Help needed on darkening the street light

[MattRush]

I would like to take the brightest out the street light that's in the centre of Buckingham palace but I dont know how? Any suggestions?

[Dan C]

Hi @MattRush,

Welcome to the Affinity Forums

It's a little hard to be certain from your screenshot provided, however this is likely possible using a combination of the Inpainting tool and the Clone Brush tool -

Could you please upload a copy of the image/.afphoto file shown in your screenshot, so I can provide a screen recording with my suggestions?

If you'd like a private upload link for your document, please don't hesitate to let me know and I can arrange this for you!

[Alfred]

40 minutes ago, Dan C said:

It's a little hard to be certain from your screenshot provided, however this is likely possible using a combination of the Inpainting tool and the Clone Brush tool

If the OP merely wants to reduce the brightness of that light instead of removing it altogether, one simple way is to cover it with a coloured circle that has a Gaussian Blur effect applied. I used a blue-green circle here:

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Alternatively, use  the Flood Select tool with a fairly high Tolerance setting (about 60%?), Contiguous checked. Feather the resulting selection to give a soft, smooth edge and add a Levels adjustment. Dial down Output White to the desired level:

 

[carl123]

2 hours ago, MattRush said:

Buckingham palace

Lot of images on Google for Buck Palace, which will show you what the lamp looks like

Then just clone/manipulate what you need

This is done quickly via Google maps as I could not be bothered to look through hundreds of Google images to find the right one to use