Had to replace my LR and Photoshop with as good or better than, software and after a trial year of many different replacements I settled on Affinity photo for PS and on1 photo raw for LR. Affinity Photo was a day one great replacement however LR was a bit more of a problem. After a year using on On1 with the 2021 upgrade I have no regrets or doubt that it is a great replacement. So of course I would like to see more attention paid to ON 1. Thanks for asking. Topaz studio 2 and Topaz sharpen rounds out my digital dark room. . Laminar 4 has its drawbacks but a place in the darkroom as well.
@Charles M, you and I followed amazingly similar software paths. Affinity Photo does not include tethering so I'm about to try it with On1 2021, which I like better than 2020. I have never tethered before.
another excellent tutorial. Anyone who doesn't have Affintiy Photo can try it out free for 90 days and buy it for half price (bought mine back in March with the same great deal).
Think DXO Photolab-4 is very underrated as a RAW-Editor. If your lens is in the DXO-Optical-Lens-Database (Lens tested and messed out) you have with RAW-Images the best integrated Denoise-Tool, Sharpening- and Distortion-Tool on the market. Great the new HSL-Tool with gray-mask for better visual isolating the picked color. And the U-Point-Technology for Local-Masking in different ways. My workflow, editing Raw-Images only with DXO, when i need more go to Affinity-Photo, Nik-Filter or Luminar 4.
Wow Just tried this on a photo taken in very harsh light and washed out and moved it to Topaz Studio 2 for a very pleasing paint effect. I probably could have done the whole thing in affinity but Studio 2 is very quick and easy to use once you have the photo where you want it. Thanks Great trick.
Topaz make some really nice effects. I think their products could be more successful if their website wasn't so confusing and they simply put everything in one tool, like Nik Collection does
Hi Olivio, I appreciate so much your tutorial videos. They are very much clear, comprehensive, and easy to follow. I have watched other affinity photo tutorials, but yours are very helpful, simple to understand, and easy to follow. Thanks so much.
@@OlivioSarikas I have 16g RAM and 2080ti. Maybe i re-install Affinityphoto to another drive and hope for the best. Thanks for the videos and your help !!
@@maretus666 Unless you are using the Beta version I do not think AP uses the GPU so no advantage having one yet. When the Beta version goes live the GPU will be used I believe. RAM and a fast processor are your friends. AP also seems to use all the cores on my i7 8700K so as Olivio says, perhaps a stronger computer!
Thank you; that's something different I could use for my photos after recently discovering / understand selective colours better . Question : is there any difference between using a rectangle as a fill layer and filling a new layer with the bucket (flood fill tool) ? cheers --- keep safe
I tell you what, ACDSee Photo Studio is also a great replacement for LIghtroom / Photoshop. It has some incredible tools. But Affinity Photo is superb.
Most useful video on the internet that I have watched for a long time, this is amazing thank you so much!!
ACDsee Ultimate is not only a terrific DAM but an excellent raw and pixel editor with layers and much more.
Had to replace my LR and Photoshop with as good or better than, software and after a trial year of many different replacements I settled on Affinity photo for PS and on1 photo raw for LR.
Affinity Photo was a day one great replacement however LR was a bit more of a problem. After a year using on On1 with the 2021 upgrade I have no regrets or doubt that it is a great replacement.
So of course I would like to see more attention paid to ON 1. Thanks for asking. Topaz studio 2 and Topaz sharpen rounds out my digital dark room. . Laminar 4 has its drawbacks but a place in the darkroom as well.
@Charles M, you and I followed amazingly similar software paths. Affinity Photo does not include tethering so I'm about to try it with On1 2021, which I like better than 2020. I have never tethered before.
What a brilliant hack for a relative beginner like me! Thank you, Olivio!
Olivio, agree that it is powerful. Think about trying to accomplish that color manipulation using masking or HSL, Whew! Overload.
Thank you :)
another excellent tutorial. Anyone who doesn't have Affintiy Photo can try it out free for 90 days and buy it for half price (bought mine back in March with the same great deal).
Great tutorial I've used a bunch of editors but am pretty sure Pixemator Pro is a hidden treasure. Fast processing AND layers.
Thank you Olivio, simple steps and great changes in the picture
Think DXO Photolab-4 is very underrated as a RAW-Editor.
If your lens is in the DXO-Optical-Lens-Database (Lens tested and messed out) you have with RAW-Images
the best integrated Denoise-Tool, Sharpening- and Distortion-Tool on the market.
Great the new HSL-Tool with gray-mask for better visual isolating the picked color.
And the U-Point-Technology for Local-Masking in different ways.
My workflow, editing Raw-Images only with DXO, when i need more go to
Affinity-Photo, Nik-Filter or Luminar 4.
My favorite RAW Editor too :)
Wow Just tried this on a photo taken in very harsh light and washed out and moved it to Topaz Studio 2 for a very pleasing paint effect. I probably could have done the whole thing in affinity but Studio 2 is very quick and easy to use once you have the photo where you want it. Thanks Great trick.
Topaz make some really nice effects. I think their products could be more successful if their website wasn't so confusing and they simply put everything in one tool, like Nik Collection does
Very nicely done!!! using a blank pixel layer and filling it with 50% gray will also work. Vergelts Gott.
Hi Olivio,
I appreciate so much your tutorial videos. They are very much clear, comprehensive, and easy to follow. I have watched other affinity photo tutorials, but yours are very helpful, simple to understand, and easy to follow. Thanks so much.
What an excellent technique. Thank you, it has already made a difference to how I work with pictures.
Would be cool to have a Video where you explain the difference between selective color, hsl and color Balance
Good idea :)
This is a great trick thanks for sharing this.
Why not just use an HSL adjustment to achieve more orange and different blue?
sorry for nitpicking...50% black not grey. ur vids are very good
Great tip! Could you use the dominant colours as found by the 50% grey luminosity trick as a selection for localised enhancements perhaps?
Capture One 21 and Luminar AI both work for me along with Affinity Photo
DXO Photolab for RAW editing and On1 for every treatments , even artistic ones...
Terrific video. Greetings from Chile, my friend.
Thank you! Cheers!
Love your tutorials! How do you get your video to not show a background and look like your sitting on top of the page?
thank you. I'm using a green screen and some studio lights :)
Smart Photo Editor
Used it many years...
Never heard of that. I have to check it out. Thank you
Really great video, thank you!!! (Please consider pronouncing the letter J better. The J doesn’t sound like "ch")
Thank you so much
I'm so confused what the point of making the grey box over the photo was?
To see what colours are the most dominant in the photo, so you can make that stronger.
Like always, amazing
Hey Olivio. I cant do my workflow on Affinityphoto if i have large files from my Nikon D850. In Photoshop there is no problem. Any tips ?
Make sure you have enough RAM and enough free space on the Drive you are working on. Other than that I don't know - maybe a stronger computer.
@@OlivioSarikas I have 16g RAM and 2080ti. Maybe i re-install Affinityphoto to another drive and hope for the best. Thanks for the videos and your help !!
@@maretus666 Unless you are using the Beta version I do not think AP uses the GPU so no advantage having one yet. When the Beta version goes live the GPU will be used I believe. RAM and a fast processor are your friends. AP also seems to use all the cores on my i7 8700K so as Olivio says, perhaps a stronger computer!
@@paulfredfield i have Intel i5 8600k and 16GB DDR4 3200 MHz. So i need better cpu and more memory ?
@@paulfredfield No I dont have beta AP.
Thank you; that's something different I could use for my photos after recently discovering / understand selective colours better .
Question : is there any difference between using a rectangle as a fill layer and filling a new layer with the bucket (flood fill tool) ?
cheers --- keep safe
Hi Ian, should work the same way. I'm just more used to the rectangle, since i use it for a lot of things
Topaz Studio 2 as a plug-in with Affinity Photo.
It very hard to find legande like you on UA-cam
Wow merci beaucoup pour ce tuto
thank you
I like this trick. It works great.
Great one!
Great tip bro 👍🏻
Ot if you're in a hurry and not so particular, there's Hue / Saturation and Levels.
I tell you what, ACDSee Photo Studio is also a great replacement for LIghtroom / Photoshop. It has some incredible tools. But Affinity Photo is superb.
Yes that's true. This someone fell of the radar. I can remember when they have been the biggest in their niche
Really interesting, thanks !!
I really like Topaz Studio 2 and Affinity (of course). I use them often together. Thanks Great video!
I hear a lot about Topaz. I really need to try it for myself
Much too complicated for something I always do much easier.
Just select the colour channels and do the same with gradation curves?
the curves do something very different. and you only have three of them. but if it works for you, that's great
What should I say? Amazing - again!
Working hard to always bring you the best :)
@@OlivioSarikas I appreciate your work! Learning never stops with your Tutorials!
Thank you so much!
Love your beard!
Thank you :)
Luminar 4
Pixelmator!!
A hidden gem
DXO PL
love DxO PL :)
1.5x speed
It's a busy life. That's what that fast playback is for :)