vanjan Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 I want to erase some curtains from a photo - can anyone tell me an easy way of doing this. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Callum Posted October 5, 2015 Staff Share Posted October 5, 2015 Hi Vanjan, Could you please attach your picture to this thread? So that I can advise on which the best tool to use would be. Could you also please try what I have suggested in this thread :) C Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanjan Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 I am following your instructions but if I use the in-painting tool I seem to have to paint over it loads of times to get rid of the curtains and when I tried selecting and then pressing delete it just left dots where the curtains were. I really am so new to this - its taking me ages! Also, if I brighten the picture or darken it, then the in-painting tool doesn't seem to work anymore. So sorry to be such a pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFisher Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Hi Vanjan! I would suggest the inpainting tool for this, it may take a few attempts to remove the curtains entirely but this should do the job.If the inpainting tool is not working after applying an adjustment or effect, this is because you are now working on a different layer. If you reselect the background layer you should be able to use the tool again :)If this does not help at all, please attach the image you are working with so I can take a closer look. Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanjan Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 Would you believe I can't post the image because it comes up huge. Im not having a very good day it would seem. I'll try and persevere with the in-painting tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 5, 2015 Staff Share Posted October 5, 2015 Hi vanjan, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) There's a 20MB limit upload for each file. If your file is bigger the only way is to use a cloud service like Dropbox to store your file(s) and post/share a link here to access it. JFisher 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanjan Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 OK - thanks for that. I am selecting the piece I want to remove and using in-painting brush to remove it but it keeps painting it lighter and lighter and when I think I'm nearly there it just mirrors an image below it. It can't be right that I have spent 2 hours trying to remove a curtain!! I consider myself to be a fairly bright person but I am losing the will to live right now!! Its not my photo - I am trying to do something for a friend - so I don't feel I can share it with Dropbox. Incidentally I took the photo with an Apple iPhone 6S. Is this the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 5, 2015 Staff Share Posted October 5, 2015 No, the device/camera used to take the photo is irrelevant here. If i understood you correctly you're saying that you have selected the object you want to remove before applying the Inpainting brush... What do you mean? Are you creating a pixel selection around the object? There's no need to select the object first. Just paint with the Inpainting brush over the object you want to remove. Make sure you have the correct layer selected and that's identified as a (Pixel) layer in the Layers panel. If it's idetified as an (Image) layer, right click on it (in the Layers panel) and select Rasterise... then try the Inpainting Tool again. Without seeing the image it's a little difficult to guess what's going on. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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