jbrent Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 I am using the Afinity Photo desktop version to replace a sky in a photo that has evergreen trees. Everything goes fine, EXCEPT, the border between the masked sky and the picture has white ghosting, looks like frost. I have used the refining tool, but to no avail. I am stumped. I have attached the file for a look. Does anyone have an idea what is causing this issue and how to fix it? I would appreciate any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted April 11, 2018 Staff Share Posted April 11, 2018 Hi @jbrent, Welcome to the forums. You would expect this kind of result if your image is only 640x480. Refine tool mostly works on detecting edges/contrast between your selection. The more pixels you have, the better the mask will come out. On the other hand, on a 640x480, I'm really surprised it's worked this good. You can get away with it by changing the sky to a lighter tone so that it matches the "frost" around the edges. Thanks, Gabe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrent Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 Thanks for the input. The photo you saw was reduced for upload. The actual photo that I worked on was 4864 X 3648. I have never seen the frosting on any of the tutorials I've watched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted April 11, 2018 Staff Share Posted April 11, 2018 Have you still got the .afphoto file? If you attach it I can have a look for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM1 Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 That looks woeful. AP is capable of much better selections. What selection tool did you use to select the sky? Can you post a screen shot of your selection settings? Quote M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen). Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas. Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrent Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 I have attached the apphoto file you asked for and I have attached a screen shot of the desktop using the flood select tool. Any suggestions???? DJI_0146.afphoto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM1 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 I cannot Open this On My IPad. I notice you are using the desktop version so maybe this post needs moving. Hopefully Gabriel can assist further. Quote M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen). Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas. Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchshader Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 the same on the desktop version Quote intel core i5, 16GB 128Gb ssd win10 Pro Huion new 1060plus. philips 272p 2560x1440px on intel HD2500 onboard graphics Razer Tartarus Chroma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted April 12, 2018 Staff Share Posted April 12, 2018 It's the same issue for us here. Can you try to re-upload it or upload it to our dropbox account? https://www.dropbox.com/request/nXLjNtId0RHAtpjmWeVv Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 There is a very good Affinity tutorial with a alternative way to replace a sky using Blend ranges and is worth a watch, move to about 50 seconds and watch from there: Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 I see a lot of "replaced skies" and the biggest mistake made is the sky used to supplant the original sky isn't from the same perspective. People can view such images and know something is wrong but can't quite put their finger on why, so use a sky that is seen from the same viewpoint, elevation etc. It makes a "world" of difference. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 One thing I noticed is that the Tolerance setting is only at 10%. That seems very low to me. Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrent Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 The blend mode tool is amazing. Thank you firstdefence!!! firstdefence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrent Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 Toltec, I am not comfortable with the tolerance setting yet. I understand the concept but do not yet have a feel for where it needs to be set. More practice I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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