cattm Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 I'm new to Affinity and was wondering if there is a tool or technique for removing glare from a person's glasses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon1 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 - MacGueurle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cattm Posted August 6, 2015 Author Share Posted August 6, 2015 Thank you for the link to youtube. That really helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newstone Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Cool tip. Thank you for posting the video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmstraker Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Lens glare in spectacles is similar to lens flare when there is a bright light ahead (like the sun). Here's a video I found very helpful from the official Affinity set: My personal notes from this: Use Filters/Frequency Separation. Turn up radius until flare is not visible on high-pass layer. On low-frequency layer, use soft clone brush (LH toolbar) to remove flare colour. Then use soft healing brush tool (LH toolbar) to improve blending around this area. Look at just high frequency layer for colour. Use Sponge brush tool (LH toolbar), with Desaturate and HSL Saturation (on top toolbar) to ensure all colours are equally removed. (A higher radius on the Frequency separation controls might have avoided the need for this). You can also use Inpainting brush tool (LH toolbar) to paint out stronger colours on high frequency layer. Desaturate again as needed. Quote Dave Straker Cameras: Sony A7R2, RX100V Computers: Win10: Chillblast i9 Custom + Philips 40in 4K & Benq 23in; Surface Pro 4 i5; iPad Pro 11" Favourite word: Aha. For me and for others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkClown Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Hi Folks, in PS there's a dialog called "Clone Source" where the copy direction of the source can be mirrored (as demonstrated in the first video). Is there any way to set this feature in AP as well? Cheers, Timo Quote i7-12700KF, 3.60 GHz, 32GB RAM, SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, Wacom Intuos 4 Tablet, Windows 11 Pro - AP, AD and APublisher V1 and V2https://www.timobierbaum.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dmstraker Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 DarkClown, on 12 Apr 2017 - 5:52 PM, said: Hi Folks, in PS there's a dialog called "Clone Source" where the copy direction of the source can be mirrored (as demonstrated in the first video). Is there any way to set this feature in AP as well? Cheers, Timo yeah it is in the top bar Can't find mirroring in AP clone stamp. Source as Current Layer, etc. but not mirroring. Am I missing something? Quote Dave Straker Cameras: Sony A7R2, RX100V Computers: Win10: Chillblast i9 Custom + Philips 40in 4K & Benq 23in; Surface Pro 4 i5; iPad Pro 11" Favourite word: Aha. For me and for others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmstraker Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 For mirroring a cloned area, you can: Add new pixel layer (Layer/New Layer). Stay on this layer for the steps below. Select Clone Stamp tool. On top bar, set Source: Current Layer & Below. Clone the area you want to mirror, placed only roughly where it should go (it won't yet be mirrored). Arrange/Flip Horizontal (this flips just the cloned area). Use Move tool (arrow on left toolbar) to drag the mirrored clone into exact place. Erase unwanted parts of the cloned area with left toolbar Erase Brush (or use masking). Because this is all done on a new layer, it is non-destructive and can be adjusted later. You can also Layer/Merge Down to squish it into the original layer if you like. Quote Dave Straker Cameras: Sony A7R2, RX100V Computers: Win10: Chillblast i9 Custom + Philips 40in 4K & Benq 23in; Surface Pro 4 i5; iPad Pro 11" Favourite word: Aha. For me and for others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smadell Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 The technique from the Phlearn video was to clone portions of one eye to replace the eye with the eyeglass glare. To account for the right-left issues, the Clone Stamp tool was flipped horizontally (mirrored, as you say). This can all be done in Affinity Photo, through settings in the Context Toolbar. As far as I can tell, the only advantage in Photoshop is that "Scale" option can have different horizontal and vertical percentages (though I personally don't see much of a limitation there). In the screen shot attached, I've chosen to flip the Clone Stamp horizontally, and have done so on the same layer as the photo being altered. Obviously, there is much to be said for using a new pixel layer, and this is heartily recommended! 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...
dmstraker Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Oh yes! The flipping bits seems to have fallen off the right hand edge of my Surface Pro. Little arrow things revealed them. So: Select clone tool. Find 'flip' on top toolbar on right. Maybe clicking little double-arrow thing. Select Flip Horizontal. Clone away! (possibly on a new pixel layer). Thanks, smadell. Learned something new today! Quote Dave Straker Cameras: Sony A7R2, RX100V Computers: Win10: Chillblast i9 Custom + Philips 40in 4K & Benq 23in; Surface Pro 4 i5; iPad Pro 11" Favourite word: Aha. For me and for others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkClown Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Thanks, time to spend some more attention on the controls! Quote i7-12700KF, 3.60 GHz, 32GB RAM, SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, Wacom Intuos 4 Tablet, Windows 11 Pro - AP, AD and APublisher V1 and V2https://www.timobierbaum.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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