Mirror Filter in Affinity Photo | Creating Abstract Seamless Patterns with Images and Text

Опубликовано: 03 Май 2026
на канале: Tracey Capone - The Creator Collage
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In this beginner friendly Affinity Designer V2 tutorial, learn how to use Affinity Photo's Mirror Filter to create an abstract kaleidoscope effect from text or images and turn them in to seamless patterns. (find chapter markers below!)

This tutorial is taught on the desktop version of Photo V2, however the process is exactly the same for the iPad version so, as long as you know where the tools are located, you can easily follow along.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:31 Setting Up the Canvas
00:42 Picking an Image to Mirror
01:09 Pulling an Image From the Stock Studio
01:25 Rasterizing the Image
02:32 Working with Destructive Filters
03:14 Adding the Mirror Filter
03:34 Input and Output Settings
04:16 Increasing the Number of Mirrors
04:34 Creating a Seamless Pattern
05:34 Finalizing the Mirror Effect
06:23 Creating a Pattern Layer from Selection
06:42 Using the Mirror Filter on Text
06:55 Duplicating & Rasterizing the Text
07:22 Adding the Mirror Filter to Text
08:23 Creating a Pattern from the Text Layer
08:40 Closing Thoughts

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