Corrie Kinkel Posted January 25 Posted January 25 I have been playing a bit with this new Affinity program after the Bootcamp and although I learned the basics there I want to explore more features. This is a template from Anna Aspnes and I used it to see how masks would work. I managed to get my photos where I wanted them and there were already 2 textboxes for journaling. The only thing that I didn't kept in this template were the shadows because those looked if the light was coming from the top right. Therefore I put my own shadows instead. It is not much but it is a start. The next thing is trying to make something from scratch. 7
Susan Ewart Posted January 25 Posted January 25 On 1/25/2025 at 11:31 PM, Corrie Kinkel said: I have been playing a bit with this new Affinity program after the Bootcamp and although I learned the basics there I want to explore more features. This is a template from Anna Aspnes and I used it to see how masks would work. I managed to get my photos where I wanted them and there were already 2 textboxes for journaling. The only thing that I didn't kept in this template were the shadows because those looked if the light was coming from the top right. Therefore I put my own shadows instead. It is not much but it is a start. The next thing is trying to make something from scratch. Expand Great job Corrie. I'm glad to see you posting both Anna Aspnes and Affinity layouts. 3 1
Julie Magerka Posted January 26 Posted January 26 (edited) On 1/25/2025 at 11:31 PM, Corrie Kinkel said: I have been playing a bit with this new Affinity program after the Bootcamp and although I learned the basics there I want to explore more features. This is a template from Anna Aspnes and I used it to see how masks would work. I managed to get my photos where I wanted them and there were already 2 textboxes for journaling. The only thing that I didn't kept in this template were the shadows because those looked if the light was coming from the top right. Therefore I put my own shadows instead. It is not much but it is a start. The next thing is trying to make something from scratch. Expand That template works so well with your images. I'm happy to see someone else playing with aA Designs. I haven't yet tried using her materials in Affinity, but soon...... Edited January 26 by Julie Magerka 2 1
Corrie Kinkel Posted January 26 Posted January 26 On 1/26/2025 at 1:05 PM, Julie Magerka said: That template works so well with your images. I'm happy to see someone else playing with aA Designs. I haven't yet tried using her materials in Affinity, but soon...... Expand Julie thank you so much. I have used some of aA Designs from the free pack we got with PSP but this was the first time I tried it on Affinity. The template I used was a psd file and it was almost completely done, I explored how to change some of the colors and using the tips from others in the Bootcamp I could put in my photos using the given masks. This showed how to use simple masks and I suspect that will be the way to use most masks. I have uploaded the abr.brushes as well, so more to play with. 3
Corrie Kinkel Posted January 26 Posted January 26 On 1/25/2025 at 11:31 PM, Corrie Kinkel said: I have been playing a bit with this new Affinity program after the Bootcamp and although I learned the basics there I want to explore more features. This is a template from Anna Aspnes and I used it to see how masks would work. I managed to get my photos where I wanted them and there were already 2 textboxes for journaling. The only thing that I didn't kept in this template were the shadows because those looked if the light was coming from the top right. Therefore I put my own shadows instead. It is not much but it is a start. The next thing is trying to make something from scratch. Expand I see now I have a typo and I will rectify on the original file, so happy I can do that more easily then with PSP 2023 😃. I admit it is difficult to see but it is in the word October 2
Susan Ewart Posted January 26 Posted January 26 On 1/26/2025 at 3:05 PM, Corrie Kinkel said: I see now I have a typo and I will rectify on the original file, so happy I can do that more easily then with PSP 2023 😃. I admit it is difficult to see but it is in the word October Expand Oh, bummer. It was hard to see and I'd never had seen it if you hadnt told me. I am the Queen of mistakes, which is weird because my superhero persona is Eraser Girl, my superpower is to make mistakes disappear. That was just a joke my co-worker from years ago and me used to joke around, he asked if I had a superpower what would it be, I said to not make mistakes. he dubbed me Eraser Girl. He also dubbed me Fibre Queen (this is how he addresses my Christmas card) because i eat lots of salad and vegys and fruit. 1 4
Mary Solaas Posted January 27 Posted January 27 (edited) Lab 13 Mod 8. Requirements: folded transparent tape (used as attachment for tag); Bracket Frame (frame around photo); I did use a wood pattern for the frame and I did inner bevel it; also used the wood pattern for the frame on the background paper. The font used was Bodini bD BT. I made the tape in several different gradient colors as I didn't want to have to go through making it again; the frame I also changed the color several times with HueSaturationLightness>colorize ; the other elements including the scatter are mine. For the photo placement I made a mask from the center of the frame. Edited January 27 by Mary Solaas 7
Julie Magerka Posted January 27 Posted January 27 On 1/26/2025 at 5:31 PM, Susan Ewart said: Oh, bummer. It was hard to see and I'd never had seen it if you hadnt told me. I am the Queen of mistakes, which is weird because my superhero persona is Eraser Girl, my superpower is to make mistakes disappear. That was just a joke my co-worker from years ago and me used to joke around, he asked if I had a superpower what would it be, I said to not make mistakes. he dubbed me Eraser Girl. He also dubbed me Fibre Queen (this is how he addresses my Christmas card) because i eat lots of salad and vegys and fruit. Expand Making mistakes is what we all do. I'm not bothered by typos in comments and chit-chat. That happens to everyone. But in a layout, I think it's worth pointing out so the person can adjust it. I wish I had a superpower like you, Susan! 2 2
Susan Ewart Posted January 27 Posted January 27 On 1/27/2025 at 2:44 PM, Julie Magerka said: Making mistakes is what we all do. I'm not bothered by typos in comments and chit-chat. That happens to everyone. But in a layout, I think it's worth pointing out so the person can adjust it. I wish I had a superpower like you, Susan! Expand laughing at the superpower part. Agree strongly with the getting it right in a layout. thank goodness for all of you that help me make that happen. 2
Corrie Kinkel Posted January 27 Posted January 27 On 1/26/2025 at 5:31 PM, Susan Ewart said: Oh, bummer. It was hard to see and I'd never had seen it if you hadnt told me. I am the Queen of mistakes, which is weird because my superhero persona is Eraser Girl, my superpower is to make mistakes disappear. That was just a joke my co-worker from years ago and me used to joke around, he asked if I had a superpower what would it be, I said to not make mistakes. he dubbed me Eraser Girl. He also dubbed me Fibre Queen (this is how he addresses my Christmas card) because i eat lots of salad and vegys and fruit. Expand To be honest I was quite amazed that I even noticed it, the more so because Ann didn't and that is a small wonder in itself...... 3 3
Ann Seeber Posted January 27 Posted January 27 (edited) I admired these gull photos on our Hudson Valley in Pictures group on Facebook by Owen S. Cramsie, Jr. so I did a little scrap for him. I did a little out-of-bounds on the top photo. The title font is Banana Pancakes and the top one is Before the Rainbow. Very tiny shadowing - two background papers, cpjess dreamy sky as the overlay and manu-b iceland underneath. Topping.com bird scatters. I snagged his signature from one of the photos. Edited January 27 by Ann Seeber 6
Michele Posted January 28 Posted January 28 On 1/27/2025 at 6:11 PM, Ann Seeber said: I admired these gull photos on our Hudson Valley in Pictures group on Facebook by Owen S. Cramsie, Jr. so I did a little scrap for him. I did a little out-of-bounds on the top photo. The title font is Banana Pancakes and the top one is Before the Rainbow. Very tiny shadowing - two background papers, cpjess dreamy sky as the overlay and manu-b iceland underneath. Topping.com bird scatters. I snagged his signature from one of the photos. Expand I was surprised at how colorful they are. (Great OOB work.) 4 1
Ann Seeber Posted January 28 Posted January 28 On 1/28/2025 at 9:55 AM, Michele said: I was surprised at how colorful they are Expand This "look" indicates it is their First Winter after Juvenile. In the summer they will be more white according to Cornell's All About Birds. 3 1
Sue Thomas Posted January 28 Posted January 28 (edited) On 1/28/2025 at 9:55 AM, Michele said: I was surprised at how colorful they are. (Great OOB work.) Expand We have ringed billed seagulls on the prairies, also in the UK. In my opinion, also experience of them, they are more mottled as juveniles, (before first moult). Less so as immature birds. ( a bird capable of breeding, with its first hard feathers) Perhaps it is due to the sun catching the feathers, or enhanced photo editing. Cool photos and showcased. Edited January 28 by Sue Thomas 5
Susan Ewart Posted January 28 Posted January 28 On 1/27/2025 at 6:11 PM, Ann Seeber said: I admired these gull photos on our Hudson Valley in Pictures group on Facebook by Owen S. Cramsie, Jr. so I did a little scrap for him. I did a little out-of-bounds on the top photo. The title font is Banana Pancakes and the top one is Before the Rainbow. Very tiny shadowing - two background papers, cpjess dreamy sky as the overlay and manu-b iceland underneath. Topping.com bird scatters. I snagged his signature from one of the photos. Expand I agree with Michele, these are quite striking. Even looking at the 'incoming' shot, the head has a raptor look to it. Even more surprising is size of their wing span. These are great photos Ann. You have a lot of great photographers in your back pocket. I like that font. I'm wondering if there is supposed to be an 'i' in incoming. I am the last person who should be asking this kind of question, giving my history of spelling mistakes. 3
Ann Seeber Posted January 28 Posted January 28 On 1/28/2025 at 2:15 PM, Susan Ewart said: I'm wondering if there is supposed to be an 'i' in incoming. Expand Good catch, Suz! The font is Banana Pancakes and I isolated each letter to fiddle with them and I think the "i" got lost in the process. Thanks again! ❤️ 2
Ann Seeber Posted January 28 Posted January 28 (edited) @Susan Ewart I fixed the typo on "incoming" and added a 1px rule to stand out from the forum page. Edited January 28 by Ann Seeber fixed typo and added border 3 1
Susan Ewart Posted January 28 Posted January 28 On 1/28/2025 at 2:50 PM, Ann Seeber said: @Susan Ewart I fixed the typo on "incoming" and added a 1px rule to stand out from the forum page. Expand Looks great Ann. I like that 1 px rule, it does stand out very well. 3
Ann Seeber Posted January 28 Posted January 28 On 1/28/2025 at 4:27 PM, Susan Ewart said: Looks great Ann. I like that 1 px rule, it does stand out very well. Expand I actually added a border of 1px. 2
Cristina Posted January 29 Posted January 29 I don’t have a layout to post, but since I want to continue using Affinity, I decided to follow a short tutorial about enhancing photos, in this case, the White Balance. I haven’t used the app for a few days and had to think about how to resize the image and a few other things because they are done differently in PSP and PSE. I’m looking forward to the next Affinity Workshop, but meanwhile, I am choosing photos for a layout to practice the Lab tutorials in PSP. I learned a long time ago from Carole to use the Levels to enhance photos, and I do this often. This effect was also part of this tutorial. Photo from Pixabay. 2 3
Susan Ewart Posted January 29 Posted January 29 On 1/29/2025 at 5:52 PM, Cristina said: I don’t have a layout to post, but since I want to continue using Affinity, I decided to follow a short tutorial about enhancing photos, in this case, the White Balance. I haven’t used the app for a few days and had to think about how to resize the image and a few other things because they are done differently in PSP and PSE. I’m looking forward to the next Affinity Workshop, but meanwhile, I am choosing photos for a layout to practice the Lab tutorials in PSP. I learned a long time ago from Carole to use the Levels to enhance photos, and I do this often. This effect was also part of this tutorial. Photo from Pixabay. Expand So much learn. this is cool, it looks something like what I've heard as "color grading" and something called LUTs. I'm trying to get back to the labs too. After I get the wedding stuff out of the way, hopefully by mid March. 2 1
Rene Marker Posted January 29 Posted January 29 I have been intrigued with doing what is called a "3D/Extreme Shadows" layout ever since it was a challenge in The LilyPad's Month of Challenges in 2021. There is a template designer that has made templates for this type of layout and I've got them and made a layout for my cousin's book using one of them. But I've wanted to figure out how to do it from scratch. The shadowing is the tricky part for these layouts using PSP. I kept trying back in 2021 and have all kinds of notes but I never thought they looked as nice as the samples in the challenge thread because of the shadows. So today I reviewed the tips in the challenge thread about doing this type of layout (copying them to OneNote as well). I decided to try it in Affinity. For my shape, I used a shape of the state of Ohio from a retired template set by Scrapping By Liz. To get the 3 layers, I duplicated the shape 3 times. Then you have to resize 2 of the 3 layers. The top layer has the largest cut out with the bottom layer having the smallest cut out. To resize the next layer under neath it, I used the move tool. I have 2 guides set up that intersect at the middle of the canvas. When resizing the layer, a little dot (don't know what else to call it) showed up that showed the center. Since I had the guides I just lined the dot up with the guides. Then I resized the bottom layer the same way. That way the 3 layers were pretty much centered on the canvas. I brought 3 different papers onto my canvas and rasterized each of them. Using the Flood Select Tool, I selected each of the shape layers and hit delete on the paper layer for each layer. Then came the hard part of doing the shadows. I played around with the settings trying to match them to some settings one of the PhotoShop users had posted in the challenge thread. I didn't like the look of it. But another tip in the thread was from someone that said they had learned in a class they took several years earlier that you can use the outer glow layer style in PhotoShop as it works similarly to the shadow style. Affinity has an outer glow in the FX so I tried it and played with the settings. I like what I got (but I'm sure it could be better). I ended up not even using the outer shadow on the cut out layers. I then added various elements and tucked them in between the layers and shadowed them like normal. The kit used is by Kelly Bangs Creative at Sweet Shoppe Designs called "50 States - Ohio". 6
Corrie Kinkel Posted January 29 Posted January 29 On 1/29/2025 at 8:22 PM, Rene Marker said: I have been intrigued with doing what is called a "3D/Extreme Shadows" layout ever since it was a challenge in The LilyPad's Month of Challenges in 2021. There is a template designer that has made templates for this type of layout and I've got them and made a layout for my cousin's book using one of them. But I've wanted to figure out how to do it from scratch. The shadowing is the tricky part for these layouts using PSP. I kept trying back in 2021 and have all kinds of notes but I never thought they looked as nice as the samples in the challenge thread because of the shadows. So today I reviewed the tips in the challenge thread about doing this type of layout (copying them to OneNote as well). I decided to try it in Affinity. For my shape, I used a shape of the state of Ohio from a retired template set by Scrapping By Liz. To get the 3 layers, I duplicated the shape 3 times. Then you have to resize 2 of the 3 layers. The top layer has the largest cut out with the bottom layer having the smallest cut out. To resize the next layer under neath it, I used the move tool. I have 2 guides set up that intersect at the middle of the canvas. When resizing the layer, a little dot (don't know what else to call it) showed up that showed the center. Since I had the guides I just lined the dot up with the guides. Then I resized the bottom layer the same way. That way the 3 layers were pretty much centered on the canvas. I brought 3 different papers onto my canvas and rasterized each of them. Using the Flood Select Tool, I selected each of the shape layers and hit delete on the paper layer for each layer. Then came the hard part of doing the shadows. I played around with the settings trying to match them to some settings one of the PhotoShop users had posted in the challenge thread. I didn't like the look of it. But another tip in the thread was from someone that said they had learned in a class they took several years earlier that you can use the outer glow layer style in PhotoShop as it works similarly to the shadow style. Affinity has an outer glow in the FX so I tried it and played with the settings. I like what I got (but I'm sure it could be better). I ended up not even using the outer shadow on the cut out layers. I then added various elements and tucked them in between the layers and shadowed them like normal. The kit used is by Kelly Bangs Creative at Sweet Shoppe Designs called "50 States - Ohio". Expand Wow, I never heard of 3D/Extreme Shadows, but seeing the great depth in your layout it reminds me of the Shadow Box masterclass. Nice to see that you could create the effect now with Affinity. 2
Susan Ewart Posted January 29 Posted January 29 On 1/29/2025 at 8:22 PM, Rene Marker said: I have been intrigued with doing what is called a "3D/Extreme Shadows" layout ever since it was a challenge in The LilyPad's Month of Challenges in 2021. There is a template designer that has made templates for this type of layout and I've got them and made a layout for my cousin's book using one of them. But I've wanted to figure out how to do it from scratch. The shadowing is the tricky part for these layouts using PSP. I kept trying back in 2021 and have all kinds of notes but I never thought they looked as nice as the samples in the challenge thread because of the shadows. So today I reviewed the tips in the challenge thread about doing this type of layout (copying them to OneNote as well). I decided to try it in Affinity. For my shape, I used a shape of the state of Ohio from a retired template set by Scrapping By Liz. To get the 3 layers, I duplicated the shape 3 times. Then you have to resize 2 of the 3 layers. The top layer has the largest cut out with the bottom layer having the smallest cut out. To resize the next layer under neath it, I used the move tool. I have 2 guides set up that intersect at the middle of the canvas. When resizing the layer, a little dot (don't know what else to call it) showed up that showed the center. Since I had the guides I just lined the dot up with the guides. Then I resized the bottom layer the same way. That way the 3 layers were pretty much centered on the canvas. I brought 3 different papers onto my canvas and rasterized each of them. Using the Flood Select Tool, I selected each of the shape layers and hit delete on the paper layer for each layer. Then came the hard part of doing the shadows. I played around with the settings trying to match them to some settings one of the PhotoShop users had posted in the challenge thread. I didn't like the look of it. But another tip in the thread was from someone that said they had learned in a class they took several years earlier that you can use the outer glow layer style in PhotoShop as it works similarly to the shadow style. Affinity has an outer glow in the FX so I tried it and played with the settings. I like what I got (but I'm sure it could be better). I ended up not even using the outer shadow on the cut out layers. I then added various elements and tucked them in between the layers and shadowed them like normal. The kit used is by Kelly Bangs Creative at Sweet Shoppe Designs called "50 States - Ohio". Expand I love this affect and the roller coaster has a really nice depth to it. Did you have bigger shadows on the astronaut and football player in the spots that were over the deep part (with the green background. Thanks for telling us how you achieved the effects. It makes a striking layout. 4
Rene Marker Posted January 29 Posted January 29 On 1/29/2025 at 10:27 PM, Susan Ewart said: I love this affect and the roller coaster has a really nice depth to it. Did you have bigger shadows on the astronaut and football player in the spots that were over the deep part (with the green background. Thanks for telling us how you achieved the effects. It makes a striking layout. Expand I used the same shadows on most of the elements, only the roller coaster was different. I did a shadow on the football player then copied it to the other elements. The astronaut is the same size as the football player so it has the exact same settings. The other elements were all automatically adjusted because of size difference. And, no there are not bigger shadows in the spots that were over the deep part. I haven't even thought of how to do that yet! 5
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