Phily Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Hello, I have an image taken at an exhibition and because of the spotlighting, there's a vignette around the artwork (I cropped most of it out but it's still noticeablein the corners). What is the best way to get an even white wall across the whole surface of the wall (while still keeping the shadow lines directly around the artwork for depth)? I tried with the clone brush, dodge brush and inpainting tool but without much succes. I also tried with an image of a blank wall without any lighting on it and tried blending it as a layer (only the wall) with the original image but it didn't look natural either. I know this should be a simple fix but just can't find the right method to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 If you want it on a white background, you might as well just crop the image (losing the shadows), enlarge the canvas, add a white Fill Layer background and add your own shadows back to the image via the FX panel Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phily Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 1 minute ago, carl123 said: If you want it on a white background, you might as well just crop the image (losing the shadows), enlarge the canvas, add a white Fill Layer background and add your own shadows back to the image via the FX panel The background needs to be/look like the actual wall it hanged on. It thought about adding the shadows to make making the wall even across the surface easier (still didn't look great though) but it doesn't look natural with added shadows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara72 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Hi, you could just use the Dodge Brush Tool to lighten the dark edges, reduce the opacity slightly, about 70% and use a soft big brush to swipe around the edges a few times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 How about the Remove Vignette filter? Under Filters Dropdown > Color. Destructive, but what the heck. Just do it on a copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 You rebel Jimmyjack lol! Or you can select the image, ignore the shadow, the top right corner is a bit down from square, Invert the selection and add a brightness and Contrast Adjustment filter moving the brightness all the way to the right 100% the shadow will lighten a bit but will be in keeping with the brightness of the walls. 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...
John Rostron Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 7 hours ago, Phily said: The background needs to be/look like the actual wall it hanged on. Perhaps you could add a bit of texture to the wall/fill layer to make it a bit more wall-like. You will need to rasterize the fill layer first (to convert it to a pixel layer). You could try adding some Perlin noise then fade it. John Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 There are several ways to do that, another one is just to use and play with the illumination settings (which BTW can also add texture to the wall if desired) ... 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...
Phily Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 Thanks, everyone. Some good techniques. I will try these out and see which one works best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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