Olivio Sarikas

Creative Chat: REVEALING my Plans - Future of the Channel

Let's talk about my life, the channel and you. I feel like this is the moment in time where our community is just big enough to reach out and connect to you. I want this to be a creative family on eye-level. So I'm sharing with you my life, my plans for my tutorials and how you can be part of it all.

BTW.: This is NOT going to replace "Behind the Scenes". It's designed to connect with the...

Look what i got :)

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Consistent Style - AP File

Here is my AP File for you. Enjoy :)

Affinity Photo - How to: Consistent Style

Learn to create a consistent style and color palette for your photos. Grow your followers, get fans and build you brand. 

In this tutorial I will show you how to create a Master File that you can use to consistently create the same look and feel for your photos. This will bring them closer together. Establish your style and show people that you have an artistic concept behind your wo...

Affinity Photo - How To: Curves Tool

Learn how to use the Curves tool to adjust your photos, create interesting effects and blend objects into other photos. In this Tutorial i will show you with 3 examples who things like the Histogram, Channels, the Tonal Range and Curves are used effectively.

We will have a look at the changes that come from affecting the Color Channel R G B, changing from Cyan to Red, from Magenta to Gree...

Light Leak Tutorial - AP Files

Here are my Files from the Tutorial :)

Affinity Photo - Light Leak Effect

Easy Light Leak Effect Tutorial for a realistic look. This beautiful look can bring a nice touch of vintage and adventure to your photos. It is really easy to create and a lot of fun to play with.

A Light Leak is when Analog Film was hit by unintended Light. Mostly a result of a faulty camera, broken analog film container or wrong handling during development. 

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Light + Colors to tell a Story- AP File

Here is my AP File for this tutorial :)

Affinity Photo - use Light & Color to tell a Story

Learn to understand how Light and Color can be used to create a more satisfying photo and tell a story. In most cases we fell more satisfied with a photo if we understand what the photographer wants to show us. Meaning that the eye is guided towards certain areas of the image. In addition to that, our eyes are build in a way that has more focus, contrast and attention to the area we are looking...

Live Stream Tonight on Twitch :)

 Hello my friends, i'm doing a spontaneous Live Stream with Q&A tonight on Twitch. Looking forward to see you and chat with you :)

Old Photo Tut - AP Files

Here are my Files from the Old Photo Tutorial. Have fun. Looking forward to what you created :)

Affinity Photo - Old Photo Look Tutorial

Turn any photo in a Old 19th Century Photo with ease. This Step-by-Step Video shows you how to create this beautiful effect. It also tells you how to make a Master or Mockup File, that you can use with any other photo. Giving you the tools to make Old Photo looks very fast the next time you need it. 

This Tutorial shows how to take into consideration the special properties of old pho...

Affinity Photo - File Export Intro

Learn what format to use, which algorithm gives the best quality and how much compression is needed. This intro will give you a lot of valuable information about BIT Depth, Resolution, DPI, File Size, Color Space, Vector-, Pixel-, Curve-Formats and what a GIF is. 

There are a lot of things to know. How to get transparency. How to export for print or the internet. How to create a PDF ...

Affinity Photo - What makes Photos great?

Today I will show you why some pictures are great and others are just mediocre. The answer(s) to that is not as hard as you think and most of the time hasn't that much to do with skill. 

Here are the Key Factors:

- have story you want to tell

- guide the eye of the viewer

- observe the subject you want to photograph to find interesting elements & times

- t...

Beard Face - AP Files

Here are the AP Files from the Beard Face Tutorial. Have fun :)

Affinity Photo - 2 Beard Face Effects Explained

Let's have some fun with with photos. Learn to create the "face in a beard" effect. I will show you two easy ways to do this. It's a fun effect perfect for ad designs, family photos or to surprise your friends

Learn a interesting way to work with masks and brushes to create this stunning effect. In this tutorial i show two different variations that include side and frontal portraits. ...

BTS 20 - Good / Bad Habits for Creatives & Artists

10 GOOD / BAD Habits that Artists and Creatives should know about. Do you have problems with procrastination, confidence or getting opportunities to work / exhibit with others? Do you want to do more, have better habits and be more creative? This video answers a lot of questions on how to do that and get there.

Sorry for the extra long video. Still I feel like every minute was needed to c...

Cystal Ball Effect - AP Files

Here are my 2 Crystal Ball creations from this tutorial. Have fun and looking forward to your creations :)

Affinity Photo - Crystal Ball Effect

Learn to create a fake Crystal Ball or Glas Ball Photography Effect in Affinity Photo. This effect is very popular right now. I will show you how to create a similar looking effect without the need to own a Crystal Ball. 

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Affinity Photo - Font Secrets Part 2

Learn how to identify a Font, install Fonts, Adjust Paragraphs, create your own Font Swashes and more.

Font are essential to any design using Text. In this tutorial I will show you how to find a font, download it, install it and use it in your design. You will learn to adjust paragraphs, create sample text and enter Icons. Learn to use a Glyph browser and indent you lines or paragraphs to...

Affinity Photo - Font Secrets (Part 1)

Learn to use Fonts correctly in Affinity Photo. What is Kerning? How to create Superscript? Can you change any text to All Caps? How do you make text taller per line? 

Fonts are fun and there are millions to choose from. So let's get started with a Intro on how to arrange them the right way. Learn what the Character Settings can do for you. Handel even complex fonts with ease.

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Affinity Photo - Color Secrets

Learn to pick and organize colors. Understand what Swatches are. Find out the difference between a Fill Color and a Global Color. Auto-create Pallets and many more cool things.

Today I will show you the interesting ways to pick and manage your colors. In a document as well as across many documents in your application.  Some very useful and powerful stuff. Let's get started :)

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Affinity Photo - Liquify Persona Explained

Learn to Master the Liquify Persona in this easy to follow Tutorial. Create fun Caricature Style Images. Prepare a Mesh for your T-Shirt or Fashion Print Company. Many more uses.

I explain all the tools and settings in detail and give some important tips on what to look out for. A great way to get started is to play with Portraits, as shown in this video. Let's get started

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Birthday Card - AP File

Here is my Birthday Card Design. Please keep in mind that the original Design can be found here and is NOT created by me.  https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/colorful-birthday-background-with-flat-deisng_2484971.htm

Affinity Photo - Birthday Card

Create a super fun Birthday card for your friends and family in 5 minutes. Here is a very easy way to make a custom card for your loved once. Surprise them with this cool Trick.

Rather than cooking up a complicated design on your own, why not simply individualize a ready made design for your purposes. I will show you how to resize it, move the elements and insert your own custom content t...

How to Build a Story - AP Files

Here are the files for the "How to Build a Story" Tutorial. Enjoy  and please experiment with the shapes to create your own solutions for your stories. Looking forward to see what you come up with :)

Affinity Photo - How to Build a Story

Learn how to make your Photo Slideshows more interesting. Let's build a story that gives a great feeling for the location, the story and the details - all in one Slide. 

Photos are more than just pictures. They are your story. So showing them one by one might not always be the best solution. Instead group them together in visually interesting ways and give your Friends, family and cu...

Affinity Photo - Watermark Guide

Learn how to create a Watermark and what you need to look out for. Have your Watermark in a Master File and use it on any size or purpose.

Watermarks are a important part of sharing your creations online or with customers as a preview. Here are some things you need to look out for and how to have it all in a Master file that can be easily scaled to any size or purpose. 

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Affinity Photo - Toolbar Secrets

Learn to customize the Toolbar. Sort your Tools in a super effective way. Your Tools and Toolbar are the key to using Affinity Photo effective. So knowing how to arrange and handle that effectively is very important to your easy of use. 

- Rearrange Tools and Toolbar content
- Float the tools over your Canvas
- Open a new View Port
- Hide all Tools to use the maximum screen ...

Affinity Photo - MOVE TOOL Secrets

Learn to master to most used Tool in Affinity photo. 

- Rotate in increments of 15 degrees
- disable snapping for only a moment
- keep the relative ratio of multiple objects you resize
- stretch a area inside a layer
- many more really useful functions

ps.: If you are confused why this is public already. I messed up and forgot about the 7 days delay. So tomorrow i w...