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Diane Dupuis
 

Cloning out wires in Photoshop Elements 2.0


 
  Need to clone out wires
Need to clone out wires

Diane Dupuis

 
 
HELP! I've recently purchased Photoshop Elements 2.0 and am trying to clone out the telephone wires in my favorite sunset shot. I'm looking at the manual and I just can't seem to get the hang of it... Can someone please help!


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July 09, 2004

 
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  use the polygon outline tool with about 4-6 pixels of feathering. and draw a narrow angled polygon along side a wire, copy and paste a section of the sky, and move it over to cover up a big section of the wire.
Any small sections left can be taken care of with the rubber stamp(clone) tool. Pick a source point right next to the wire by holding down alt key and left click the mouse. Use small brush with feathering. Then clone over the small spots.


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July 09, 2004

 

Jack Sweet
 
 
  Cloned wires
Cloned wires

Jack Sweet

 
 
Like this?

(No, Jack, not like that. She wants to do it better.)

Anyhow, I just zoomed in as tight as I could get. Then I selected a soft-edged tool for the clone stamp. I selected sizes ranging from 6 and 10 pixels, depending on how close other elements of the photo were to the wires and ALT-clicked on the sky directly to the right of the wire to make my selection. Then it was just, "click, click, click, click, click" right on down the wires.

I hope this makes sense. I'm sure you'll get the hang of it and do your picture justice.

Good luck.


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