How to remove an extra object from a photograph?

Sometimes, looking at the pictures, you find that extra objects got into the frame. Or you need a photo to place the logo, but there are already other inscriptions on it. How to remove the inscription from the picture and remove the excess object in Photoshop? For these tasks, use the Clone Stamp Tool or the Patch Tool . The latter is preferable if the excess object is located on a simpler (plain) background. Working with the Patch Tool , we cut out (copy) the donor area and close everything that is unnecessary to it. How it works? Hold the left mouse button, circle the appropriate area and move the patch. This tool has two modes:

"Source" / Source . When using it, the selected area will be filled with a donor fragment into which the selection is moved.
"Destination" / Destination . In this mode, the selected area will cover the area in which it will be moved.

Let's look at some examples.

Patch Tool

Open the photo in Photoshop and create a duplicate layer ( Ctrl + J ). On the toolbar in the group of recovery tools, select "Patch" / Patch Tool . If the tool in the group is by default, just press the J key . To make it more convenient to work with the image, scale it ( Ctrl + and Ctrl- ). We will remove the Shell logo. So, we select the first donor site. On the control panel, click the "Destination" button , set the "Diffusion" parameter to 7. Turn the cursor over and draw around the patch area (it is highlighted with a dotted line). Then drag the selected area onto the logo. If the patch does not completely cover the painted area from the first time, move it again until the unwanted object disappears completely. Cancel the wrong action can simultaneously pressing the Ctrl + the Alt + the Z . Save the finished image ( Shift + Ctrl + S ), choosing a file type that is convenient for you (for example, JPG). Here is our result:

Before processing

Result

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Clone Stamp Tool

Now let's take the case harder. Remove from the image of a person.

Source frame To do this, we need the Clone Stamp Tool . It is called by the S key . You can adjust its size with the [ and ] keys . This tool creates a clone of the donor site. They are corrected gradually, with small strokes.

Choose a donor area near the painting site. To do this, bring the cursor to the donor site and, holding the Alt button , click once with the left mouse button. The donor site is indicated by a cross. When moving through the image, it follows the cursor, so the donor site needs to be changed periodically. Now we bring the cursor and click the left mouse button. In this picture there are a lot of vertical and horizontal stripes of different colors. In place of the umbrella, you need to draw a ceiling. Before the boy, one door is ajar, the second is closed. All this should be considered when painting. So that the lines of beams and boards do not look broken, the donor site should be carefully selected. It is important to stamp so that the stripes match. One of the stages. There is a gap between the doors. Gradually paint over the horizontal and vertical lines. To finish the door on the left, the donor site is taken from the very left edge, and the vertical lines from the top. We brought the stamp, clearly aligning the sections so that the lines went smoothly. At the very bottom of the left door, the light scatters, resembles a haze. It will be possible to sketch the area below, preserving the likeness of the cloud. Remained door leaf on the right and the ceiling. Here is the result:

Result

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