Help Please: I posted this yesterday and it was suggested by big-guy that I post it here for some help. How do I go about removing the date/time stamp? Yes, I have turned it off now...

Lady Red Loc: Puget Sound, WA

I posted this yesterday and it was suggested by big-guy that I post it here for some help.

How do I go about removing the date/time stamp? Yes, I have turned it off now, but what is the process.

It was mentioned that maybe a few of you might like to play around with it, so please, have fun and thanks for the help.

JL

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Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

What processing software do you have? You need clone tool or healing brush. What those do is allow you to cover the date with something else (nothing is ever really removed, just replaced).

The part of the time/date that's on top of the black featureless area will be easy: because you are just pasting some more black to those spots. It will take a slightly more careful approach on the rest. In some spots, though, like the first 0, you can replace the number and that bit of branch with the background sky colors.

Cloning is a handy skill to learn - you'll inevitably find bits of trash you want to remove, or a branch that appears to be tickling the chin of a critter, or a small too-bright spot that draws your eye away from your subject. On and on :)

Lady Red Loc: Puget Sound, WA

Linda From Maine wrote:

What processing software do you have? You need clo... (show quote)

Well, I have done this with my cross stitch software program and never with a photo program. Is there one you would recommend?

Thank you for your reply back.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

(This looks like a WA State project!)

I couldn't resist a quick try as I've been taking Photoshop lessons! I used the Spot Healing Brush and the Clone Stamp Tool. Photoshop Elements has nearly the same. Lightroom has similar.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

run4fittness wrote:

Well, I have done this with my cross stitch software program and never with a photo program. Is there one you would recommend?

Thank you for your reply back.

The only free software I'm familiar with is Picasa, and it doesn't have a good clone tool. Others have mentioned gimp.

I purchased PS Elements 12, and later ver. 13. Have truly loved learning it. I'm talking way more than "cloning" of course :)

There are quite a few main forum topics on preferred software. There is no consensus: you will get many, many suggestions as everyone has a favorite.

Lady Red Loc: Puget Sound, WA

bsprague wrote:

(This looks like a WA State project!)

I couldn't resist a quick try as I've been taking Photoshop lessons! I used the Spot Healing Brush and the Clone Stamp Tool. Photoshop Elements has nearly the same. Lightroom has similar.

Wow! I cannot see where it was even when comparing!

Thanks for the advice and will see what I can find out there.

Lady Red Loc: Puget Sound, WA

Linda From Maine wrote:

The only free software I'm familiar with is Picasa, and it doesn't have a good clone tool. Others have mentioned gimp.

I purchased PS Elements 12, and later ver. 13. Have truly loved learning it. I'm talking way more than "cloning" of course :)

There are quite a few main forum topics on preferred software. There is no consensus: you will get many, many suggestions as everyone has a favorite.

Thank you. Research can be very enlightening, thanks for the help.

SoHillGuy Loc: Washington

Photoshop tools: Cut & paste; Brushes, blur, and smudge.

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Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

Paint.NET has a clone tool and its free. It's very close in configuration to PS Elements. It also does layers. I'm surprised it's not mentioned more frequently here because it's one of the better free photo editors.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

run4fittness wrote:

Wow! I cannot see where it was even when comparing!

Thanks for the advice and will see what I can find out there.

If you just want a full resolution fix of this one photo, I can do that. If you are trying to figure out editing software and techniques, there are some great ways to do that.

Of course, everyone here has a personal favorite. Mine would be to spend about $100. First buy Adobe Premier Elements (about $70) and then take Jan Kabili's wonderfully complete course at Lynda.com (about $25). In a few weeks you'll have amazing skills and control over your photography.

Having done what I suggest, curiosity drove me to learn more. I enjoy the learning as much as the doing. I now "subscribe" to a $10 per month plan at Adobe that gives me Lighroom and the "professional" version of Photoshop. I'm now taking an in depth course at Lynda.com for Photoshop. I'm amazed at the tools. But, so far, I've not found anything I couldn't be doing in the Elements version.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

SoHillGuy wrote:

Photoshop tools: Cut & paste; Brushes, blur, and smudge.

I'm in the middle of a Photoshop learning project. Would you please provide a little more detail about how you used those tools?

Lady Red Loc: Puget Sound, WA

Bob Yankle wrote:

Paint.NET has a clone tool and its free. It's very close in configuration to PS Elements. It also does layers. I'm surprised it's not mentioned more frequently here because it's one of the better free photo editors.

Thank you, shall look this up.

Lady Red Loc: Puget Sound, WA

bsprague wrote:

If you just want a full resolution fix of this one... (show quote)

Thank you for the information! More research!

SoHillGuy Loc: Washington

bsprague wrote:

I'm in the middle of a Photoshop learning project. Would you please provide a little more detail about how you used those tools?

It took me quite a while to get my results, a few hours I'd say. So it would be pretty hard to give a tutorial of the steps I took.

Your posting looks good as posted, I would have liked to have seen the original post of it to see how well the cloning worked out.
I work with PS CS5 so you have an advantage working with PS CC.

Basically, I worked with individual letters and tried to find a similar area to copy to it. Then I used various tools to blend it in. Some branches were brushed in or added too, and because they were black this was an easy fix.

Harvey Loc: Pioneer, CA

Yes - looks good to me - also this is why I "NEVER" use this function on any of my cameras - as this is what makes an image a "Snap Shot" rather than a photograph.

bsprague wrote:

(This looks like a WA State project!)

I couldn't resist a quick try as I've been taking Photoshop lessons! I used the Spot Healing Brush and the Clone Stamp Tool. Photoshop Elements has nearly the same. Lightroom has similar.