Saturday, March 31, 2012

Lasso and Content Aware

So, I often come across photos that I really wish I could remove something from the picture.  In the past with other programs, I've tried cropping but what happens when you want to remove something in the middle of the photo??  I've also tried to shade over items that I wanted to "cover up" and of course this didn't work either because I could never quite match up the actual background to appear like what would have been behind it.

The lasso tool combined with the content aware tool is wonderful.  Though I'm working on perfecting this, here is a great example of this.

In this photo we see some common wall hanging letters spelling out the name "Annie" but let's say for whatever reason, I wanted to remove the first "N".  This would be impossible to accomplish with a mere crop.


To remove the first N.. I first ZOOM in on the picture.  I then choose the lasso tool on the left and carefully outline around not just the N, but around the shadow as well.  After a few trial runs I realized that if I didn't surround the shadow too then it would show up in the picture afterwards.


Once I finish selecting the N, I then right click and select fill and then under "use" I make sure "content aware" is selected before clicking okay.  After the page refreshes what you should have is the same photo minus your selection.   What you should have is the following.




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