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Hi,

I'm using Affinity Photo to edit hand painted textures for game use. I'm trying to separate out the painted stuff and generate a clean, solid alpha channel for game use, that is, no grays except for antialiasing at the very edges. In PS, I'd grab the red or blue channel, up the contrast, clean any dust or blips and use that as the alpha. In Affinity, when I try the Filter>Erase White Paper I get a subtle transparency in the stuff that should be opaque, and a subtle haze/translucency in the stuff that should be invisible in the game. Any suggestions for a quick workflow that would clear out something like this? I would think it would be easy, but I'm pretty new and can't figure out the steps. Thanks in advance!

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You try this method I've just worked out.

  • Select a curves adjustment and set it to look like this

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  • Right click on the curves adjustment layer and select merge down
  • Press Option + Command and click on the background layer
  • Go to Filters > Colours > Erase white paper
  • test cleanness by dropping a fill layer with black underneath the background layer.

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7 hours ago, firstdefence said:
  • Select a Levels Curves adjustment and set it to look like this
  • Right click on the levels Curves adjustment layer and select merge down

 

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I was never here ;)

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On 9/30/2019 at 1:15 PM, firstdefence said:

I was never here ;)

Who said that? :o

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