johnrt Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Hello, I'm new to the Affinity photo app and I have to say I'm very impressed with it overall, very polished and powerful. One omission for me, I am primarily an astrophotographer, is the dust and scratches tool. Apologies if I have missed it somewhere, if I have, I'd be grateful to know where it's lurking. The dust and scratches tool is an essential part of my workflow in Photoshop (it is used for removing and creating seperate layers containing stars in astro images) and is all that stands between my switching over to Affinity from Photoshop. Regards John Wiredframe and GrayFH 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Leigh Posted February 12, 2015 Staff Share Posted February 12, 2015 I would normally use the Healing brush & Blemish removal tool to remove dust and scratches from images. These can be found here: Welcome to the forum :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnrt Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 Hi Leigh, Yes the healing brush works well, and I normally follow up the dust and scratch tool with this to get rid of any last remnants ofthe stars I'm trying to remove. But, some of my images contain several thousand individual stars - very labour intensive with just the healing / blemish removal brushes! :) The dust and scratch tool is a fantastic for the kind of images I work on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Leigh Posted February 12, 2015 Staff Share Posted February 12, 2015 Thanks for clarifying johnrt! I will pass on your feedback :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimahro Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Hello, I use Affinity on an iMac Retina. ATI GPU Become too hot very quickly. 73°C (163°F) in about 5 minutes with Raw files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrayFH Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I support a dust and scratches tool. I touch up old photographs, and it is far too time wasteful to remove each speck of dust one at a time. Thanks Serif – enjoying AP a lot. Love the Clarity filter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanzz Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 +1 May the fun be with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaz Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 +1 dustbuster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrayFH Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Arrrggghh ... I had to go back and use P'shop today because I needed the dust and scratches filter. I feel tainted! Any news on this Serif? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ.carpenter Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I am also an astrophotographer. The dust and scratches tools is essential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billw51 Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 +1 to a dust and scratches filter. A lot of my workflow is scanning old family photos. No matter how well I clean the photo or the scanner glass there will be some dust. I have an Action in PS the cleans dust spots in a non-destructive manner using a duplicated layer in Darken mode that I apply the D&S filter to. I can then use the layer mask to choose which areas of the image are processed. - Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoWorks Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 +1 Astrophotographer here too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatroom Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Another vote for support for dust removal tool. My objective pointed in completely different direction from above guys (underwater photography) and dedust filter is one of the most helpful tools in workflow, specially for shooting in lakes where backscatter (reflected flash light from particles in water) heavily bites you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnyb Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 New AP beta 1.5 has it 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Sonoma 14.4.1 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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