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I have several photos with items in them that need removing. That bit is easy – the tricky bit is making the replacement pixels look natural.
If I just delete the unwanted portion, the healing and patch tools don’t have any impact on the transparent gap that has been left. Flattening the image to leave a white gap doesn’t seem to help either. So what I’ve been doing is this:
1) Unlock background layer
2) Select and delete the offending item
3) Sample colour from adjacent pixels and paint in the empty area
4) Use patch or heal tool to get the replacement pixels looking more
like their surrounding ares
5) Use the blur tool to smooth out the differences between sections.
The result is fine for web use, but these pics may be needed for print.
Being Photoshop, of course there are numerous ways to achieve anything. I’d be really interested to know what methods others employ in this situation.
Thanks in advance for your comments.
Jo
If I just delete the unwanted portion, the healing and patch tools don’t have any impact on the transparent gap that has been left. Flattening the image to leave a white gap doesn’t seem to help either. So what I’ve been doing is this:
1) Unlock background layer
2) Select and delete the offending item
3) Sample colour from adjacent pixels and paint in the empty area
4) Use patch or heal tool to get the replacement pixels looking more
like their surrounding ares
5) Use the blur tool to smooth out the differences between sections.
The result is fine for web use, but these pics may be needed for print.
Being Photoshop, of course there are numerous ways to achieve anything. I’d be really interested to know what methods others employ in this situation.
Thanks in advance for your comments.
Jo
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