jmmbee Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Hello - I'm opening a photo (JPG format) in Affinity Photo, and want to make 1 simple edit that I can't figure out how to do: There is a small blue circle shining on the neck of the person being photographed (I think it's coming from the iPhone's camera). So, using the Elliptical Marquee Tool, my first thought is to draw an oval directly over the blue circle. And then, with the computer's cursor, I'd move this oval down to a spot on the person's neck directly below the blue circle... At that point, I'd copy that part of the neck directly below the circle, and then move the Marquee Tool's oval back up so it's over the blue circle again. Then I'd simply paste the copied part of the neck over blue circle. In the past, I've done such a maneuver using Photoshop, and it's always been good enough for covering up weird things like this. Unfortunately, I've tried doing the above in Affinity Photo, and it's not coming close to working. Also, I searched the forums but have not found this exact question being answered. So even though I'm sure it must be simple, it looks like I'll need some guidance in making this happen with Affinity Photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Try using the Patch Tool (J) Press J a few times until you see this icon the J key cycles through the Retouch tools. https://affinity.help/photo/English.lproj/pages/Retouching/retouching_patching.html 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 November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 5 hours ago, jmmbee said: At that point, I'd copy that part of the neck directly below the circle, and then move the Marquee Tool's oval back up so it's over the blue circle again. Then I'd simply paste the copied part of the neck over blue circle. In the past, I've done such a maneuver using Photoshop, and it's always been good enough for covering up weird things like this. If you make an Elliptical Marquee selection and press Ctrl + J (Layer > Duplicate) that will duplicate your selection onto a new layer. If you then select the Move Tool you can move that layer over the area you want to hide. That would be the closest method to what you are used to in Photoshop. Note. Cmd + J on a Mac. Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmmbee Posted November 9, 2018 Author Share Posted November 9, 2018 Thanks to firstdefence and toltec for the replies! I have tried both suggestions, and it looks like either will work about equally well, though I have more experimenting to do with the Patch Tool to fully understand it. At least now I can see a couple options for covering up this blue circle, though so far the results are not quite good enough because the areas I've tried using to cover up the blue circle are not exactly the same color as the neck. Also, I'm seeing some rough spots around the edges of the covering where the pixels don't blend in seamlessly with the pixels on the neck below it. So I'll have to look into some options for smoothing this out (and perhaps darkening a bit) ... But at least now I'm on the right track! Thanks again, Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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