Need Photoshop advice

[phillip ino]

I have an image that I need to remove power lines from. They were unavoidable when taking the picture. I have used the bandaid/clone feature to try and remove them, but am not having any luck....the transition between sky and structure or through different colors doesn't seem to come out smoothly. Is there anyone here who can advise me on a better technique?

Thanks

[Jenny Z]

I'm a fan of the patch tool... sometimes it's alot easier to use patch/heal rather than clone/heal...

[phillip ino]

Thanks, Jennifer. Do you know of any online tutorials that I might be able to view? I'm still learning the secrets of PS...

[jesswhs1323]

if you will post the picture... I cant try to help =)

[MicWayWal]

There is not a one trick fixes all in PS. Sometimes I use the stamp tool, or healing brush, sometimes paste in some new sky. Almost every situation is different. Keep watching and after a while you will know what will work best.
Post an image and we can see if we can help with your particular situation.

[tjones0214]

SmugMug Shot

Take a look at this shot on my SmugMug site. The orginal had about 10 wires crossing the tower and the tress. As Michael points out, there is no one fix for something like this. You have to use a combination of the repair tools, the clone tool, and maybe some duplicate layers and masking. Remember that the repair tools (patch, "band-aide", etc.) do not like transitional areas or areas of high contrast. They normally sample the size of your brush plus anywhere from 3-5 pixels around your brush (depending on your sample settings). A good tip is to set your sampler on your tool to look at all layers, create a new layers, and do all your sampling/cloning on that new layer. That way you have more control over your "fixes". I'll agree with Jessica in that we really need to see the picture to be of any more help. Good luck!

[phillip ino]

Thank you all for your responses. Here is the image!

[Disney Chick]

I would probably use cloning on a masked layer to fix this. You have "no" on others can edit my pictures. Do you mind if we try our hands at this one?

[phillip ino]

Go for it, Rachel, et all!

[tjones0214]

Oh yeah... I'm at work right now and don't have PS installed, but this one should not be too much of an issue. Are you using CS, CS2, or CS3? If CS3, you can use the spot healing brush to tackle the wires in the sky. Just set your brush size to a diameter slightly larger than the width of the wires. The trick is to "paint" slowly and in sections. Don't try to drag over the whole wire at once. Do a little section and release, etc. For where the wires cross the church, you'll need to use the cloning tool. Same technique. Again, I'd do all this--like Rachel suggests--on a seperate layer. That way you can employ any masking techniques as well.

[jesswhs1323]

Here is my 2 min try at it.


I messed with the curves b.c it was underexposted and I fixed the white balace b.c it was off.. then..

I just used the cloning tool... I fixed my point.. held down the shift key and clicked from one side to the other. Then I used a larger soft brush to blend (still using cloning tool)

[Disney Chick]

Here's mine:

[phillip ino]

Originally Posted by jesswhs1323

Here is my 2 min try at it.


I messed with the curves b.c it was underexposted and I fixed the white balace b.c it was off.. then..

I just used the cloning tool... I fixed my point.. held down the shift key and clicked from one side to the other. Then I used a larger soft brush to blend (still using cloning tool)

Sweet! That's spectacular! Yeah I uploaded the jpeg straight from raw conversion w/o any exposure or white balance fixes yet. And it was also taken as the sun was disappearing. Thanks so much for showing me that it CAN be done! I am truly grateful for that.

[phillip ino]

Originally Posted by Disney Chick

Here's mine:

That is lovely, Rachel! Thanks for taking the time to do that for me. I really appreciate it
Now, all is left is for me to try and see if I can accomplish the same.

[Disney Chick]

Thanks. I didn't do it exactly the same way.