A Blur of 2.8 px worked best on this image. Start bringing up the Gaussian Blur amount until you get a colored pencil-like effect. Now, we're going to go to Layer > New Live Filter > Gaussian Blur and Clip that into the inverted duplicate. We'll Invert the duplicate using Control-I and set the layer mode to Color Dodge. Your canvas will likely turn very bright or even completely white. Let's Duplicate our original image using Control-J and bring that duplicate above the Curves adjustment layer. That's why you always want to use Adjustment layers when you can. It's very image-specific, and we can always come back and adjust this Curve if we need to. Some images may need an 'S' curve to add contrast or might need to be lightened. For this specific photo, we want to darken things slightly. How to Create a Colored Pencil Effect in Affinity Photo Step 1įirst, let's create a Curves adjustment layer.

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How to create Affinity Photo manipulations and effects.

How to use live layers in Affinity Photo.How to create an Affinity Photo oil painting effect.How to create an Affinity Photo painting effect.How to create artistic painting effects Affinity Photo.Interested in video tutorials instead? Head over to the Envato Tuts+ YouTube channel to find the best ones! Here you can watch this new video to learn how to create an artistic painting effect in Affinity Photo: What You'll Learn in this Affinity Photo Tutorial

All without a drawing tablet! We are putting three different Affinity Photo tutorials into one, so let's get started.ĭid you know that all Photoshop brushes are compatible with Affinity Photo? If you want to take your artistic Affinity Photo effects to the next level, try pairing them with some of the realistic paint brushes found over on Envato Elements. Affinity Photo may not have any dedicated artist effect filters, but it has more than enough amazing built-in tools that let you turn a photo into a painting or drawing. Today, we'll be taking a look at how to create artistic painting effects in Affinity Photo.

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