About, history, use, features.

The basic concepts of Affinity Photo, formats and colors

Image types: Bitmap and Vector / Capture, display and print devices.
Color modes: RGB, CMYK and PANTONE colors.
The chromatic circle and the different representations of color.

Presentation of the main graphic formats:
Affinity Photo’s native format, AFPHOTO.
Other common formats: PDF, PSD, AI, EPS, PNG, TIFF, JPEG, ect.

Overview of Affinity Photo interfaces

Menu bars, options, tools, panel columns
The different Persona
The assistant

Creation of a new « default » document Workspace, preferences: performance and history
Workshop: the characteristics of an image

Open Image Document size and resolution Canvas Margins Rules and benchmarks The  » points of view  » Metadata
Workshop 1: Crop, straighten an image
Workshop 2: Creating a document with bleed, adding margins

Basic selection tools
Create a new layer from a selection
Rename layers
Pass a layer from one document to another
Play with the proportions and angle of a layer
Change the order of the layers
Activate magnetism
Selection brush and scatter selection tools
Add / remove selection areas
Mask mode
Adjust selection
Workshops: cropping, manipulation of layers, photomontages

Corrector tool, Flaw correction tool, Touch-up brush tool, Stamp tool
Cancel brush
Eraser, background eraser, magic eraser
Workshop 1: erase parasites from an image
Workshop 2: erase the defects of a face

Brush tool, color replacement
Paint bucket
Workshop: colorizing a black and white illustration

Duplicate Buffer Tool
Water drop, sharpness, finger
Density tool +, Density tool -, sponge
Workshop: cleaning an old photo

Protect the background layer
Choose the right selection tools
Navigate through layers
Use retouching tools to refine the photomontage
Group layers
Manipulate a group of layers
Workshop 1: Adding an element to a photo
Workshop 2: Remove a parasitic element

The pitfalls of the degraded tool and the paint bucket
The alternative: create an effect layer and play with the layer effects
Workshop: add a logo to a composition and make its appearance dynamic

Fusion modes, observations
Blend options (Blend gamma, coverage map, etc.)
Text tools
The text layer and layer effects
Workshop: textures and blending modes

Basic settings
How a composition is affected by an adjustment layer
Layer masks for adjustment layers
Apply a layer mask
Workshop 1: process a photo using adjustment layers
Workshop 2: non-destructive photomontage with layer masks

Introducing shaping tools
Contextual adjustments to shapes
Converting shapes to curves
Screen curves
Curves used as a layer mask
The node tool
Workshop: Creating a vector illustration

Using the Bézier Curve Tools
Reminder of the basics of geometry
The pen tool
Adding / removing points
Converting Points
Workshop: creation of a free form with the pen tool

Precise trimming of a complex shape using the pen tool
Converting curves to a selection area
Save your curves
Workshop: complex trimming with the pen

White balance
Dark tones / light tones
RGB / CMYK Histogram Analysis
Histogram analysis of separated layers
Adjustments according to the needs of the image:
Curves, levels, channel mixer
Workshop: Reinforce certain contrasts and certain colors in a photograph

Work on textures
Color replacement
Modify a shade (TSI / Recolor / Vibrance)
Work on the general atmosphere of the composition
Workshop 1: Retouching a packshot type shot
Workshop 2: Embedding a logo on textile

Perspective and distorting grid tool
Changes to elements in the image
Highlighting elements in the image
Work on the general atmosphere of the composition
Workshops: Mockup creation

Creating macros
Batch processing
Multiple conversions
Chain macros
Workshops: Automation

Persona Export
Slice tool
Export for the web (bitmap and vector)
Export Options Panel
Preset
Options
Formats
Workshop: Saving optimized images for the web

ICC Profiles
Sampling
Exports in pdf
Crop marks and bleed
Print settings
Workshop: Generation of a file for printing

Transversalities with Affinity suite software:
– Designate
– Publisher
PSD export to Adobe After Effects