lama555 Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 which tool to use to change color of parts of background to color of something else in photo? For example, there are streetlights, I want to paint them the color of the sky behind the lights. I am very new to the tool. I thought brush tool could do this but it seems like you have to choose a standard color and cannot choose one from photograph. Eraser? Please advise. Thank you! Larissa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HVDB Photography Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 In most cases the Clone Brush Tool does a pretty good job. Quote Affinity Photo 2.3.1 Laptop MSI Prestige PS42 Windows 11 Home 23H2 (Build 22631.3007) - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz 2.00 GHz - RAM 16,0 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Also the Colour Replacement Tool would be quite useful in this scenario 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...
lama555 Posted December 1, 2018 Author Share Posted December 1, 2018 thanks, ill look into both of those Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polygonius Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 On 11/30/2018 at 8:47 AM, firstdefence said: Also the Colour Replacement Tool would be quite useful in this scenario Really? I always get confused or do wrong strokes... with its AUTOMATICALLY hold last color... Maybe i do not know this tool, do you know a good video which explains??? I prefer a very smooth clone with maybe additive 33% flow.... for such stunts.... but yeah is a lot of edits, with the mosue... so maybe the color replacemt is better, but i just do not understand how its working???? Quote OSX 12.5 / iMac Retina 27" / Radeon Pro 580X / Metall: on! --- WWG1WGA WW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Polygonius said: Really? I always get confused or do wrong strokes... with its AUTOMATICALLY hold last color... Maybe i do not know this tool, do you know a good video which explains??? It is actually one of the most useful tools for making local corrections too. Apart from completely changing colours, it is very useful for clearing up odd bits of colour 'tinge'. e.g. green screen photography often leaves a green tint showing through hair or on the edges of skin. The Colour Replacement Tool easily cleans that up. It is a bit overlooked which is a shame. No video AFAIK. Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanSG Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 9 minutes ago, toltec said: No video AFAIK. No videos from Affinity, but quite a few from users. I haven't watched any, so I've no idea how useful they are. Quote AP, AD & APub user, running Win10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polygonius Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 33 minutes ago, toltec said: It is actually one of the most useful tools for making local corrections too. Apart from completely changing colours, it is very useful for clearing up odd bits of colour 'tinge'. e.g. green screen photography often leaves a green tint showing through hair or on the edges of skin. The Colour Replacement Tool easily cleans that up. It is a bit overlooked which is a shame. Yeah, i guess too, its a powerful tool. But as said, do not understand it really. Ißm eg. looking for a dynamically "sample-brush". Each normal instensity brush samples just the colors wehre you click like the clone. But it always keeps that sample as fill.... as long you do again a new sample.... For example you a tree with 200 green leaves... you just the "greens" in the "texture" of your current brush, like an static image-brush... but on-the-fly-dynamically. And BTW: i would love to have an option for normal intensity brushes generally "take current layer" as bitmap, instead this wide way via export and import via finder/explorer... Quote OSX 12.5 / iMac Retina 27" / Radeon Pro 580X / Metall: on! --- WWG1WGA WW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lama555 Posted December 4, 2018 Author Share Posted December 4, 2018 I used the clone brush tool and that one did the trick with a little finagling. I, too, don't understand the color replacement tool and I couldn't find any good user-made videos on it. So you're saying the purpose of it is to replace certain colors with others already on the photograph? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 You can replace colours with pretty much any colour you like. Something like this . . . Note: This is not a standard Mercedes option It's a really useful tool but it will only work on colours. It wont work on if there is no colour or if the colour has almost no saturation. Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 oops. Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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