For example, you can add filters to images, remove background, enhance photos and so forth. You can also use tools in Fotor such as Logo Maker, Flyer Maker and so on.īesides, you are allowed to edit photos with the photo editing tools in Fotor. So experiment with the settings to best find what suits your project.As one of the best graphic design software, Fotor offers a range of templates for graphic design such as templates of logo, poster, Instagram story and much more. Some photos work best with a slight blur while others look great with an intense blur effect. When you add blur to a background in Affinity Photo, it will differ for each photo. In the image below are comparisons of the original, a subtle blur and a stronger blur. This also allowed us to increase the Blur a bit more. To counter this, we double clicked on the mask to open the options, then reduced the Opacity. The blur in our photo caused a halo that was distracting. If you want to edit the Gaussian Blur, double click on the mask to open the options. Click on the X top right of the Live Gaussian Blur panel to exit. You can play around with the Blend Mode to get some really strange results as well as the Opacity. If you find that blurring causes the edges to fade, then make sure that Preserve Alpha is ticked. Affinity Photo can be a little finicky here, but the mask selection is there.Īdjust the blur as needed, we added 15px blur to our background. You may or may not see the mask show up in the thumbnail. The Gaussian Blur panel will appear and attach a Mask layer to the Background layer. A live filter layer is non-destructive, giving you more flexibility when editing. We are using a live filter layer instead of the standard Gaussian Blur filter so that we can edit it when needed. With the top Background layer still selected go to Layer > New Live Filter Layer > Blur > Gaussian Blur.
Now that we have our selection, let us add the Gaussian Blur to the background in Affinity Photo. Step 3 - Add Gaussian Blur to the Background This will add the selection to the layer. Under the Output option, click on the drop down menu and choose Selection. Here is the result of removing and adding back to the selection. You can use the image below as reference. Click back on Matte and very carefully paint back over the area you want kept in the selection. Now, don't worry about how strange the selection looks. We changed to Foreground to remove the selection from her waist area as shown in the image below. If you would like to remove part of the selection, change the Adjustment Brush from Matte to Foreground. We left the settings as is with the Adjustment Brush selected as MatteĬarry on to paint over areas you want selected. Affinity Photo is fairly intuitive when picking up fine details in selections, but you can resize your brush if needed. In this case, some of her hair was not initially selected, so we painted over those areas. Zoom in on the photo, then click + drag the brush over areas you want refined. The Refine panel will open and the woman will be highlighted in red. Once you have created your selection, click the Refine option at the top toolbar. Step 2 - Refine the Background SelectionĪffinity Photo has a great tool to help create a more refined selection. Then click + drag over an area to Subtract.ĭon't worry too much about making an accurate selection as we will be refining it further in the next step. If you want to remove the selection from an area, click on the Subtract option. Ĭarry on to add the selection so that the background is completely selected. As you create the selection, it will snap to contrasting edges, making the selection much easier.Īdjust the size of your brush using the bracket keys. At the top toolbar, make sure that Add is selected and that Snap to Edges has been ticked.
On the left side panel click on the Selection Brush tool. This is just in case you want to go back and start over.įor our photo, we want to blur the background a little more. It's generally good practice to work on a copy and keep the original layer intact. First, create a duplicate layer of the photo by right clicking the layer > Duplicate. Once Affinity Photo has been opened and a photo imported, we need to make a selection.
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