Carolyn Rye

@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.

Day 7 using Affinity. I do like using Affinity but so many things are different, especially with adjustments etc. I know it is probably me because want to go to the same places as PSP. I have to realize that it is not PSP it is Affinity.

@Cassel I can't find where to see "Current Layer & Below" or "Current Layer". Where can I find that please? When I created the frame on the four-part page I did copy the smaller rectangle to this page and then resized it. If I want to adjust the Brightness/Contrast on a particular layer I have found where to go to the Adjustments icon, and adjust there as required. That worked out fine for that layer. I am now trying to do another Adjustment to a second layer and what I seem to be getting is the same adjustment on both layers even though I want a different adjustment to each of the layers. What am I missing there?

Day 7 using PSP. My 2-page project. Used one of the previous pages and then another new page to match. The fun and life our little Bundy Boy gave us.

Day 6 Using PSP. I am a bit late, but I have finally completed the Affinity and the PSP Day 6. I wanted to try both software for this workshop because it is so new to me, and probably all of us. I have enjoyed doing this so far. Carole, I have to say, you are a marvel because you have so much knowledge and I wonder how you can remember it all. I am amazed at how you know what menus to use and how you find your way around all these options. Thank you from me.

Day 6 using Affinity. This was fun. I still believe Affinity is easier to use with Templates. I tried to do an outside border again, and I did manage to get the color I wanted but for some reason, it was wider on the right borders than the top borders. I could not find where to adjust this.

Day 5 Using Affinity. Finally got to do this. I found the Templates were easier to adjust than PSP. As said in the beginning - some good, some not so good. We need to be able to combine them both. I still have not been able to change the color of the blue border. I did copy it from the prior template but there must be a way to change the border color.

Day 5. Using PSP. We have so many photos of Bundy sleeping or resting. He took over the house and we loved it. I took a bit of time breaking up the template into two smaller photos at the top. I have never done this before and made a few errors along the way but, I think I eventually got it.

Day 4. Using Affinity. Again Bundy as my feature. He loves going for his walks and loves his friends. His very good friend is Ted E.

Day 4. Using PSP for pages 3 and 4. Once again Bundy is my feature. This time he is out walking, one of his favorite pastimes. He loved to meet all the local people and of course, their very loved fur babies. They all would have so much fun together. One of his favorite friends was Mister TedE, my girlfriend's dog. Just an update on my husband. He came home from hospital this morning, and we are all very happy that he is back home again. He is still in pain but that is expected. Now is the time for him to recover.

Day 3 with Affinity. Love this photo of Bundy playing with his Kong. He loved to play with all his toys whereas our other fur baby would prefer to sit with us. She is not a very active dog. As I said before with PSP I am not very good with Text. I am not sure yet whether I prefer Affinity or PSP when it comes to using text. Time will tell.

Day 3 using PSP again. As you can see, we loved our little fur baby Bundy. I just wish I was a far better photographer because I could have had so many more photos of this darling little boy. I am enjoying being able to use text because it has always been one of my weak spots. I try to take advantage of anything that will teach me more about using text.

Now the Affinity version of Day 2. Our Cute Puppy Bundy Boy.