Lez Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Not sure if you mean the blurred left side with creamy here? Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 I clicked on this just to see some creaminess and was very disappointed lol! Looks like a bit of localised lens blur. 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...
Fixx Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Or maybe something like this? Add negative clarity several times and some strong noise removal. Negative clarity is available only in develop mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanSG Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Take the picture with a long lens and a wide aperture. Having a large sensor helps, too. In AP you can selectively sharpen parts of the image and selectively blur others. Quote AP, AD & APub user, running Win10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Filters\Blur\Depth Of Field Blur... Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDPR-365024 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Other than the shallow depth of field (low F stop) it's not so much as being 'creamy' ... the image is underexposed. The blacks are muddy (ie empty, weak, not strong with detail). Compare the blacks in your posted image to the one @Fixx posted. If you want that look pull back your blacks ... 1) Levels—move the shadow slider a little to the right or 2) Curves—move the bottom left node slightly upwards. Back in the film days this was quite common with high ISO film that just didn't have enough exposure—Believe me, I used to shoot a lot of stage plays To emulate that look try ISO1600 and above... Edit: On second thoughts try ISO 400 - 800 and add a bit of film grain (you don't want digital noise). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verysame Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 59 minutes ago, PedroOfOz said: Other than the shallow depth of field (low F stop) it's not so much as being 'creamy' ... the image is underexposed. The blacks are muddy (ie empty, weak, not strong with detail). Compare the blacks in your posted image to the one @Fixx posted. If you want that look pull back your blacks ... 1) Levels—move the shadow slider a little to the right or 2) Curves—move the bottom left node slightly upwards. Back in the film days this was quite common with high ISO film that just didn't have enough exposure—Believe me, I used to shoot a lot of stage plays To emulate that look try ISO1600 and above... Edit: On second thoughts try ISO 400 - 800 and add a bit of film grain (you don't want digital noise). The "muddy" look (in general referred as matte look, faded matte look, matte style...) is a look, there's no right or wrong. To be exact, in the image that Fixx posted the blacks read 0,0,0, they're gone. Assuming you're referring to the Black Level, your advice # 1 is wrong, you need to move the Gamma slider to the left. Quote Andrew - Win10 x64 AMD Threadripper 1950x, 64GB, 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD + 2TB, dual GTX 1080ti Dual Monitor Dell Ultra HD 4k P2715Q 27-Inch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDPR-365024 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 13 minutes ago, verysame said: Assuming you're referring to the Black Level, your advice # 1 is wrong, you need to move the Gamma slider to the left. Yeah, my bad. Without checking in APh I was thinking of PS Output Levels which moves to the right! Your definition of muddy is somewhat different to my experience. Considering I pro worked in technical, medical, performance photography as well as a decade of pro printing in a trad dardroom I've learnt something new. Thankyou! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verysame Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 2 minutes ago, PedroOfOz said: Yeah, my bad. Without checking in APh I was thinking of PS Output Levels which moves to the right! Makes sense, it can be confusing indeed, it happens to me more often than not! :) Quote Andrew - Win10 x64 AMD Threadripper 1950x, 64GB, 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD + 2TB, dual GTX 1080ti Dual Monitor Dell Ultra HD 4k P2715Q 27-Inch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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