Introduction to Affinity Photo
Course 2: Image Manipulation: Simple selections
By Carlos Jimenez Varela , Photographic Composition Specialist
About the video: Simple selections
Overview
“Now is the time to show you how to use Affinity Photo's basic selection tools so that you can get the most out of the program.”
In this video lesson Carlos Jimenez Varela addresses the topic: Simple selections, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 2: Image Manipulation. Learn the basic tools and start editing your photos.
Partial transcription of the video
“We will now explore using Affinity Photo's basic selection tools for simple selections. Let's take a how it's done. Here. we have this photo open and will discuss selections. Selections involve working with a specific an image without altering the entire picture. When you want to focus on a particular area. selections are essential. They allow you to isolate and edit just that section. leaving the rest untouched. And for that. you need to carefully choose the part you want to modify. There are various tools available for this task. We primarily use these three: rectangle. ellipse. and lasso...”
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Course summary for: Course 2: Image Manipulation
Carlos Jimenez Varela
By Carlos Jimenez Varela
Carlos Jiménez is a Costa Rican native who has held the position of creative director at various advertising agencies for over fifteen years, although his academic background is in graphic design. Passionate about photomontage, he believes it to be a precise form of graphic expression able to bring us closer to both the dream world and the subconscious. He has worked for renowned studios like Sane Seven (UK) and Sagmeister & Walsh (New York).
Despite not considering himself an Adobe Photoshop virtuoso, he undoubtedly handles the program with an expert touch and has used it professionally for more than twenty years. He trusts that he must be constantly learning and updating his skills along with the software, and believes that others should strive to do the same.
His work has been published on various design blogs as well as in renowned magazines like Lürzer's Archive on more than one occasion. He has also exhibited his work in galleries in a number of countries around the word such as Spain, Morocco, France, Brazil, and more. He has participated in various exhibitions for international festivals and design biennales in Ecuador and Poland, to name just two. He currently has more than thirty national and international prizes and awards in creativity and design.
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