Affinity Photo 2 is a very capable photo editor at a very reasonable price that has many features of more expensive photo editors.  Affinity Photo 2 has layers and masks, adjustment layers, and can edit raw image files.  This course is not only designed to teach you the basics of how to use Affinity Photo 2, but is also designed to give you some tips and theory that will help you make choices when you are shooting to get the most of some of the features of Affinity Photo.  Some of the topics we will go over in the course are:

• How to do Basic Photo Editing with Affinity Photo 2

• Cropping and Leveling a Photo

• How to Edit Raw Image Files

• How to Retouch Images

• How to Adjust White Balance

• The Difference Between Major Digital File Formats Used in Photography

• How to Use Layers

• How to use Adjustment Layers

• How to Use Masks

• How Create Gradient Masks

• How to Create a Mask with the Selection Tool

• How to Add Text to Images

The course will give you a firm foundation and understanding of Affinity Photo 2 and many of the standard techniques used in photo editing in general. It will also give you a great starting point for exploring advanced topics in Affinity Photo and photo editing.