MacLife UK – August 2019

Transparent edges
The Straighten tool measures the angle
of the tilted horizon and rotates the shot to
counteract it. By doing this, Affinity Photo then
needs to add transparent borders at the edges
to preserve the image’s rectangular shape.

Crop the shot

Set the overlay to Thirds Grid. Drag the

corner handles to crop out most of the bins and

the lower transparent edges. Place intersecting

grid lines on a subject you want to focus on for

a better composition (see Jargon Buster).

JARGON BUSTER

The Rule of Thirds overlay

creates a grid of three

columns and three rows.

The eye is naturally drawn

to where these grid lines

intersect (for example, the

house and cyclist in our

original image).

QUICK LOOK Make your photo a masterpiece!

TILTED HORIZON
Because of unwanted
camera tilt, the horizon is
displayed at an angle and
the castle’s walls don’t
appear vertical.

PRESERVE EDGES

Rotating a shot creates

transparent edges.

Instead of cropping, use

the Inpainting Brush to fill

these edges with content.

REPAIR JOB

The Inpainting Brush can

also automatically fill our

castle’s holes with nearby

bricks. We can use it to

hide the cyclist, too.

STRAIGHTEN UP

The Straighten tool

measures the angle of tilt

in the image and rotates

the shot to counteract it

(as shown above).

INPAINTING

BRUSH TOOL

This intelligent tool can

remove unwanted objects

or people by automatically

sampling adjacent pixels.

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