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Subject: [Leica] Spot removal tool--LR4
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:15:20 -0700
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Almost existed back in LR1 already.


On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote:

> Thanks, Richard. In which version of LR was the use of "H" introduced?
>
> Herb
>
>
>  "H" to show the circles of replacement and things being replaced.
>>
>> For heavy duty spot removal, I use CS5. The healing brush is amazing. LR
>> also slows down a lot with spot removal if your file is large.
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>  > I haven't used this tool recently--for sure in LR2, possibly in LR3. In
>>  > LR4, they seem to have improved it to where it no longer works worth a
>>  > damn. I remember removing two strands of a barbed wire fence that were
>>  > between me and a donkey in LR2. It took a while, because it did not
>> work
>>  > like the PS cloner--it replaced a circular area by the area in some
>> other
>>  > direction, e.g. at right angles to the wire. So I had to remove the
>> wire
>>  > one section at a time, which took a while but worked splendidly.
>>  >
>>  > Yesterday, there was part of a picture frame showing at the top of a
>> shot,
>>  > and my wife asked if I could remove it in LR. I said "probably not,"
>> but
>>  > thinking about it, there seemed to be enough clear wall between it and
>> the
>>  > subject of the picture to make removal possible.
>>  >
>>  > No way! It was a colossal failure. 1. I didn't see the replacement
>> pixels
>>  > show up as I was dragging the tool; they clearly showed in LR2. 2. I
>> had to
>>  > wait a number of seconds before I could see what the tool had done. 3.
>> A
>>  > faint image of some lines of the picture frame remained and could not
>> be
>>  > removed. 4. The replaced area was darker than the ostensible source
>> area.
>>  >
>>  > Comments? Observations?
>>  > --
>>  > Herbert Kanner
>>  > kanner at acm.org
>>  > 650-326-8204
>>  >
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