How To Quickly Remove A Background In Affinity Photo

Of all the different ways you can edit an image, one of the most common edits you may be looking to make is removing its background. This is an essential function for any graphic designer, and today we'll be exploring exactly how to do so in Affinity Designer. Thanks to the Selection Brush -- a very handy tool that allows you to quickly remove a background in Affinity Photo -- this is a task that can be accomplished in minutes.

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[patodeidee]

Nick this is a great find. For years I enjoyed your Gimp and Inkscape tutorials. Few teachers are as fantastic as you are. The instruction quality is just unmatched; plain and simple! I discovered the Affinity suite in 2020 during the initial lockdowns. Imagine my surprise and excitement today when I realize you actually have Affinity tutorials too... You are the definition of "no fluff, no bs quality content"... now I am smiling all the way to the bank 😍😎👌👍🎉🎉😍

[kNoCKs]

Probably the best video for removing background, and its short and straight to the point!! THANKS!

[nealswettenham]

So helpful – thank you. Other tutorials make this so complicated, but you really stripped it back to the essential information to get started.

[TakaMitsukai]

This tutorial is absolutely perfect for what I need! I just wish Affinity didn't try and reinvent the wheel. I feel like I'm fighting this app more than anything. Almost 20 years of working in digital art and I should not be having this much trouble jumping into a new program!

Anyway, big kudos to you for making such a frustrating program a little bit easier to work with!

[MikeOnTheCamino]

Thanks for your short and super helpful. You balance the right mix of getting the point while still commenting on essential things like the key commands to make life with affinity much better. This a great example of how a 'how to' clip should be. I rarely subscribe to channels, I subscribed to yours. Thanks again.

[makif]

Short, simple, and super helpful as usual. You have no clue how much I've learned with your videos, thank you so so much!!

[KoarngeSound]

your affinity videos are the best out there! please post more!

[tbarrientos]

Thank you so much for this video! I have watched many beginner videos on the actual affinity program and yours are user friendly! Thank you

[LeighSmithUK]

Thanks, as always your videos are easy to follow and help me out every time :)

[sharynwillis]

Easy to follow, brilliant. Now to practice

[mamanomepegues]

yes! i just installed affinity photo and i spent 1 hour trying to delete the background of a photo, thing is, i was not selecting "rasterize and trim" . Why is that an option ?? is there any reason to not straight open a photo and start cropping before selecting that option in the layer?

[tyrannosaurusriffs]

Thank you for making this video. It was exactly what I needed and very helpful!

[SynthographerJames]

Oh my god !! lol I have been watching remove background videos and none of them helped me with too detailed background, most of the background of their pictures was blurred so it was easy for them. This video helped a thousand times better. Thank you.

[khaldounal-nuaimi]

thank you so much! this saved me a ton of time.

[photography]

Great video!! What format do I export as so I can use it later with a different background?

[vidvaldi-digital_productions]

A great pill of concrete knowledge :)
Great and I keep my fingers crossed for the rest of the materials.
I will ask you again on the topic of "how to paste in the place of the cut background, another background downloaded from the stock room, for example in the Affinity Photo program?
Regards

[jonatanyair]

Ya había visto otros canales y probado la selección con REFINE pero no me salía y de algún modo Logos by Nick siempre logra hacerlo mejor que los demás.

[stevebarclay]

Great tutorial, when I unlock layers the whole canvas shows a transparent image i.e photo completely disappears? Is something set incorrectly?

[jens]

What if you have an image, say of a pet, and you want to keep their whiskers that extend over into the background you are removing? And, in your image, if you wanted to keep the tall grasses that were deleted with the background?

[anetastaciwa]

Very useful! Concise and clear. Thank you. :)