Dark Black Portrait Style - Affinity Photo Tutorial

Overview

Learn to create a striking dark black portrait style in Affinity Photo with this 16-minute tutorial. Master techniques for enhancing dark-skinned models, including portrait composition, black and white conversion, gradient background replacement, hair masking, skin cleaning with inpainting, frequency separation for even skin tones, and edge highlight removal. Follow along step-by-step to produce a visually stunning portrait artwork, perfect for expanding your photo editing skills.

Syllabus

Intro
Portrait Composition
Black and White Dark Black Skin Effect
Replace Portrait Background with Gradient
Why Portrait have a Gradient Background
Mask out Hair
Two Tricks for better Masks
Clean Skin with Inpaint Brush
Even Portrait Skin with Frequency Seperation
Remove Edge Highlight of Portrait
Final Adjustment