Speed Suggestion: Make Inpainting A Background Process

[ThinkDifferent]

Inpainting is an indispensable tool in Affinity Photo. I've been using it a lot to remove wrinkles from an unfortunate photo backdrop situation. BUT with every selection, I have to wait for the process to complete before moving to the next wrinkle. If inpainting ran in the background with zero wait between selections, this would save a lot of time when we have a huge batch of photos to go through.

I admit I'm using a very old version of Affinity Photo (1.5.2) because I've experienced that it's really the most stable version to run on El Capitan and with our current hardware. So, if this is already available in more recent versions, feel free to let me know and I'll look forward to the upgrade when the time comes! Thank you so much!

[carl123]

7 hours ago, ThinkDifferent said:

So, if this is already available in more recent versions, feel free to let me know

Nope, it's still a foreground task but it may have been improved (quicker?) in later versions

If I have multiple "blemishes" to inpaint on an image I will sometimes use the freehand selection tool (set to Add) to select them all then do an Edit > InPaint command to inpaint them all at once 

[ThinkDifferent]

carl123, good to know, and GREAT suggestion! I'd bet on the newer Macs that all Affinity features are fast as lightning. One of these days perhaps. Also, great suggestion on selecting and then doing Edit > InPaint. I just tested a modified version of your suggestion using the brush tool at 100% flow and hardness, painting all areas on a separate layer, then command+selecting that layer, then selecting the layer to be filled, and it actually works really well this way. I can highlight all issues simultaneously with a single stroke and then run the command. Thank you!