Dietmar.Harms Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 How can I combine some group photos so that everybody smiles and has his eyes open? I read in MacLife magazine from July 2019 that this is possible in an automated way in Affinity Photo, but I can't find this function. I found stacks for HDR, exposure, noise reduction, , object removal, focus merging ... but not the feature above. What am I missing? Is there a tutorial around? Best, Dietmar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted September 11, 2019 Staff Share Posted September 11, 2019 Hi Dietmar.Harms I believe you're referring to the following - Quote Affinity Photo can merge a burst of handheld snaps into a layered document and align them, so you can blend the best bits of a group portrait and have everyone smiling. I'm not 100% certain which feature MacLife are referring to, so I'll try to outline both for you! Live Stack- https://affinity.serif.com/tutorials/photo/desktop/video/295557964/ This technique is usually used to remove people from landscape shots - but it certainly could work for a group portrait shot, depending on the specific images. Try File>New Stack and add your images and leave the alignment options at default. Once your Stack is created, try changing the Stack Operator (Median is default) to see if any of these work for your images. Focus Merge - https://affinity.serif.com/tutorials/photo/desktop/video/295557891 Another option could be to use a Focus Merged image, then use the Clone tool and Sources panel to select the 'best' face from each image for each of your subjects, then clone this from the original image into the focus merged image. I've covered this topic further here - https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/59621-multiple-action-exposure-outlier-blend-help/ I hope this helps Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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