GFS Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 I'm using the Dodge/Burn brush on a pixel layer. Is there any way in AFPhoto to 'diffuse' a brush when painting? By this I mean, you paint a stroke and can then diffuse, or soften that stroke by using another tool, so that it's effect is softened and becomes less intense with less distinct edges. Sort of like adding water to a water colour painting. Quote Grumpy, but faithful (watch out all you cats) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon1 Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Like Reduce hardness to 0%? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFS Posted April 10, 2017 Author Share Posted April 10, 2017 Hi MBd. No. That's not what I mean. I'm looking at being able to soften the effect of brush strokes 'after the fact' as it were. Sometimes when painting it looks fine as you do it and then you sit back and look at it again and think there's maybe an area that is too strong. My old app lets me switch to a brush that will 'diffuse' or water down the effect of the brush strokes. Very useful. Quote Grumpy, but faithful (watch out all you cats) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon1 Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Add a mask and paInt black the areas you want to hide? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFS Posted April 10, 2017 Author Share Posted April 10, 2017 Yes, but not quite the same simplicity. It's such a lovely tool, I'm missing it quite a bit in AFP. Ho hum. Quote Grumpy, but faithful (watch out all you cats) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon1 Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 You can set your layer blend mode to soft light and then use a 50% grey brush Or you can use the eraser with low opacity and hardnes Or the smudge tool (there are also some smudge tool brushes from Paolo available) Not really sure what the other tool that you mention does differently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEcHNOpls Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Can you provied some viausal aids as to what you want to achieve? From my perspective it's very vague what you want to achieve. (screenshots, video grabs, or similar are best). Also, I undestand it's some kind of tool parameter, on/off type. Not something you can apply to an old painting? Quote "I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK, I sleep all night, and I work all day..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFS Posted April 10, 2017 Author Share Posted April 10, 2017 Okay. So just to be clear, I can use this brush on any layer type ... image or adjustment, not just paint. What it's doing is diffusing the layer's (brush) mask. It just sort of waters it down. It's not just blurring, because it's becoming increasingly transparent at the same time. The heavy jpeging of the video makes it look a bit blocky, but you get the idea. Quote Grumpy, but faithful (watch out all you cats) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon1 Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 that is pretty much the exact result of the smudge tool you can adjust Strength to 100% and flow sth. like 2% ... works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFS Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 I just tried the smudge tool in AFP, in the same scenario as my video ... and it smudges. It's not the same thing. I have a separate tool for smudging in my old app. (I'm also reminded how incredibly fast my old app is). I'll make a feature request, because it's such a nice brush to have. anon1 1 Quote Grumpy, but faithful (watch out all you cats) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Filters > Noise > Diffuse Then some Gaussian Blur Comes close to the final output in your video You can also then reduce the opacity to make it more transparent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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