Carolyn Rye

Lesson 2 with PSP. Ran out of time unfortunately so my design is very basis. At least I feel like I leant something as I do each time I do one of these workshops. I had forgotten many of the details of the last one and being able to see Carole's workshop has helped me, hopefully, remember more details.

I used PSP for this Lesson but do look forward to also using Affinity. I love the Vector workshops because I always learn something else each time I join in. This is not the best image, but I did learn that I had the option to make the Vector item a Raster Laying if required by placing a tick the "Create On Vector" box. I never realized that before.

@Ann SeeberThe photo with the Car at the bottom right is a mural painting on a building. The other two are photos. Many of the building in the small town in South Australia have beautiful murals on them. They look beautiful.

Day 7 using Affinity Photo. I continued using my friend's photos of her amazing road trip through so much outback country. I have enjoyed using Affinity Photo as I found so parts a little easier than PSP. I still feel that both of the programs will complement each other. Each of them has items that I love to use. I would love to have time to do this workshop with PSP as well, but I have my daughter coming to stay with us for a week. This is so exciting for us all.

Day 6 using Affinity Photo 2. More photos of my friend's trip. These are of South Australia seeing the Paddle Boat of the Murray River and a beautiful sunset at Burra.

Day 5 using Affinity Photo 2.6 Just a bit more Artwork found at Cummins South Australia.

Day 4 and I have only use Affinity Photo 2.6, I would like to also sure PSP and I will if I get time. We have I daughter and her girlfriend coming to see us this week, so we have been busy preparing. So excited as it has been 8 years since she has been down here to spend time with us. The photos are more from my girlfriend's tour of the outback. So many beautiful Water Tower and Silo Art and then there is the wonderful bird life and flowers. Carolle, the Anzac Day layout on my Day 3, did go blurry when I resized. Not sure what I did wrong or how I could have done it differently.

@Cassel The Anzac Day layout did happen in the resizing. Not sure if there was anything I could have done to stop this.

Day 3 using Affinity Photo 2. I decided to theme the Anzacs. The Mural is from one of the many murals that my friend had photographed during her outback of Australia.

@Cassel Yes, the blue was a paper I got from Rachel Martin 405499 Blake Solid. The wood look was also one of hers.

Day 2 and I am slow at catching up 🙄. This one is using Affinity and I have enjoyed doing this. My friend loves the outback and all the beauty that can be seen there. I do love the colors in this.

Day 2 using PSP 2023. Our Friends continue their adventures through the Australian Outback. Their love the Water Tower Artwork and also the Wildlife. My friend loves photography, and her photo are a joy to see. We all look forward to their next adventures.

Day 1. I used Affinity Photo 2 to do this one. My friend and her husband just completed an amazing trip down to South Australia, through Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. This is one of the many art pieces that she photographed. This was taken in Cummins in South Australia. Some of the art photos that she has taken are just so beautiful.

I have all three Affinity products but are only currently using Affinity Photo 2. I have not used the other two apps at this stage because I was wanting to learn more about Affinity Photo 2 first. I am also still using PSP 2023 and still continue to love it and use it. I am hoping using Affinity and PSP will complement each other. They are all great products.

Here: @Cassel I must be blind because I cannot see where to find the above window. I have gone to the Rectangle Tool and that options tool bar does not appear. I have tried a few other layers and I cannot get this to appear. Sorry but what am I doing wrong? Do you have the layer active? If you want to add a different Adjustment layer, it will be created above the active layer and will affect all the layers below it. Of course, if it is the bottom layer, it is ok, but otherwise, it would need to be GROUPED with the layer itself (we did that in the lesson to change the color of the text). Then, additional Adjustment layers can be added in the same group if they are to apply to the same layer. In fact, Adjustment layers work in Affinity pretty much the same way as in PSP. @CasselI have tried to Group each of the layers that I wanted the adjustments done, and no luck - both of the layers have the same changes on them. I have just tried selecting all of one of the groups and then selecting Adjustment again and I think it is working this time. I feel I must be doing it wrong because it ends up with 2 adjustment layers under each of the Groups. It is working but there must be an easier way, maybe? Thank you for your help Carole.