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Zang

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A blank row in the photos - how to fix?
« on: March 29, 2022, 00:14:25 »
Hi all,

I have noticed one of my older camera (Sony Nex6) consistently produces a blank row in the photos. I do not have the ambition to take it apart and fix the hardware, but if anyone knows a trick to fix that row in post-processing, please kindly share :)

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Zang

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Re: A blank row in the photos - how to fix?
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2022, 03:12:04 »
My first thought is to use a small healing brush in either Lightroom or Photoshop. The latter also has the means to select a single row and you could then use Content Aware Fill. However, I have no idea how user-friendly it would be.

Affinity Photo offers similar features to Photoshop.

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Re: A blank row in the photos - how to fix?
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2022, 15:53:16 »
Thanks Ian!

I tried the following trick. I duplicate the layer then shift the top layer one pixel vertically. Then I add a transparency mask and select the one row rectangle and paint the mask. It's a bit of work, but it is not too bad.


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Re: A blank row in the photos - how to fix?
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2022, 16:35:53 »
Thanks Ian!

I tried the following trick. I duplicate the layer then shift the top layer one pixel vertically. Then I add a transparency mask and select the one row rectangle and paint the mask. It's a bit of work, but it is not too bad.

I'll assume the blank pixels are at a fixed horizontal or vertical position for every given image size (small/medium/large). Since you state "row", I'll assume horizontal... Since the blank pixel row does not move, it's a perfect scenario for using Automation.

You should study the Automation topic, there are lots of lessons on YouTube that show how to create a small process that you can launch and will execute all the steps you execute manually.

Basically you record the sequence of actions you would do manually (you enter a record mode when you create a new action), then you save the sequence with a name and optionally you can assign the sequence to one of the f1--f12 keys.

Do a Google search with the following:

automating repetitive photoshop tasks

and you'll find a whole world of answers to your problem

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Re: A blank row in the photos - how to fix?
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2022, 13:59:41 »
You should study the Automation topic, there are lots of lessons on YouTube that show how to create a small process that you can launch and will execute all the steps you execute manually.

Thanks, it's a great hint indeed. The only issue is, I do not have Photoshop :D I am using free Gimp, but I'll check the automation for sure.

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Re: A blank row in the photos - how to fix?
« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2022, 15:32:59 »
As un update, I have found out that the lines are added by Sony free RAW converter  ::)

I tried Capture One Express and there are no bad lines at all!

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Re: A blank row in the photos - how to fix?
« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2022, 16:02:41 »
TANSTAAFL

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Re: A blank row in the photos - how to fix?
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2022, 01:35:43 »
TANSTAAFL

LOL... My Sony NEX6 costs 50 CAD and my lenses are next to nothing. I cannot justify the cost of state of the art software ;)

BTW, Capture One Express is also free :D

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Re: A blank row in the photos - how to fix?
« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2022, 11:38:44 »
i made a similiar experience many years ago: my pictures of Pentax RAW were mosaicing in several programs. Later using Capture one, all pictures were without defects.
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Re: A blank row in the photos - how to fix?
« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2022, 03:50:08 »
i made a similiar experience many years ago: my pictures of Pentax RAW were mosaicing in several programs. Later using Capture one, all pictures were without defects.

I am glad Capture One works for you. It also works OK for me so far.