This means that when you click the bandaid, it will make every attempt to blend with the surroundings, it’s actually quite impressive to see just how quickly and effectively it works! It’s super simple and once you’ve worked it out, will become an essential ingredient to creating beautiful images without any pesky distractions.įor best results just below the top menu bar you’ll see three ‘types’ to choose from, select ‘Content-Aware’. It’s great for removing unwanted subjects from your image whether that’s a house, lens spot, plant, person, rubbish, absolutely anything! If you’ve got one annoying spot on your lens that is repeated on every image, this is the tool for you to remove it quickly.īy selecting the bandaid tool you can then increase or decrease the size, pop it over the top of the item you wish to remove and then click once. This is my favourite little tool on Photoshop, I call it the ‘Bandaid’ but officially it’s called the Spot Healing Brush Tool. Photoshop Tool – The Bandaid (Spot Healing Brush) When using the clone tool you can click a number of times to cement the effect, it also helps to continue to reselect as you click, that way you aren’t simply pasting the same section over and over again as it may start to look like a pattern and hence obvious that it’s been edited. The above examples show the clone tool in action as I copy the white wall and brush it over the two pigeons. Just keep an eye on the edges as you may have to blend them back down into the image.Īfter each small section is covered, I reselect an area close to the subject I wish to remove, in order to keep a consistent result and to ensure the coverage is smooth and blends with the background. Typically with skies or a single colour tone I opt for about 70% to blend it a little better but if you’re looking to extend something like a tree branch or building, you’ll need it up at 100% to ensure all of the detail is replicated. You can adjust the size and hardness of the stamp, its mode, the opacity and flow.Īdjusting the opacity and flow will tell the tool how much you want to copy across when you use it. Once you’ve selected the clone stamp from your toolbar, just below the top menu on Photoshop you’ll find some adjustments to make the clone just right. Alternatively you can extend a tree branch, copy and paste an entire person or remove people from your image all together…the limits are endless! If for example you have a lens spot in the sky, you can clone a piece of sky nearby then simply stamp it over the spot to blend it into the image. You’re basically stamping how you imagine perfection all over your image. This little tool allows you to paint over your image, either using the same colour tones or by taking a section of image and replicating it elsewhere. So, without further chatter, I present to you my three magic tools for Photoshop… Of course this is more time consuming later but for simple items that have a plain coloured background or in the grand scheme of the image are relatively small, it’s a super easy way to clean your shot up and make it just how you wanted in the first place. Rather than wait for someone to move or physically ripping the bin out of the ground, you can simply take the shot and then remove them later. Sometimes on location there’s an incredible shot just waiting to be taken but there’s a rubbish bin in the middle of it, or one person that just won’t move out of the way despite your less than subtle hints. A quick Google search will tell you what tools are for what purpose, or even just hovering your mouse over each icon will reveal its intended use or name.īefore reading any further, if you don’t yet have Adobe Photoshop, you can sign up for a 7 day free trial here so you can test it out and see if it works for you. I don’t really know how it works from an IT or programming perspective but I do know how to use its tools and that it works wonders when you’re editing photographs.Ī lot of Photoshop skills can be learnt by trial and error. That’s basically my conclusion on the matter. How to Edit in Photoshop Photoshop Tricks – How to Remove Unwanted Subjects, Clone + Replicate
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