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Programs for removing things from photos?
Nov 17, 2011 07:20:36 #
What is a good program for removing unwanted items in your photos? I took this pic of one of my horses and really like it, but don't like the wire. How can I remove it? Am using Picasa, and Photoexplosion.
Nov 17, 2011 07:28:07 #
Any program that has the clone painting tool will work. Of course it should go without saying, but photoshop is the best. If you need more help please let me know.
Nov 17, 2011 07:44:11 #
paintedhorses wrote:
What is a good program for removing unwanted items in your photos? I took this pic of one of my horses and really like it, but don't like the wire. How can I remove it? Am using Picasa, and Photoexplosion.
From horse person to another...love your photo. We can never have too many, eh?
Ok...so here's what I did with Photoshop Elements 4: I cloned the wire out of the image and saved it for you so you can crop it the way you like it. Then I did my crop and adjusted the white balance (the background was a bit washed out).
Hope you like it. Happy trails~
original
edit - wire removed
edit - cropped & white balance adjusted
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Nov 17, 2011 08:07:47 #
NICE JOB Simply knowing how to clone is not necessarily enough. It does take a steady hand and a bit of patience. Often you can see where someone tried to clone but simply ran a line from above the to be cloned area. Or they do so repeatedly and get what I have nick named a stutter effect. So, very nice job on this one.
Nov 17, 2011 08:36:52 #
GaZoomIn wrote:
NICE JOB Simply knowing how to clone is not necessarily enough. It does take a steady hand and a bit of patience. Often you can see where someone tried to clone but simply ran a line from above the to be cloned area. Or they do so repeatedly and get what I have nick named a stutter effect. So, very nice job on this one.
Thank you. Sometimes I need to use the bandaid tool after a big clone. It helps eliminate the 'stutters'! <giggles>
Nov 17, 2011 09:03:08 #
RockinRobinG wrote:
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Thank you very much. I really like your crop and edit. I am just starting to play around with software programs to fix photos. I have alot to learn. I like how you adjusted the white balance. And no, we can never have too many horses! The boy in this pic is a champagne-colored TWH. His name is Crash. I plan on doing some endurance riding with him next year......
Nov 17, 2011 09:08:56 #
paintedhorses wrote:
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Glad you liked it. Have a blast on your endurance riding!
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Nov 17, 2011 11:34:10 #
GaZoomIn wrote:
NICE JOB Simply knowing how to clone is not necessarily enough. It does take a steady hand and a bit of patience. Often you can see where someone tried to clone but simply ran a line from above the to be cloned area. Or they do so repeatedly and get what I have nick named a stutter effect. So, very nice job on this one.
One way to avoid the "cloned" stutter look is to use a soft brush and change the size of the brush often.
Nov 17, 2011 11:40:44 #
paintedhorses wrote:
What is a good program for removing unwanted items in your photos? I took this pic of one of my horses and really like it, but don't like the wire. How can I remove it? Am using Picasa, and Photoexplosion.
Picasa!?
That's the FIRST program I use when editing, then others for more fine-tuning...
Use the retouching tool on the very first tab... adjust your circle (they call it a brush lol) to a little larger than the width of the wire and bit-by-bit... click on the wire and then move the circle to an area of the horse that is nearby to replace the clicked area with.
The program does it "real time" so you can see what you're replacing the bit of wire with inside the circle before you click again to set it.
When you're happy, and even every once in a while to be safe, click "apply retouching" to save your work... and when you're happy... you're done!
Nov 17, 2011 14:03:29 #
Wow! You ladies have given me some great advice. Here is a pic of my other horse, Cruz, a Paso Fino. This pic had the same wire running across in front of him. I took it into Picasa and removed the wire, then adjusted the white balance, and voila! How is my very first attempt? Don't be afraid to tell it like it is, I need to learn.
Cruz
Nov 17, 2011 14:12:45 #
paintedhorses wrote:
Wow! You ladies have given me some great advice. Here is a pic of my other horse, Cruz, a Paso Fino. This pic had the same wire running across in front of him. I took it into Picasa and removed the wire, then adjusted the white balance, and voila! How is my very first attempt? Don't be afraid to tell it like it is, I need to learn.
Now SEE!?
You DID it!!
Well done *beams*
Nov 17, 2011 15:28:05 #
paintedhorses wrote:
Wow! You ladies have given me some great advice. Here is a pic of my other horse, Cruz, a Paso Fino. This pic had the same wire running across in front of him. I took it into Picasa and removed the wire, then adjusted the white balance, and voila! How is my very first attempt? Don't be afraid to tell it like it is, I need to learn.
Have no clue where the wire ran. Perfect.
Nov 17, 2011 15:32:08 #
paintedhorses wrote:
What is a good program for removing unwanted items in your photos? I took this pic of one of my horses and really like it, but don't like the wire. How can I remove it? Am using Picasa, and Photoexplosion.
Photoshop elements 9 has a content aware feature in its healing brush application. works very well.
Nov 17, 2011 19:29:50 #
Again, thanks so much. Now I can go back through alot of photos and fix em up!
Cheryl~
Cheryl~
Nov 17, 2011 20:30:15 #
paintedhorses wrote:
Wow! You ladies have given me some great advice. Here is a pic of my other horse, Cruz, a Paso Fino. This pic had the same wire running across in front of him. I took it into Picasa and removed the wire, then adjusted the white balance, and voila! How is my very first attempt? Don't be afraid to tell it like it is, I need to learn.
Good job on Cruz! I used to ride Peruvian Pasos up in the mountains above Yosemite with family friends. Beautiful animals...a far cry from our quarter ranch horses. Actually rode onto a working gold mine and was invited inside. What an experience with about a mile of solid granite above you...cold...wet...dark. Anyone suffering from claustrophobia would surely freak! Happy trails~
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