2018 Project 52, First Quarter by Janis (purplehaze)

[purplehaze]

Hi Sandy; happy to have you play. I have to say I am pretty impressed. When you or someone else mentioned Snapheal on this forum recently, I went looking for it, but was pretty unimpressed by their promotional images (see the images of the woman walking out of the water, where their post-heal processing reveals some pretty ugly artifacts.

[skitterbug]

Hi Sandy; happy to have you play. I have to say I am pretty impressed. When you or someone else mentioned Snapheal on this forum recently, I went looking for it, but was pretty unimpressed by their promotional images (see the images of the woman walking out of the water, where their post-heal processing reveals some pretty ugly artifacts.

Hi Janis - I very seldom use their post-healing feature but I have enjoyed using their cloning tools. It took me a bit to develop the process but when I really want tedious stuff removed, I'll try it first. However after saying that, if I'd taken time to learn this same trick in Affinity Photo or if I had another really good PP software, I know I would have forced myself to work with those avenues of cloning. Personally, after seeing their current price, it seems a bit steep to me.

[billtils]

... if I'd taken time to learn this same trick in Affinity Photo ...

Sandy

Not sure exactly what you are looking for in "healing" but this video may be worth a look. Cloning is easy in AP too, as described here.

[skitterbug]

Sandy

Not sure exactly what you are looking for in "healing" but this video may be worth a look. Cloning is easy in AP too, as described here.

Hi Bill - I've seen that video - probably last year - but it was worth reviewing. I can clone easily in AP but generally still go to Snapheal first. "Healing" is tricky depending on how "busy" a photo is. In the example video, the demonstrator didn't dwell on those areas where he'd left bits and pieces since he wanted to show how it worked. But if that picture of the waterway had been mine, I would have to tidy up those bits and pieces. The dog scene is easy because there isn't any clutter. Most of the time, I don't fiddle with any healing/cloning unless I want to rid the picture of electrical wiring, posts, etc. I like my photos to show what it is that I saw on the day I took it.
Thanks for the link. I should go back and watch a number of those AP videos to refresh my memory on techniques that I've forgotten or haven't learned to use yet!