Thank you, Carole. 🙂
I remember Sara, and if I'm not mistaken, she participated in the first Affinity Bootcamp, but I didn't know she was part of Rensi's Skool group.
I got to know the Skool (by name) when I watched his YouTube tutorial, "Creative Typography Effect for Beginners," which featured the Chili Pepper. I replicated it and posted it here a few months ago.
I'm not into photo manipulation, but when I come across something cool like this, I like to give it a try. This glass effect technique isn't difficult; I've seen others teach the same, but for me, Rensi's approach was the most creative.
With each tutorial, I learn something new: with the chili pepper, it was manipulating the image with the Mesh Tool. From this tutorial, I learned about the Exposure Adjustment Layer, Lens Blur, and so on.
Right now, in addition to PSP and PSE, I want to complete the Affinity Designer Module 1 course, which I find very interesting.
I'd love to have more time to play with the programs! 😄