Photo Plus - UK (2019-09)

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THE MISSION

Get to grips with

Affinity Photo’s

brush tool and

create a scatter

portrait effect

Time needed

One hour

Skill level

Intermediate

Kit needed

Affinity Photo

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there’s a wide array of brushes to

choose from, including the top set

of grunge brushes we’ve used for

our scatter effect. What’s more,

brushes can be customized with a

range of parameters, including

spacing, scattering and wet edge

controls. You can have hours of

fun simply by playing with all the

settings. But the options don’t stop

there. You can also create your

own brushes from any image or

shape, like the colourful splashes

in our portrait above.

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the tip shows a preview of the

stroke before you start painting

• including any colour, opacity or
  blend settings applied – so you can
  see how they’ll affect your shot.
  For this effect we start by
  isolating our subject with a mask,

then paint both in front of and

behind her on different layers.

We’ll paint on the layer mask too,

which has the effect of eating

away at certain bits of our subject.

Once this is done, we can use

our ink splash brushes (included

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a splash of colour behind our

subject. Finally, we’ll make use

of a star photo downloaded

from the NASA images website

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fantastic source of amazing

free photographs...

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Fun with

Affinity Brushes

James Paterson uses the powerful Affinity Photo Brush tool –

and our free set of splash brushes – to create abstract portraits

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