tja Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Dear Affinity Support: Between Aperture and Photoshop, I am having a very difficult time understanding how to diagnose and repair the images that I shoot in RAW. As a result, I'm looking for some new software. I hope Affinity Photo might be an option. Please see the attached screenshot as a typical example. You can see the "speckles" of white, especially on the left-hand side of the image. My question is: 1) What technical term should I use to describe the "speckles"? 2) Is there a feature in Affinity Photo that would easily let me remove them? Aperture has the "retouch" brush, but that means I have to do it for every single dot. Photoshop has a 'dust remover', but in applying that, it also distorts the image. Any and all answers/insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff James Ritson Posted July 31, 2016 Staff Share Posted July 31, 2016 Hi Tim, there isn't a filter in the current Mac App Store build (1.4.2) of Photo that will automate the process of removing those speckles (random artefacts I suppose you could call them!). There is however a new Dust & Scratches filter coming in Photo 1.5 that should be exactly what you'd need to remove those. There should be a 1.5 Beta of Photo available soon that you could download and try out. For the speckles in the image you attached you would typically use a small radius and tolerance. Any fine detail loss could then be restored by going back over key areas with the Undo brush set to a low-ish opacity. Sorry that there isn't a specific filter to help you out right now, but there will be in the near future! anon1 1 Quote Product Expert (Affinity Photo) & Product Expert Team Leader @JamesR_Affinity for tutorial sneak peeks and more Official Affinity Photo tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tja Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 Dear James, Many thanks for the reply. I look forward to the release of the 1.5 version of Photo. How soon is 'soon'? Cheers, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff James Ritson Posted August 2, 2016 Staff Share Posted August 2, 2016 According to Photo's lead developer there should be a beta sometime this week! Being a beta, some features won't be functional or complete, but from prior testing the dust and scratches filter will certainly be functional. Hope that helps. tja 1 Quote Product Expert (Affinity Photo) & Product Expert Team Leader @JamesR_Affinity for tutorial sneak peeks and more Official Affinity Photo tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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