Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > > Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See >http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > > >more information > > > > > >-- >// richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Herbert Kanner kanner at acm.org 650-326-8204 Question authority and the authorities will question you.