Lich555 Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 Hello. I've got the photo below. What's the most efficient way to make the background white? The way I usually do this is by selecting the background, mostly using Slection Brush Tool. Is there any faster, simpler way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 Are you bothered about keeping the colours the same, or would you allow for some (maybe small) colour changes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 I would select the background and use either the Recolour adjustment with 0 for the saturation (and play with the lightness to get the amount of "white") or use an HSL adjustment and again set the saturation to 0 (and again play with the lightness). Hardest part is selecting the fingers and leaves that are not in sharp focus. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisbon Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 There is a way that involves making a copy of the channel with the best contrast, in this case the blue... but this is a lot of work. Try a Live Procedural Texture instead. You can save this procedural texture as a preset. The letter "B" represents the Blue Channel. Almost there but there is a small problem. The color of the finger nails is gone. Take a black brush and paint on the procedural texture mask over the areas that need to be restored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 Select the Selection Brush Tool (W) and use these settings. Brush over the Cactus, pot and hand etc until you have made a good selection Click on The refine... button see previous screenshot and if you are happy with the selection use the settings in the next screenshot and click apply Now you can add a Fill layer and colour it to your taste, as in White. Exhibit A Lich555 1 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...
Lich555 Posted December 16, 2022 Author Share Posted December 16, 2022 On 12/15/2022 at 2:52 PM, GarryP said: Are you bothered about keeping the colours the same, or would you allow for some (maybe small) colour changes? Do you mean about hand + plant colours? I'm change it too so if the changes you wanna make are not drasitcally it's ok On 12/15/2022 at 5:15 PM, Old Bruce said: I would select the background and use either the Recolour adjustment with 0 for the saturation (and play with the lightness to get the amount of "white") or use an HSL adjustment and again set the saturation to 0 (and again play with the lightness). Hardest part is selecting the fingers and leaves that are not in sharp focus. But it doesn't make it faster than my method because you still gotta select the background manually, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardMH Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Flood selection tool might work for you. Untick contiguous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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