How To Quickly Remove A Background In Affinity Photo

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  • Опубліковано 28 чер 2021
  • Of all the different ways you can edit an image, one of the most common edits you may be looking to make is removing its background. This is an essential function for any graphic designer, and today we'll be exploring exactly how to do so in Affinity Designer. Thanks to the Selection Brush -- a very handy tool that allows you to quickly remove a background in Affinity Photo -- this is a task that can be accomplished in minutes.
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  • @patodeidee8335
    @patodeidee8335 2 роки тому +3

    Nick this is a great find. For years I enjoyed your Gimp and Inkscape tutorials. Few teachers are as fantastic as you are. The instruction quality is just unmatched; plain and simple! I discovered the Affinity suite in 2020 during the initial lockdowns. Imagine my surprise and excitement today when I realize you actually have Affinity tutorials too... You are the definition of "no fluff, no bs quality content"... now I am smiling all the way to the bank 😍😎👌👍🎉🎉😍

  • @kNoCKs
    @kNoCKs 2 роки тому +3

    Probably the best video for removing background, and its short and straight to the point!! THANKS!

  • @nealswettenham3576
    @nealswettenham3576 2 роки тому +2

    So helpful - thank you. Other tutorials make this so complicated, but you really stripped it back to the essential information to get started.

  • @makif668
    @makif668 Рік тому +1

    Short, simple, and super helpful as usual. You have no clue how much I've learned with your videos, thank you so so much!!

  • @MikeOnTheCamino
    @MikeOnTheCamino 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for your short and super helpful. You balance the right mix of getting the point while still commenting on essential things like the key commands to make life with affinity sooooo much better. This a great example of how a 'how to' clip should be. I rarely subscribe to channels, I subscribed to yours. Thanks again.

  • @tbarrientos26
    @tbarrientos26 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you so much for this video! I have watched many beginner videos on the actual affinity program and yours are user friendly! Thank you

  • @LeighSmithUK
    @LeighSmithUK 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks, as always your videos are easy to follow and help me out every time :)

  • @KoarngeSound
    @KoarngeSound 2 роки тому

    your affinity videos are the best out there! please post more!

  • @photography8868
    @photography8868 2 роки тому +1

    Great video!! What format do I export as so I can use it later with a different background?

  • @nicamaya
    @nicamaya Рік тому

    Awesome! Quick and simple! Thank you!

  • @tyrannosaurusriffs
    @tyrannosaurusriffs Рік тому

    Thank you for making this video. It was exactly what I needed and very helpful!

  • @amandaw7230
    @amandaw7230 2 роки тому +1

    This was soooo helpful! Thank you!

  • @enneco-gotzon9716
    @enneco-gotzon9716 Рік тому

    Precise and clear. Thank you!

  • @sharynwillis8920
    @sharynwillis8920 5 місяців тому

    Easy to follow, brilliant. Now to practice

  • @anetastaciwa7559
    @anetastaciwa7559 2 роки тому +1

    Very useful! Concise and clear. Thank you. :)

  • @cristinadragan9059
    @cristinadragan9059 2 роки тому

    Thank you for the in depth video ❤!

  • @truewordz777
    @truewordz777 2 роки тому

    Fabulous teacher. Thank you.

  • @julieklauss8588
    @julieklauss8588 2 роки тому

    Excellent tutorial, Thank you

  • @jonatanyair
    @jonatanyair 3 роки тому +1

    Ya había visto otros canales y probado la selección con REFINE pero no me salía y de algún modo Logos by Nick siempre logra hacerlo mejor que los demás.

  • @Rj4Tash
    @Rj4Tash 2 роки тому

    I understood it all. You are awesome.

  • @ChristopherLara
    @ChristopherLara Місяць тому

    Great tutorial, thank you!

  • @khaldounal-nuaimi3594
    @khaldounal-nuaimi3594 Місяць тому

    thank you so much! this saved me a ton of time.

  • @12thDecember
    @12thDecember 2 роки тому

    Perfect. Thank you! Subscribed.

  • @raylang2996
    @raylang2996 Рік тому

    Thank you so much for this video!

  • @theshinyskull
    @theshinyskull 2 роки тому

    You sir, are a life saver!

  • @shonawhite76
    @shonawhite76 6 місяців тому

    great and easy to follow

  • @Uwolverine
    @Uwolverine 9 місяців тому

    Thank you, that really helped

  • @DacostaVieira
    @DacostaVieira Рік тому

    This was very helpful 🔥

  • @mamanomepegues87
    @mamanomepegues87 2 роки тому +2

    yes! i just installed affinity photo and i spent 1 hour trying to delete the background of a photo, thing is , i was not selecting "rasterize and trim" . Why is that an option ?? is there any reason to not straight open a photo and start cropping before selecting that option in the layer?

  • @badaramir24
    @badaramir24 Рік тому

    very well explained

  • @SusiOfficial
    @SusiOfficial 24 дні тому

    Thank you SO MUCH!

  • @vidvaldi-digital_productions

    A great pill of concrete knowledge :)
    Great and I keep my fingers crossed for the rest of the materials.
    I will ask you again on the topic of "how to paste in the place of the cut background, another background downloaded from the stock room, for example in the Affinity Photo program?
    Regards

  • @Ki-Yall
    @Ki-Yall 2 роки тому

    Thank you ,well done

  • @authorericar.stinson4849
    @authorericar.stinson4849 2 роки тому

    Thanks so much for the video! How would you deal with something like the bike spokes on the back wheel where there’s so much space in between such narrow metal spokes? Thanks

  • @albertopomales3329
    @albertopomales3329 11 місяців тому

    !Thank you so much! :)

  • @EmceePoeticArtist
    @EmceePoeticArtist 2 роки тому +1

    Oh my god !! lol I have been watching remove background videos and none of them helped me with too detailed background, most of the background of their pictures was blurred so it was easy for them. This video helped a thousand times better. Thank you.

  • @arcticflying
    @arcticflying 2 роки тому

    Thanks so much for this tutorial. I could not hear well when you explained how to change the brush size; you mentioned something left and right and I heard you clicking but on what? I'm on Imac. Thanks!

  • @stevebarclay1074
    @stevebarclay1074 Рік тому

    Great tutorial, when I unlock layers the whole canvas shows a transparent image i.e photo completely disappears? Is something set incorrectly?

  • @jens9904
    @jens9904 Рік тому

    What if you have an image, say of a pet, and you want to keep their whiskers that extend over into the background you are removing? And, in your image, if you wanted to keep the tall grasses that were deleted with the background?

  • @duckpond-studio
    @duckpond-studio Рік тому

    what does rasterize and print do?

  • @happystar1000
    @happystar1000 2 роки тому +1

    Great move Nick! I subscribed here, although I do not use Affinity, but I really like your tutorials. Tried Affinity photo a while back but preferred using Gimp, as I am more familiar with it. I learned Gimp from watching your channel and Davies media designs. Btw, Michael Davies, credited you, when he received his UA-cam 100 subs award, for inspiring him to make better videos. Although, he mentioned you guys had a falling out some time in the past. I also watched your channel to learn Inkscape, I tried it but it was not appealing to me. I do these things for a hobby, not really any design client work. There are many new Affinity users, and surely many more to come, as more people will move away from Adobe's subscription model. I think you are making a very wise move, to teach these new users about affinity software. Best wishes to you in your future endeavors

    • @DesignMadeSimple
      @DesignMadeSimple  2 роки тому +2

      Thanks for your comment, Vin! Glad you're finding these lessons useful.

  • @georgedigitalmarketing
    @georgedigitalmarketing 3 роки тому +1

    hello my af photo doesnt have the refine button, so i can't move past 2:43.

  • @amirulmirza2569
    @amirulmirza2569 3 роки тому

    Love alwase❤️❤️

  • @buddysmith7080
    @buddysmith7080 2 роки тому

    Hey Nick, great video. I'm really frustrated though. I get to the part where I need to delete but nothing happens. What am I missing?

    • @DesignMadeSimple
      @DesignMadeSimple  2 роки тому

      Are you sure you rasterized the layer as I did at the beginning of the video? What you're describing sounds like what happens before it's rasterized.

  • @amanvaishnav6877
    @amanvaishnav6877 3 роки тому

    when are you going to upload on main channel ?? Love your tutorials

    • @DesignMadeSimple
      @DesignMadeSimple  3 роки тому +2

      I'm not sure. I feel like I've taught everything that I know about Inkscape and GIMP, and that channel has already peaked. I've been having a lot of fun taking on new challenges and making content about these other apps.

  • @peterbreis5407
    @peterbreis5407 2 роки тому +1

    The Mac does have a Delete key, and I don't think that was a very good selection and mask.

  • @martasprout7433
    @martasprout7433 Рік тому

    Nick: I do everything you describe, but don't get the red overlay. How do I fix that?

  • @TheJoker-zt4nk
    @TheJoker-zt4nk 3 роки тому

    Lol, Mac (at least MacBook Pro) HAS a Delete Key, on R below the Power button, the big one that says: "delete"! Speaking of Mac, in Affinity Photo I've found [W] for BOTH "Selection Brush Tool [W]" AND "Flood Select Tool [W]"?

  • @Thesnugglebottom
    @Thesnugglebottom Рік тому

    When i press delete the whole layer gets deleted not just the selection :)

  • @PirateOfTheNorth
    @PirateOfTheNorth Рік тому

    I'm having issues with the program crashing

  • @ejn8982
    @ejn8982 Рік тому

    didn't work when I hit edit cut, it just deleted the whole thing, not the specific background

  • @SteveRuggMastermarketeer
    @SteveRuggMastermarketeer 11 місяців тому

    You can't seem to convert a path to selection, one hell of lot faster. This is insane

  • @letsgetcurious
    @letsgetcurious 9 місяців тому

    Great instruction and it worked. However, for some reason it removed some of the hair inside the area even though it was painted red. So it looks really patchy and weird. Clearly I've done something wrong. But I really wish these software creators would make things much more easy to use.🤦🏼‍♀

  • @aevoss
    @aevoss Рік тому

    isn't there some ai additive that can do this in a split second?

  • @jeronimolopes
    @jeronimolopes Рік тому

    This is really helpful but seems very rudimental compared with photoshop which I'm trying to leave.

  • @marcduchamp5512
    @marcduchamp5512 Рік тому +1

    This is still very primitive tool that requires lots time. Fun if you have lots of time. We should have AI built in background remover. The edges are jagged and not smooth straight

  • @dsmtsi
    @dsmtsi 8 місяців тому

    There is no selection brush! Why would they remove one of the most important tools of any graphic program?!!

  • @Eigil_Skovgaard
    @Eigil_Skovgaard 10 місяців тому +1

    These much too quick demonstrations often represent a hasty murder on annoying details. All the fine plants in front of the sky in this image are wiped out, and not even mentioned, as it would be too difficult or to time consuming to explain how they could be preserved. The well known result without mentioning any specific editor is typical. What really could make a pleasant difference would be the engaging demonstration of how we are left with the fine details in the foreground when the sky - the whole sky - and nothing but the sky - has been removed. Then help me ...

  • @mrianrock
    @mrianrock Рік тому

    I own all three Affinity tools, but lets be honest, the ability to do background removal in Affinity is poor and faffy. It struggles to acurately recognise an object against a pure white background in a well lit studio setting. Adobe photshop has free online tools that get the job done instantly.

  • @janparchanski9242
    @janparchanski9242 2 роки тому

    This really drives me nuts! Such a complex progr.as affinity and have to spend hours when a simple app does it by one click and works better then this. This is rubbish.

  • @filmdireview3968
    @filmdireview3968 2 роки тому

    not neat

  • @janparchanski9242
    @janparchanski9242 2 роки тому

    This really drives me nuts! Such a complex progr.as affinity and have to spend hours when a simple app does it by one click and works better then this. This is rubbish.

    • @greengoldmello
      @greengoldmello 2 роки тому

      Simple apps are for noobs and don't allow for the same amount of flexibility. Pro apps rarely are easy to use. There's always a learning curve involved.