Mike Kwasniak Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Hi. I am currently running an AFFINITY PHOTO class for Suffolk Mac User Group members, here in Ipswich. One member, a professional designer, has a question I cannot answer (because I've never heard of the tool he's looking for) and I wondered if anyone could help with a definitive Yes or No? He asks: A random, but important question (for me at least), is whether AP has the equivalent of PS’s ‘descreen’ tool. I have searched several times for it but have a feeling they have called it something totally different. In PS it neatly removes printers’ screening in images, albeit with some downside on definition. In the world of original photo processing this is something which I’m sure is never an issue but when using images from repro sources the print screen is a major obstacle. Can anyone help? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Welcome to the forum! No there is no direct equivalent counterpart to this PS "Descreen tool", but you can get similar results by using instead APhoto denoise filters, the healing tools etc. in order to fix blemishes, scratches, noise/grain and the like from scanned in printer images. 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...
toltec Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 2 hours ago, Mike Kwasniak said: A random, but important question (for me at least), is whether AP has the equivalent of PS’s ‘descreen’ tool. I have searched several times for it but have a feeling they have called it something totally different. In PS it neatly removes printers’ screening in images, albeit with some downside on definition. In the world of original photo processing this is something which I’m sure is never an issue but when using images from repro sources the print screen is a major obstacle. Printer noise is also called Moire. It is basically the dots used in the print haltone process interfering with the scanner.. Use the special FFT Denoise filter to descreen it. Kabeljauws and Xzenor 1 1 Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kwasniak Posted November 8, 2018 Author Share Posted November 8, 2018 Thank you both for your very speedy response. I will pass this information on to our member right now - much appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterdanckwerts Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 I see that this is quite an ancient discussion, but there is still no dedicated descreen option in Affinity Photo. The Denoise options were useless. However, I have found that enlarging the image considerably and then applying Box Blur works very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 See this link: Quote Windows 11, Affinity Photo 2.4.2 Designer 2.4.2 and Publisher 2.4.2 (mainly Photo). CPU: Intel Core i5 8500 @ 3.00GHz. RAM: 32.0GB DDR4 @ 1063MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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