Malc Campbell

Many thanks for your reply - that's how I would do it in PS etc. I'm also trying DXOs photolab that is much better than LR for handling RAW noise and camera/lens profiles before going to Affinity etc and is not under a subscription. It has an object repair tool which is an 'all or nothing' affair with no choice of selection sampling, opacity etc - and undo wise REALLY doesn't like too many step backs if it doesn't do it right! I still find myself dropping in to LR just for speed and the blasted spot removal tool :-(

Hi all - I am desperately trying to wean myself of LR and PS and taken up Affinity Photo to try in parallel. There are 2 tools I use in LR all the time as a portrait photographer - the vignette and the spot removal because they both are fast to use and very customisable. Most alternatives I have looked at go the PS route of a heal, clone or remove tool that is linear in nature and you can't easily go back to previous repair to remove or change its opacity without a crazy amount of layering. The spot removal tool in LR is particularly useful as you can quickly and effectively heal or clone small-large areas with variable opacity and the ability to go back and modify / remove individual spots any time. The variable opacity is key to me as its great for gently de-emphasising blemishes and wrinkles without actually removing them if they are part of a subject's character. The ability to go back any time to any spot and change it it in a non-linear fashion is damn useful too. Is there any way of doing something like this in Affinity please? Many thanks in advance