REMOVING UNWANTED OBJECTS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
Created December 9, 2003 © Copyright
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This tutorial is written in and for PSP8.10 and assumes
you have a working knowledge of PSP at a beginners level.
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How often have you taken a photograph only to
have telephone wires, antennas, or cage slats in the way of your photo.
Using PSP's Scratch Remover Tool and the Clone Tool make it easy to
remove these unwanted objects. The Poppy is California's State Flower
and when they are in full bloom, in the Spring, they can be awesome.
This past Spring Larry and I went in search of the elusive poppy and
I did get some very good pictures. There were times that Larry stopped
on the side of the road so I could take some really good ones, and
there were other times that I would see a scene and take a shot from
car window. Of course, the car antenna would get in the way <sigh>.
In this tutorial we are going to be changing this photograph with
the antenna in the way....
To this, where we not only removed the antenna,
but the sign in the left side and added some clouds to the sky, used
the one step photo fix script and have this. What a difference a little
work can do.
If you would like to use the first photograph
for practice, and to follow along with the tutorial, please right
click on it and save to your hard drive.
Step 1:
Open the photograph that you would like to clean up in PSP8. Duplicate
your image (Shift+D). The main reason for
making a copy is in case I want to use the image again and forget
to change the name when I save *S* You can close out your original
graphic.
Step 2:
Activate your Scratch Remover Tool on your Toolbar. You will find
it in the flyout with the Clone Tool.
NOTE: You can only
use the Scratch Remover tool on a Background Layer so do not promote
the background to a regular layer.
On your tool options
palette you can select the width of your tool and the shape. I usually
stick with the rectangle selection box. For removing the top part
of the antenna on the sky I used a width of 42.
Step 3:
Place your cursor as close the the top of your antenna as possible
and draw down like this.
When you release your
mouse you should have something like this.
Notice that there is
a tiny bit of the antenna left on the very top of the photo. Use the
scratch remover tool at a bit of an angle to remove it.
Step 4:
Now let's work on the Poppies area. Because there is a lot of different
colors, when you release your mouse you will probably have some blurred
areas. This is where the clone tool will come into play. First place
your cursor on the top of what is left of the antenna and pull all
the way down to the bottom.
After you release your
mouse this is how mine looked. Notice the blur.
Step 5:
Let's fix up that blurry area. Activate your clone tool. The only
thing I changed on my tool options palette was the size. I changed
it from 32 to 16.
You need to "set" your clone tool
to know where you want to clone from. Right click on the poppies next
to the blur.
Now left click over the blur area. Keep clicking
over the various areas. Do NOT drag your mouse as it will continue
to blur if you do, just click click here and click click there. ~smiles~
Here is how part of mine looks now.
When you run out of Poppies in the blurred area
to the left, then move your mouse over to the right - where there
are more poppies - and right click to set the cloning from there.
You can also clone in more poppies in the more desolate areas if you
like. See how nice it's turning out?
Step 6:
Did you notice the sign on the left side of the original graphic?
Let's clone that out too.
Right click your clone tool to the right of
the sign. Now left click over the sign.
Gee, you never knew it was there did you?
Step 7:
On the original picture there are some pretty clouds and I would like
to add them to more of the sky. I changed the size of my clone tool
to 105. Right clicked on the upper half of the clouds. Yes your shape
will go over the edge.
Now left click on the blue area to the right
of the clouds.
WOW! Now go to your Photo Toolbar and in the
Enhanced Photos click on the One Step Photo Fix and watch the magic.
I then added a mask and voila.
I hope this tutorial has helped you learn what
you can accomplish with the Scratch Remover and Clone Tools. PSP is
awesome!
If you have any problems, comments
or questions please do not hesitate to E-mail
me.
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