Carbon6T Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 https://youtu.be/3lL8XUUWg_Q Is there a way of using this or a similar technique in Affinity Photo to remove dark circles under eyes, without removing the skin texture? Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Filters > Frequency Separation (set to about 3px Create a New Pixel layer and place it in-between the high and low frequency layers change the blend mode to lighter colour Select a Basic brush with some blurring and also select a colour from the cheek area using the picker on the colour panel. Use the brush to paint over the area's under the eyes You can alter the pixel layers opacity if needed. Jörn Reppenhagen, Lisbon and Alfred 3 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, 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...
Carbon6T Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 That works very well. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 8 hours ago, Carbon6T said: That works very well. Thank you Happy to help. 👍 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, 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...
firstdefence Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 You could also apply a bit of gaussian blur fx to bring back a bit of eye shape definition. It's all part of the fun tweaking until you get something that looks natural. Before Gaussian Blur After applying a bit of gaussian blur Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, 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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