ve2cjw Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 In ON1 Perfect Photos, there is way to select the sky which works by color range so the sky pieces that are in between the tree branches can be selected without touching them. When the whole sky is in a mask, you can then modify it or simply replace it with another image. I would like to see a similar option in Affinity Photo and I think a lot of people woud love it. Maybe there ia a similar option in Photo but I haven't seen it. Another item in ON1 is called the Perfect Brush. It permits selecting near an edge without getting close to it. If the center of the brush doesn't touch the edge, everything near will be selected. That would be nice also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brunzenstein Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 APhoto can do exactly that. Have a look at their help videos. Quote Mac print publishing X-Press & Adobe hostage, cooking on extrem high level, subscribing with joy to US Cooks Illustrated & Foreign Affairs, the british Spectator and the swiss Weltwoche - absolute incompatible publications Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 10, 2017 Staff Share Posted January 10, 2017 Hi ve2cjw, Have you tried to use the Refine Selection dialog to fine tune the selection? Check this video tutorial about refining tricky selections. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ve2cjw Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 I had seen these 2 videos and found them interesting. But, in ON1, it is much simpler to do what I want and it can be done in a single operation, not by using channels. As to the refining, it doesn't come even close to the perfect brush for doing the job in ON1. You simply hover near the edge and everything gets selected. Well, we can always hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brunzenstein Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 In ON1 Perfect Photos, there is way to select the sky which works by color range so the sky pieces that are in between the tree branches can be selected without touching them. When the whole sky is in a mask, you can then modify it or simply replace it with another image. I would like to see a similar option in Affinity Photo and I think a lot of people woud love it. This option is actually available in AP. Just select the color range and your done. Thats similar to ON1 pretty sufficient for amateur use or when the color differences between to select and selected areas are strong enough to easily be determined . Anyhow - if thats not the case the mentioned alternatives are aimed at professional purposes as no program in this very milky way is able to determine very subtle color differences in a picture so manual work is essential for professional output. PaulAffinity 1 Quote Mac print publishing X-Press & Adobe hostage, cooking on extrem high level, subscribing with joy to US Cooks Illustrated & Foreign Affairs, the british Spectator and the swiss Weltwoche - absolute incompatible publications Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbytobiz Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 On 1/10/2017 at 10:23 AM, brunzenstein said: APhoto can do exactly that. Have a look at their help videos. I'm trying to use this technique on another image to enhance the sky, not the trees. When I try to rt. click on the Blue Pixel layer to create a gray scale mask, it does not open the Blue pixel box. Ive tried to rasterize the layer (designated as pixel), no help. Suggestions??? Quote MacBook Pro 15", Mid 2012, AP V 1.10.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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