the amount of blur in any of the blur filters??
Hi Zo, thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Yes absolutely you can use the gradient tool to control the amount of pretty much any effect, including Blur. I'll do another video to demonstrate this.
@@pixelpushers79 Yes, thank you.
@@zocuad6710 Done. Check it out here: ua-cam.com/video/Y_aDnnMSHfY/v-deo.html
Very informative thanks. Can you apply several gradients (ie one coming in from each corner)?
@@chrisburgess9919 Hi Chris. thanks for watching and taking the time to add your comment. Yes you can have multiple gradients applied to the same base image. Just add a new pixel layer each time and apply the gradient as before. Remember you can still change the blend modes and opacity of each gradient layer to suit.
great video !!!!
Thank you for watching and commenting. Much appreciated.
Affinity is overly complicated, and not intuitive at all.
Hi Tony. Respectfully, I disagree. One of the main unique features of AP is that it isn't bloated and overly complicated for new users of high end editing software. sure it has different tools, and different ways of implementing these tools BUT it isn't more difficult than the industry leader Photoshop! That is not only my opinion but many others too.
Thanks the video! How can you pick a color from the lower layer for one of the gradient?
Easy - When you have the Gradient Tool options open, next to the colour wheel (on the top right) is the eye dropper. Use this by clicking and dragging it to a point on your picture (which should be visible in the work area - see link below). Then don't forget to click on the little circle swatch colour to activate that colour. then repeat for other colours as needed.
drive.google.com/file/d/10RY-qkmaV1P7Tue0YF_YEgfIAP66ql5D/view?usp=sharing
@@SiddiqueHussain21 Thank you!