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Jan 8, 2021 14:35:06   #
Here is the procedure:
1. Buy Affinity; cost now is about $49.00,
2. Buy a book (or two, three) on Affinity and read it (them), and learn the MANY available techniques,
3. Practice with the program to find out which technique solves your problem.
Replacing objects is one of the most valuable features of a PP program to professionals.
Your question asks for an easy one (maybe two) click solution to a very sophisticated procedure.
At preset, there is no 1 (maybe 2) click solution to this problem.
Another way of saying this is, "there ain't no free lunch ". It takes time, energy, money and dedication to
acquire knowledge and skills.
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Jan 4, 2021 12:15:19   #
You cannot beat Affinity! I have read about Affinity's deficiencies in editing RAW here in UHH. What the detractors don't tell you is that Affinity has a two ways to process RAW. Quick and easy (almost automatic) and more thorough and complex (if you choose). Probably 99% of the time you can get by with quick and easy. The pundits complain that editing RAW is destructive. That is absolutely false. Editing jpegs is destructive (if you don't make a copy to begin with). Affinity has an endless parade of techniques available for editing RAW non-destructively; the most obvious way is to simply make a copy of the RAW file to begin with; the duplicating process takes one keystroke to a prompt. The various ways to use non-destructive layers and masks is almost endless. There must be a hundred videos on this subject. All the more advanced techniques use masks, and all the mask and layer techniques are non-destructive. The price is right-$50.00. Updates are free; just download them. There are now a half dozen 'textbooks' available on the internet explaining and guiding you through hundreds of different PP techniques. All too many people are 'hung-up' on 'free' and what the 'deficiencies' are. You might want to consider what Affinity can actually 'accomplish'. There are also literally hundreds of videos available on Youtube, from individual entrepreneurs,and on Affinity's 'help' screens. I have yet to think about a PP problem that I can't find several videos explaining it along with chapters from more than one book. And last but not least, all of this is in 'your computer' and in 'your bookcase', not on someone else's 'cloud'. I forgot! If you use the third party books and you don't understand something, just email the author at the email address (they give you these addresses in all the books). I do it all the time; usually I get a response(s) in minutes or at most in hours; you can't get that kind of service from PS; not even for $120.00 per year. Bottom line, if you are interested in actually learning PP, you cannot do yourself a better favor than to get Affinity (pay the $50.00 for the program and buy a book or two, these guys have really earned - and continue to earn - their reward). There is no deficiency in the quantity (and quality) of information available (more than you will probably ever use) for free (at least half of it), but you have to take the initiative to use it. There is also a biblical concept to consider; every worker is worth his pay. Even Scrooge was finally forced to see the truth and efficacy of that statement.
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Dec 29, 2019 10:54:38   #
Fantastic! The amount of truth in this one picture is almost beyond comprehension.
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Aug 22, 2019 11:47:43   #
We live a couple of miles from Pea Ridge. The final battle took place on a gently sloping piece of ground of size about a few acres. When you stand there, it is hard to visualize 25,000 men some crouching up slope behind a few skinny trees ( confederates) and small Abraham Lincoln style fences (union) down slope trying to kill each other on such a minute piece of dirt. The cannon were essentially firing at each other at point blank range. It is mesmerizing every time we go there. The confederates finally retired and passed about a mile from our house on the way to Bentonville, Ar and then further south.
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Jul 9, 2019 10:30:25   #
You need to become acquainted with "focus stacking". Affinity has excellent capabilities in this area. I use it for the same sorts of shoots. It is not free, it costs 40 bucks. But, sometimes you just have to pay for the benefits you demand. There is FARTOOMUCH emphasis put on free stuff. You get what you pay for. If you have a lot of free stuff, that doesn't mean you are any good at photography, it just means that you are really cheap and parsimonious.
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Jul 8, 2019 18:55:23   #
Obama would bow to and kiss the ass of any and every dictator he could get an audience with. Quite frankly, I am tired of looking at his the seat of his pants.
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Jul 8, 2019 13:53:10   #
If Cuba is such a wonderful place to live, why don't you lead by example and move there to live? I am sure we would be more impressed if there were citizen's groups that were all extolling the virtues of a c*******t dictatorship. Sounds likevyour calling might be to organize them. If they did not cooerate you could always k**l them with the governments blessings.
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Jul 8, 2019 10:12:50   #
Sounds like you have been sucking up too much AOC.
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Jul 8, 2019 09:56:10   #
If
they throw butt in prison don't come crying to us!
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May 11, 2019 12:02:59   #
1. Affinity by Serif does a marvelous job of converting RAW to B&W. It is not free however.
2. The software developers cannot foot the bill for developing state of the art programs and then give them
away for free. You should be willing to compensate a man for his work.
3. In your career did you work for free? I doubt it. You expected to be paid for your time and effort. So does
Serif.
Bill Sproul
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Sep 22, 2018 20:37:17   #
Depends upon who the gardner is.
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Sep 22, 2018 20:36:20   #
1. This type of action is not unique to crows. Try chickens and turkeys. The term "pecking order" was not just a random term picked out of thin air.
2. I grew up on a daily diet of fried chicken and turkey as a result of this daily type of behavior among birds.
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Sep 17, 2018 19:48:20   #
Having just returned from the MD's office for treatment for a spider bite that we at first thought was from a brown recluse, I say, "squash the little SOB".
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Sep 14, 2018 23:30:53   #
I HATE spiders. A can of RAID is all I can think of!
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Aug 28, 2018 10:06:34   #
An obvious invitation for an application of RAID!
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