meyer.wil Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 I am quite new to using Affinity Photo, sorry if this is something which should be obvious. I have a photo of a drawing with hand drawn lines on paper. The paper also has ruled lines on it. I want to separate the hand drawn lines and move them to a layer. The contrast in the image is poor, but using auto contrast lifts background noise too much. Frequency separation seems promising, but I have not yet found anything which will isolate the lines I want without a large amount of tedious work. Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff NathanC Posted May 3, 2023 Staff Share Posted May 3, 2023 Hi @meyer.wil, If you could possibly share the Photo you're referring to we can look at ways you may be able to achieve this. Also, to clarify did you want all hand drawn lines and ruled lines on separate pixel layers? Many thanks 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meyer.wil Posted May 3, 2023 Author Share Posted May 3, 2023 The exact content is not essential. The attached scan should be sufficient as an example. In this instance, I want the pencil lines isolated to a layer, but if the ruled lines may illustrate a different aspect of the technique, then I would like to see with those, as well. Thanks for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David in Яuislip Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 How's this? separatedlines.afphoto Quote Microsoft Windows 11 Home, Intel i7-1360P 2.20 GHz, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Intel Iris Xe Affinity Photo - 24/05/20, Affinity Publisher - 06/12/20, KTM Superduke - 27/09/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meyer.wil Posted May 3, 2023 Author Share Posted May 3, 2023 53 minutes ago, David in Яuislip said: How's this? Good. And how is it done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David in Яuislip Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 Isolate drawn lines using blend ranges - cog in layers panel Merge visible twice Set top layer to multiply and merge down Turn off new layer On first layer reset blend ranges Rectangular marquee around the drawn lines with a decent margin Edit/Inpaint NotMyFault 1 Quote Microsoft Windows 11 Home, Intel i7-1360P 2.20 GHz, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Intel Iris Xe Affinity Photo - 24/05/20, Affinity Publisher - 06/12/20, KTM Superduke - 27/09/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meyer.wil Posted May 3, 2023 Author Share Posted May 3, 2023 OK. Unknown territory for me, so I must feel my way through. Thanks for the assistance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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