MartinK Posted December 7, 2016 Posted December 7, 2016 Hello, is there in Affinity photo a function to clean scenes from unwanted elements like in Photoshop Elements? Regards, Martin
Staff MEB Posted December 7, 2016 Staff Posted December 7, 2016 Hi MartinK, Can you be more specific? What type of elements are you referring to? Dust, scratches, objects? The Inpainting Tool can remove elements from images. Is this what you are looking for? A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
MartinK Posted December 7, 2016 Author Posted December 7, 2016 Hi MEB, the function is named Photomerge - as in Photoshop Elements you can see it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFbosvPq-LY (german) www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfaKXthh5Lo No I don't mean the inpainting tool. For the Photomerge functionality there are many pictures required to receive the best result.
PaulAffinity Posted December 7, 2016 Posted December 7, 2016 Sure. See this Affinity video... Cheers P
MartinK Posted December 7, 2016 Author Posted December 7, 2016 A text from a book (translated): "With the photomerge scene correction you can capture the best areas from a series of similar shots, thus simply eliminating annoying objects. Prerequisites for good results are at least two individual photographs of the motif on which the disturbing persons or cars are located in different positions ..."
MartinK Posted December 7, 2016 Author Posted December 7, 2016 @PaulAffinity: Can you give me a link to see this video in full size?
Staff MEB Posted December 7, 2016 Staff Posted December 7, 2016 Hi MartinK Yes, it's called Stacking. For more info please check Affinity Photo Help ▸ Stacking ▸ Object removal using stacks. You have to use it with a Median stack operator (the icon in the layers panel on the right of the stack). MartinK 1 A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
PaulAffinity Posted December 7, 2016 Posted December 7, 2016 The video tutorials are available exclusively on Vimeo channel http://affin.co/PhotoVids P MartinK 1
MartinK Posted December 7, 2016 Author Posted December 7, 2016 That's great - I just watched the video. Thanx @MEB and @PaulAffinity! Curiously I was already on the menu point stack but I didn't know at the moment that it's like the function Photomerge scene correction as in Photoshop Elements. If I understood correctly, I didn't need also in this case a tripod?
Staff MEB Posted December 7, 2016 Staff Posted December 7, 2016 Yes, you will need a tripod for this. The better the images are lined up/aligned, the better the end result you get. A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
MartinK Posted December 7, 2016 Author Posted December 7, 2016 Hm, but for the Photoshop merge functionality in Photoshop Elements no tripod is required. So for panorama pics you don't need any tripod.
Staff MEB Posted December 7, 2016 Staff Posted December 7, 2016 As long as you keep the camera stable (and depending on the light conditions) you may shot without it but it helps if you want to get better results specially in low/difficult light conditions. Image stacking needs to align/process the exact same image taken at different times from the same place/angle (or with different camera settings), while panoramas just need a small overlapping area to be processed/combined along an axis (all images are different). PaulAffinity 1 A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
MartinK Posted December 7, 2016 Author Posted December 7, 2016 But why isn't it required in Photoshop Elements to have a tripod for the function Photomerge scene correction? If the light conditions are not so good it's anyway advisable to use a tripod.
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