I am trying to use a macro. The steps used are
duplicate layer, apply dust and scratches, mask the layer, invert the mask.
I can then use the brush (with white on top) to brush the effect back on. I use this to paint away backscatter in underwater pictures. The original tutorial I used (but aimed at photoshop) uses the history brush but I cant macro that.
When I try to make the filter parameters adaptable, the preview given is only for the entire macro (not only the filter), which because it will also invert the mask, will just display the original photo. Also there is 'generating macro preview' popup window that is considerably slower then the dust and scratches itself.
is there any way to force the macro to give the example of the filter instead of the entire macro.
PS If I try it with a live filter, the settings stick to 0 and 0, even though I set it to a setting when recording the macro. If I try then to edit the macro to set 20 and 2% as a default setting, then affinity crashes.