evtonic3 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Anyone have a good way to create a Matte Look on a photo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfriedberg Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Matte means no specular highlights, and usually limited shading. Try using a curves adjustment to flatten highlights, then mask out individual surface areas and apply a large radius gaussian blur to equalize shading. Do each area separately to avoid "bleeding" across distinct areas. If you need to retain texture in the individual surface areas, apply the blur to just the lightness/value rather than the full RGB. If you are dealing with a photo with substantial rim-lighting and a heavily sculpted surface, you are unlikely to produce a realistic matte version unless you also mimic ambient lighting in the shadowed areas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 See for example: Matte color macro 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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