Elaine195 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 (edited) Could anybody tell me how I go about removing the background from the clear balloon please on this image? I have removed the background for the number balloon as you can see from the other image but we sell a lot of these bubble balloons in our shop but I would like to learn how I can remove the background and brighten the bubble balloon element, especially if it has been taken on a background that is a bit dull, or the lighting was not especially great, or if anything has obstructed the background. We are not always able to use a plain background due to space limitations. I would be very grateful for any help. IMG_1759.HEIC Edited March 1, 2021 by Elaine195 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Hi Elaine, Selecting and Masking for background removal is one of the top questions asked with highest frequency over and over agin. There are numeruous training videos available, please have a look by yourself. It is a tedious and hard task. You may use a online service which uses AI for background removal, speeding up this process. Unfortunately, Affinity has no "fast and easy" solution in this case. To be honest, it will be much easier and less time consuming if you could invest a little into taking better images first, instead of trying to heal this in Photo: Use a dedicated flash to intentionally overexpose the background to pure white - this simplifies background removel, or makes it redundant Use a second mobile light to lighten the main object Use a photo background easy to transport, e.g. a roll with foto background and gaffer tape to fix it at a wall or window Regards, Timo Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. My posts focus on technical aspects and leave out most of social grease like „maybe“, „in my opinion“, „I might be wrong“ etc. just add copy/paste all these softeners from this signature to make reading more comfortable for you. Otherwise I’m a fine person which respects you and everyone and wants to be respected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 With the HEIC file use the Pen tool to make an accurate path around the balloons and use that to make a mask, the beauty with using the pen tool is it remains editable. But I'm with @NotMyFault improve the environment and cut editing to a minimum, you could even make a large foldable photo tent. NotMyFault 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 As the preposters already said, try to optimize the environment and minimize reflections. A quick'n'dirty cutout of the actual state would give something like this with minor tweaks, which would need rework of roundness 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...
NotMyFault Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 As firstdefence suggested, drawing a shape with the pen tool, fill with white, no stroke, add a blur of 0.4 pixel, allows to quickly mask the balloon. Ronnie_masking_IMG_1759.afphoto Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. My posts focus on technical aspects and leave out most of social grease like „maybe“, „in my opinion“, „I might be wrong“ etc. just add copy/paste all these softeners from this signature to make reading more comfortable for you. Otherwise I’m a fine person which respects you and everyone and wants to be respected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Demo of pen tool on the images posted by the OP. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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