Inpainting-restores damaged, lost, deteriorated or unwanted areas of the selection.Secondary Color-uses the currently set secondary color from the Color panel.Primary Color-uses the currently set primary color from the Color panel.Custom Color-pick any color from the adjacent swatch using a pop-up HSL Color wheel.From the dialog, choose one of the following:.The Edit menu allows you to easily apply or edit a color fill across a pixel or vector layer or selected layer content. Using the Color pane, you have the option of selecting color using an HSL Color Wheel by default RGB, RGB Hex, HSL, CMYK, Lab, Grayscale sliders or independent Hue, Saturation, or Lightness boxes. From the pop-up menu, choose color from a Swatches, Color, or Gradient pane.From the context toolbar, click either the 'Stroke' or 'Fill' swatch.To apply a fill or stroke color to vector content: Using context toolbar (vector content only):įor quick access, Fill and Stroke swatches are available from the context toolbar of any selected vector content. Click the swatch next to the Color Picker to apply the color.Click the swatch selector you want to apply the color to.Drag the Color Picker icon to the color you want to sample.The picker lets you sample colors within or outside Affinity Photo, then use them in your project. only the color of the object will update). Hold down the when selecting a swatch to honor the opacity and/or noise already applied to your object (i.e. Click a None swatch to make the color completely transparent.Click a swatch from the Recently used swatches.Choose a palette category from the category pop-up menu and click a color swatch in the palette.You can easily apply grays, solid colors, or gradient colors as presets. The Swatches panel provides color swatch presets that are selectable from various categories. Select a chord type from the Add Chord to Swatch pop-up menu-adds a chord of the current color to the currently loaded palette in the Swatches panel.Add Color to Swatch-adds the current color to the currently loaded palette in the Swatches panel.Click the Panel Preferences menu, and select 8 bit, 16 bit or Percentage from the menu.Ĭlick the Panel Preferences menu, and select one of the following:.Drag the slider to the left or right to increase or decrease the color tint, respectively.Click the Panel Preferences menu, and select Tint from the menu.Select a different color model from the menu.At the top right of the panel, click the current color mode displayed, e.g.Click the Panel Preferences menu, and select Sliders from the menu.Select the toggle button to the bottom-left of the panel.The colors switch (but the active swatch selector remains the same.) To switch colors between the swatch selectors: The relevant swatch updates to the selected color.Ĭlick Panel Preferences menu on the Color panel to select color via RGB, HSL, CMYK, LAB or Grayscale sliders in 8 bit, 16 bit or percentage modes where applicable or use Hue, Saturation or Lightness boxes. Click in the inner triangle to set the combined Saturation and Lightness.Click for a hue color on the outer ring.Click the Primary or Secondary swatch at the top left of the panel.

To select a color (using default HSL Color Wheel): Colors can be saved to a palette in the Swatches panel. Opacity and noise are further color attributes which can be applied. With the Color panel, colors can be adopted by tools (or applied to vector content) in just a few clicks.

Gradient Tool-apply or edit a color gradient across a pixel or vector layer.Choose a fill method from the pop-up dialog. Edit menu-apply or edit a color fill across a pixel or vector layer or selected layer content.Context toolbar-for selection of Fill and/or Stroke colors from the context toolbar that displays when vector content is selected.

Color Picker-for sampling colors anywhere on your screen great for complementary color work.

Swatches panel-for selection by swatch from different preset or custom categories, including PANTONE® Colors.

Color panel-for selection from color wheel, sliders, or boxes using different color models.

You may have a preferred method for color selection, so Affinity Photo provides a choice: About selecting colorsĪn essential requirement for efficient editing and design is the ability to access colors easily and intuitively. Affinity Photo offers several ways of choosing colors for your photo edits and design.

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