Eraser Limit Improvement

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From my use/testing, the Limit feature targets the source material above the set Limit threshold, but still applies reduction amount based on the reduction amount.

If your intent is to erase something only down to the noise floor level of the source material, you have to set the db reduction amount to match.

It would be great if there was a way, to have a tool button option that links these settings to be complimentary to one another, so that the reduction amount is also limited, thus the user doesn’t have to worry about over-reduction, and they only have to set one parameter to get the intended behaviour and not spend time test-erasing to get the right balance of limit and reduction.

Video Description: Initially I try erasing the noise floor to show that the target limit is functioning in that I cannot erase the noise floor. I move the mouse to the left to erase the intended area but you can see that it erases below noise floor level, ie: the eraser target limit has correctly identified the target section as being above the limit threshold, but then over applies reduction to the target below the noise floor.

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Another idea to add is the ability to change the frequency-linearity of the limiting. This would be presented as a box with different lines the user can select.

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ie, both noise floor and subject material obviously isn’t the same from low frequency to high frequency. This would make it very easy for users to erase seamlessly and quickly without creating detectable artifacts, over erasing, etc. Allow users to create and store their own curves.

Of all the features in SL and competing products, I probably still use eraser the most. Not sure if other users have the same experience.

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AH, I just saw your post. I actually made a very similar request to yours, to extend the threshold controls on the eraser tool, but, then also to combine it with the transfer tool, as I am increasingly looking for an “erase to layer” type function that the transfer tool doesn’t quite satisfy, but would also leverage these features nicely for a similar type of task.

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