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STREAMED On-Demand delivery +
LIVE Q&A Tutorials via ZOOM
This intermediate workshop is attended via STREAMING On-Demand delivery so the course material can be studied in your own time and at your own pace, while your practice and questions are subsequently addressed, clarified and supported in our follow up LIVE Q&A Tutorials which can also be joined by anyone who has previously attended this workshop, as well as anyone contemplating attending this workshop but needs more information or insights into its content or suitability is more than welcome to ‘sit-in’ on one of the workshop’s tutorials.
• 02 November 2024 (AEDT) 9.30am to 11.30am
• 16 February 2025 (AEDT) 9.30am to 11.30am
• 10 May 2025 (AEST) 9.30am to 11.30am
• 03 August 2025 (AEST) 9.30am to 11.30am
• 26 October 2025 (AEDT) 9.30am to 11.30am
• Time Zone Convertor
Affinity Photo is ‘the Photoshop we always desired but have never had’ and is certainly worthy of serious consideration, whether you are wanting to add advanced image editing to your workflow, or transcend the practical and conceptual limitations of Lightroom and Capture One et al, or simply transition out of the ‘Adobe bubble’, let alone ‘get away’ from Photoshop’s challenging inconsistencies and vast contradictory ‘literature’, Affinity Photo offers a more enlightened, intuitive and sophisticated pathway without imaginative constraints or ongoing subscription payments. Consequently we investigate Affinity Photo as a compelling alternative to Adobe Photoshop with the aim of fast tracking its integration and inspired image processing into your creative life and existing workflows.
The workshop is presented in six one hour sessions accessed by clicking on each Session Button below:
Session 1 – Becoming Friends with Affinity Photo
• Do I need Affinity Photo?
• Where does Affinity Photo fit into my workflow?
• Affinity Photo vs Adobe Photoshop – what is gained, what is lost?
• Personas: Navigating Affinity Photo without losing your way
• Integration with other applications
• Libraries and Cataloguing
Session 2 – Reasoning with Affinity Photo
• Canvas – Image Layers – Pixel Layers – Alpha Layers – Vector Layers
• Pixel Layers – Selections and Adjustments
• Alpha Layers – Masking and Transparency
• Channels – Composite & Active, Spare Channels & Channel Operations
• Alpha versus Pixel Masking
• Colour Management and Exporting Images
Session 3 – Processing Affinity Photo
• Develop Persona: RAW processing and input camera profiles
• Photo Persona: Adjustment Layers and Live Filter Layers
• Photo Persona: Colour Models – Editing Hue, Saturation and Brightness
• Photo Persona: Exposure Stacking, Focus Stacking, Composition Stacking
• Liquify Persona: Creative Distortion
• Tone Mapping Persona: Dynamic Expansion & Compression
Session 4 – Editing Affinity Photo
• Refining the Drawing Composition
• The famous five colour and density correction fundamentals
• Global Adjustments: Sliders, Curves, Blending Modes
• Local Adjustments: Selections, Masks, Nodes
• Masks: Copying to another Layer
• Masks: Applying to Grouped Adjustments
Session 5 – Compositing Affinity Photo
• Stacking Images vs Placing Images
• Move Tool: Perspective Enhancements, Stretching, and Filling
• Blend Ranges: Interactive Masking
• Luminosity Masking, Hue Masking, Saturation Masking
• Cloning and Spotting: In Painting Brush, Healing, Batching
• Live Filter Enhancements
Session 6 – Refining Affinity Photo
• Colour Curves: RGB vs. CMYK vs. LAB
• Tonal Curves: Grey vs. RGB vs. K vs. Ranges (0 -1)
• Sharpening: USM, High Pass, Clarity – Blending and Enhancing
• Substituting Luminosity and Advanced Blending Modes
• Macros and Presets
• Working with LUTs
The ‘Flipped Classroom’ facilitates a uniquely comprehensive yet individual learning experience where your creativity, knowledge and needs focus the inquiry, while your engagement and participation defines your outcomes. Our LIVE Q&A Tutorials are designed to maximise our time in answering your questions and supporting your practice.
The workshop is comprehensively supported by a resource rich website.
Venue: STREAMED On-Demand delivery
Duration: 8+ hours (workshop + tutorials)
Resources: Extensive course notes, videos, test images, actions, macros, luts
Cost: AUS $330
More Information: See FAQ (Education)
Updated 08 September 2024