Affinity Photo: Developing Real Portraits

A complete Affinity Photo workflow guide for those of us who aren't supermodels

4.80 (67 reviews)
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Affinity Photo: Developing Real Portraits
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Oct 2021
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$54.99
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What you will learn

Professional photo editing techniques applied to portraits

A consistent workflow that can be applied to any kind of image development

How to take a real world photos and make them shine

Why take this course?

***Please note:  This course covers Affinity Photo up to version 1.10. Version 2 has been released. The interface is almost identical but uses different graphics for the icons, and version 2 has new features. This course contains a wealth of tuition that is directly relevant to Affinity Photo 2, but was made using Affinity Photo 1. I recommend looking at the course sample videos when considering this course.***

'I've seen some videos about this or that technique and the person in the photo was gorgeous! But how do I actually enhance one of my photo portraits? Where do I start? How do I finish?'

That was the question I saw asked on a forum and I thought: 'Good point!' So here is a course designed with exactly that in mind. This is not a course about how to enhance an image of a professional model with a professional camera and professional lighting. Nope! This course is about taking the kind of photos you typically see of loved ones in a family album and making them look as good as they can be.

Real world photos are more of a challenge and can give you the kind of problems you don't always get in a photography studio. I'll show you how to meet that challenge with Affinity Photo, start to finish. Don't get me wrong. The workflow and techniques you will learn are the same as the experts use, but I've designed this course so that you can apply what you've learned to any standard of photography.

Sometimes we have that special photo of a special person but it needs special care to make the memories it holds clearer, brighter, more vivid. So I use the kind of real world photos you find in a family album. I also deal with different faces because everyone deserves to look their best, no matter if they are young or old, or the tone of their skin. I deal with photos that will be seen by loved ones who know the face in the photo. Faces that deserve to be seen, not in a false light, but in their best light.

We'll take a series of .jpegs and RAW files and work them through, right from the start, right to the end. I'll take you through every stage and explain why we are doing things in a particular order. I've given you all the images used on the course to follow along with. I'll show you problems that can crop up and what do about them. Real world portrait development brings its own set of problems and opportunities, and the various techniques I guide you through take this into consideration. Check out the free preview introduction video and see the files we start out with, and then see just how good we can make them by the end.

This course assumes you have some basic knowledge of Affinity Photo but I'll also help you there. I've included links to videos I recently uploaded plus links to articles I've written in the public domain which show you the principles of things like Layer Masks, Layer Blend Ranges and Curves.

By the end of the course you will have followed along with a series of portraits, start to finish. You will gain the confidence to tackle your own images and one day soon you may be looking at a photo of you or a loved one which you've enhanced, and thinking 'That looks fantastic! I did that...'

Sign up now, and get ready to make your portraits shine. I'll see you on the course.

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Reviews

Peter
October 21, 2023
This is an excellent course. Mr. Foster has an engaging delivery. The course emphasizes the practical aspects of editing and points out the pitfalls to avoid. I found the exporting to print section particularly useful. The techniques for matching the image on the screen to the final print will be very helpful.
Charles
January 12, 2023
As usual, I love Simons's presentation methods. Also, he is a consummate professional and detail-oriented instructor. I would rather he was usinf procreate but then...
James
January 6, 2023
I am learning a lot from the instructor. I can't wait to see other surprises he has waiting in the course.
Amélia
November 2, 2021
wonderful course, extraordinarily well explained with lots of real-life images demonstrating common problems. All Simon Foster courses are of superior quality and this one is no exception.
John
October 29, 2021
Portraits is something that i have always avoided even those of my family but i thought it was about time I gave it a go and this course looks like the ideal starting point.
Ann
February 17, 2021
I am a huge fan of Simons, I have several if not all of his courses for affinity photo. Once again he has not let me down! I absolutely love how he explains the reason for every adjustment he makes in detail. He makes his courses so enjoyable to watch, in fact...I was enjoying it so much I binge watched it in two days lol. I thought I was pretty good at developing portraits but wow was I mistaken. This course has taken my abilities to a much higher level! Thank you Simon, looking forward to the next course.
Jude
February 14, 2021
I have taken many courses from Simon and all of them are superb. Though he may have multiple Affinity Photo courses, he always seems to share a new process that is helpful to the workflow process. He is always including new photos to follow along with so the training does not repeat from other classes. I learned a lot from this class, and will review it multiple times. If you want to learn Affinity Photo, Simon is the one to teach you.
Nenad
February 12, 2021
It is a good stuff and presentation but 720p video is awfull soft, murky, without details - like some 480p upscaled. Bad experience watching on 27" LCD. EDIT: After Simons helpfull intervention videos (and quality) are OK now.
Greg
February 11, 2021
I thought this first photo looked great from the start. I think it would have been better to start with a photo that clearly had problems.

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