AntiqueFlaneur Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 I'm attaching a screenshot of a scanned photo I'm trying to remaster. I've straightened it out, done FFT denoise, and am trying to use a curves adjustment layer to improve the image quality. The problem I'm having is that one side of the image is extremely dark. Most of the photo needs to be darkened a bit via curves, but when I do this the left corner turns very dark. Any way to deal with this? I'm also attaching my .afphoto file of the image as well. Thanks! DarkSide.afphoto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 7 minutes ago, AntiqueFlaneur said: I'm attaching a screenshot of a scanned photo I'm trying to remaster. I've straightened it out, done FFT denoise, and am trying to use a curves adjustment layer to improve the image quality. The problem I'm having is that one side of the image is extremely dark. Most of the photo needs to be darkened a bit via curves, but when I do this the left corner turns very dark. Any way to deal with this? I'm also attaching my .afphoto file of the image as well. Thanks! DarkSide.afphoto 26.8 MB · 0 downloads Gradient masks, perhaps there is help in this one: Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smadell Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 A nice technique for removing shadows, demonstrated by PixImperfect. It is a Photoshop tutorial, but should translate fairly easily to Affinity Photo. Do this prior to adjusting the photo (as a whole) with Curves and other stuff. Here's a VERY rough attempt at it: Quote Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2 (latest retail versions) - desktop & iPad Culling - FastRawViewer; Raw Developer - Capture One Pro; Asset Management - Photo Supreme Mac Studio with M2 Max (2023}; 64 GB RAM; macOS 13 (Ventura); Mac Studio Display - iPad Air 4th Gen; iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Maybe into this direction also with a little bit of tonal adjustments etc. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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