Welcome to day seven of Thingadailies!
As I was writing a note about Affinity having quite the learning curve, I realized that it was time to just sit down and force myself to use the pixel mode (similar to Photoshop) so I don't have to switch to GIMP if I want to change one little thing while creating a cover that has images instead of vectors.
But first...
More Gnocchi!
I don't often get pictures of her sleeping. She does relax enough to snore while I'm working, but she usually wakes up when I move to a spot where I can get a picture. So this is a rarity.
Learning Curve
I'm working through a tutorial: Fantasy Photo Manipulation Speed Art | Photoshop Tutorial
You'll notice it has Photoshop in the name. There are a bunch of Affinity tutorials that explain how to use various tools, but I wanted a speedrun through the creation of an image. That means I need to translate the actions into Affinity. The options are pretty similar, so it's been pretty straightforward so far.
Anyhow, this is my image so far. I'm about 1 minute, 25 seconds into the tutorial.
That's two images and another hand-drawn layer, plus some color adjustment and warping of the forest image.
And now it's time to medicate Lulu and clean Mister's ears. More tomorrow!
3 comments:
I looked up affinity and there isn't a version for Linux. I could run it in emulate mode, but. So I found a thread that mentioned: Da Vinci Resolve's been free for ages, runs everywhere, runs fast and is much better than Adobe products. End quote. I'm looking at affinity and this Da Vinci thing. Have you used Da Vinci?
Da Vinci looks like it's great for...movies and animation. It can probably be used for graphics, but why learn something that specialized? It has a free version with a lot of whistles and bells. The AI and some other things cost money, but who cares. I never wanted AI.
Da Vinci Resolve looks great, but it's definitely more than I need at the moment.
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