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Here is my Day 2 Lesson inAffinity. This photo was taken by my sister-in-law  when she and her husband went on a  car trip there about 7 years ago. The Purnululu National Park is in the Bungle Bungle Range in Western Australia and is a World Heritage Site. Thank You Carole for showing how to do Plaid using the photos colours which i used on the background paper it is a technique that i am sure  will use often.

I will again say that everyone is doing beautiful work in this workshop

Best wishes to everyone,

Dawn

 

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14 hours ago, Karen Borgmann said:

Does it ever get to be second nature???  I guess it comes down to ...practice, practice,

It does get easier, Karen.  But, as you already said, it takes practice, practice... 😄 

And if you want something faster, get Carole's Clip to It script.

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10 hours ago, Linda Rexford said:

There is a column marquee and row marquee selection tool and they are only 1 px in thickness.  There is also a transform panel (windows, transform). 

Thank you, Linda, for the tip!

I was unaware of the Column Marquee Tool, and tend to forget to use the Transform panel.

 

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15 hours ago, Sharon Murray said:

Thank you Jeni 🙂  I meant to mention that they are AI generated in Midjourney 🙂

Sharon, i am doing a course with Midjourney, although I'm busier in the Campus and not progressing with Midjourney very quickly.

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Here is my Lesson 2 - Great granddaughter Magic is taking a dance class, and they produced a cute version of the Wizard of Oz. Magic danced as one of the Munchkin characters. I love the costume! The font is Marguerite for the title and Modern #2 for the text. I tried to make a very subtle plaid and I'm happy with it. Using PSP2023.

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5 hours ago, Cassel said:

@Cristina Are those birds attracted to the camera? It is amazing how they stare directly into the camera!

Carole, I only recently got to know them through a suggestion from Facebook.   The pictures I have are not of the best quality, and some of them I had to enlarge on PSP.

The camera is positioned slightly above the nest and operates in zoom mode, with IR light that is invisible to both eagles and humans at night.   It is operated manually and at a slow speed to avoid frightening the homeowners.  There is a second camera with a wide view of the area.

As the eaglets have already fledged, the nest is mostly empty, and we only see them there at times.  Mostly waiting for the parents to bring fish. 😄 

Soon, they will leave the area, dispersing on their Grand Journeys, as per the Friends of the Big Bear Valley site.

In 2023, during a snowstorm, Jackie sat on the eggs.  They were not successful in 2023 and again in 2024, which makes the arrival of eaglets this year such a joy.

 

 

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6 hours ago, Cassel said:

Back to the plaid "cheat" from Corrie, the reason you need only 1 pixel is that if you have 2 pixels in height and you stretch it, the top half will be one color and the bottom will be another color. That might lead to a mismatch if you want a seamless edge.

I'm glad you brought that up because I hadn't noticed it before. 🙂  

And now, thanks to Linda Rexford, we know that there is a column marquee and row marquee selection tool, with a thickness of only 1 px.

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29 minutes ago, Ann Seeber said:

Here is my Lesson 2 - Great granddaughter Magic is taking a dance class, and they produced a cute version of the Wizard of Oz. Magic danced as one of the Munchkin characters. I love the costume! The font is Marguerite for the title and Modern #2 for the text. I tried to make a very subtle plaid and I'm happy with it. Using PSP2023.

MAGIC AS A MUNCHKIN JUNE 2025_600.jpg

Excellent work. Very well used a mask's background💕

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Day 2 PSP
Grandies Poppy and Ruby with their mum and dad, Haley and Shawn.
I used the Lady22 template, Heart Flair by Neia from her RetroBeachVibes kit, Font – Wendy Medium.


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Day 2 Affinity
Sisters Poppy and Ruby, great friends.
I used the Lady 22 template, Heart Flair by Neia from her RetroBeachVibes kit, Font is Gonestone Signature

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On 6/16/2025 at 11:47 PM, Sue Thomas said:

Julie,that is  because  the North American robin is a member of the Thrush family, whilst the European robin is a member  of the flycatcher family. The early pioneers called them Robins, as they  resembled  the  European  robin, but they aren't at all  related.

I was aware that our robins are of the thrush family, but I really appreciate the explanation about flycatchers. I have seen a few what I first thought were robins in my yard, and then realized they were a thrush. I get silly with excitement when I see a different bird here!

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On 6/17/2025 at 9:48 AM, Sue Thomas said:

Day 2 Using only Affinity to create the page.  Although I created the plaid, I'm certainly not a fan of  plaids, or busy background papers, never the less I incorporated the paid into the layout. The background was created using one of last winter's frozen lake  shots as an overlay.  Again I used a macro shot of a stunning  dragonfly.  Many of you will  know that I have a passion for finding, observing, documenting and then showcasing insects of every shape, size and species. Each  and everyone, in my mind are exquisitely beautiful, which lead complex lives.  Due to compression the images are no where near  as sharp as they should be.

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Wow! Those pix are fab!

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20 hours ago, Karen Borgmann said:

I wish I could say I love masks.....but not yet!  I'm struggling with all the steps involved.  Does it ever get to be second nature???  I guess it comes down to ...practice, practice, practice (and some 🫢words).   Here's my lesson 1 layout.  It took me so long yesterday that, unfortunately, my grandsons are now teenagers! 🫣

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Oh, I can identify with your pain here. Masks (and going through all those steps) made me crazy in the early days. It takes a lot of patience and practice, as you said. The script from Carole will make your life easier, as someone said, but learning the steps will make you more confident. I don't go through them anymore, but I'm glad I stuck it out in the beginning. Using masks is much easier in other apps.

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Lesson 2:  I don't often use plaids (like Sue T). As a matter of fact, I was purging some papers from my too-large stash and deleted many of them. 

For this layout, I used the Lady22 template. The pix are of my neighbour and his dog. They were such a bonded pair, and they live with lotsa cats owned by his partner. Sadly, Tommy  is no longer with us (the Shih Tzu), and it broke all our hearts. The neighbours are as pet-happy as I am!

Because it's a "guy" kind of layout, I used darker colours in the plaid and then modified with lighting, opacity and different coloured layers. Bits and bobs from my stash as embellishments.

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10 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

Lesson 1 - using the Diamond Extra Template

I wont be quitting my day job to become a bee photographer.  I was actually photographing flowers in the garden and they kept photo bombing my shots.  they are so fuzzy, like flying teddy bears.  the one in the middle looking at me as if to say, "move along human, nothing to see here."  The font is Beauty Nature.  Not real sure how readable this is.  

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Beautiful (bee utiful) and love the delicate honeycomb background. Well done for your photo patience.

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Lesson 3. Getting quicker at it. I made two kaleidoscopes and blended down plus changed the layer transparency a bit. Both things completely changed the overall look.

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20 hours ago, Sharla said:

Day 2: Created in Affinity. I made the plaid tile but didn’t like the plaid effect so just enlarged the tile to create a pattern across the page.

 

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Sharla that is a great idea to use a plaid differently and I'll keep it in mind if I want to use such an effect.

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Day 3.  Used Affinity.  I purposely sized down the  background paper, even though I lost a lot of details in doing so, I was pleased with the end result. I also flood filled  another layer, with a darker beige, lowering the opacity on the patterned layer to achieve the  colour I was looking for. 

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19 hours ago, Linda Rexford said:

Your layout is beautiful!  Here is a tip that might be easier.  There is a column marquee and row marquee selection tool and they are only 1 px in thickness.  There is also a transform panel (windows, transform).  If you select too many pixels, you can easily change it here.  You can also set rotation and other things in this panel.  There are choices so you can choose what works best for you.  Hope this helps! 

Thank you I 'm a newbie to Affinity and didn't know this! I made a note and check it out later after the workshop is finished,

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13 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

Lesson 1 - using the Diamond Extra Template

I wont be quitting my day job to become a bee photographer.  I was actually photographing flowers in the garden and they kept photo bombing my shots.  they are so fuzzy, like flying teddy bears.  the one in the middle looking at me as if to say, "move along human, nothing to see here."  The font is Beauty Nature.  Not real sure how readable this is.  

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What a great bee shot and perfectly presented!

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8 hours ago, Ann Seeber said:

Here is my Lesson 2 - Great granddaughter Magic is taking a dance class, and they produced a cute version of the Wizard of Oz. Magic danced as one of the Munchkin characters. I love the costume! The font is Marguerite for the title and Modern #2 for the text. I tried to make a very subtle plaid and I'm happy with it. Using PSP2023.

MAGIC AS A MUNCHKIN JUNE 2025_600.jpg

Wow Ann, Magic has grown into a very beautiful girl!

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