erasing a person from a photo

[danaleigh]

greetings,

i want to use iPhoto to take the person out of a scenic picture. the photo was taken with a canon g2 and i hope to print it as a 16x20.

thanks! dana

 

[MacBoobsPro]

greetings,

i want to use iPhoto to take the person out of a scenic picture. the photo was taken with a canon g2 and i hope to print it as a 16x20.

thanks! dana

i dont think u can in iPhoto. Photoshop will do it. Try downloading the demo and use the 'clone' tool.

 

[Swarmlord]

Well, your success is going to have a lot to do with what the background is. The clone tool is great if you are removing someone standing in front of a painted wall or a lot of foliage.

 

[gekko513]

It's difficult to remove something like a person from a photo and make it look good, especially if you're going to print it as a 16x20.

 

[nospleen]

Depending on the pic, you may just be able to crop it.

**Nevermind, saw it is a scenic pic, so I am pretty sure you will not want to crop.**

 

[MacBoobsPro]

Well, your success is going to have a lot to do with what the background is. The clone tool is great if you are removing someone standing in front of a painted wall or a lot of foliage.

If you're good at it, it shouldn't matter too much

 

[skunk]

If you're good at it, it shouldn't matter too much

The impossible just takes a little more time.

 

[Case-sensitive]

If it's the people rather than their surroundings you are interested in it might be easier (again in photoshop not iphoto) to cut the figures out and paste them into a new scene.

 

[spicyapple]

Can you replace the head, if removing the whole body is too difficult?

 

[0007776]

Can you replace the head, if removing the whole body is too difficult?

Wouldn't that be harder to get that looking good?

 

[Abstract]

Decapitated people don't photograph well.


Just clone using PS. Can you do it in Elements as well?

 

[louiek]

You could use Gimp. It allows you to put one image on top of another and "erase to background", so when you erase something from the top layer you see what is on the bottom layer. So I imagine if you slightly offset the two images, and if the background is fairly regular, you could just wipe the person away.

 

[skunk]

You could use Gimp. It allows you to put one image on top of another and "erase to background", so when you erase something from the top layer you see what is on the bottom layer. So I imagine if you slightly offset the two images, and if the background is fairly regular, you could just wipe the person away.

Now that sounds cool.

 

[Mydriasis]

I made this a while back, and yes that sky is the original.

When you clone, remember to do it on a seperate layer so that you can erase mistakes and redo areas.

 

[danaleigh]

the person i need cut

basically, i want to print and frame this photo three times and hang the framed prints side by side (one with the person and two without). i have no experience with photoshop or other image software, however, so if producing seamless results requires any amount of skill, perhaps i should consider shifting my plans for now. (the attached file is smaller than the one i'd use.)

 

[danaleigh]

file

file attached

 

[Mydriasis]

file attached

thats easy, you can do it, give it a try, I sure you'll have fun

 

[hollerz]

Thats actually a really easy one, you should have no problems using the clone tool with that. This took me less than 2 mins!

 

[Abstract]

I made this a while back, and yes that sky is the original.

When you clone, remember to do it on a seperate layer so that you can erase mistakes and redo areas.

Honestly, can you just teach us how to do that?

EDIT: Nevermind, I figured it out. I actually have trouble with things like creating 2 layers and making use of them rather than what this involved.

 

[failsafe1]

Akvis has a nice PS plug in that removes people. I have used their retouching plug in and it works OK. Nothing for iPhoto

http://akvis.com/en/stamp-tutorial/girls-on-seaside.php

 

[Sdashiki]

Akvis has a nice PS plug in that removes people. I have used their retouching plug in and it works OK. Nothing for iPhoto

http://akvis.com/en/stamp-tutorial/girls-on-seaside.php

this is a hands on technique, could you honestly get a program/filter to do what you need without messing up?

i doubt it.

 

[failsafe1]

Good question. I don't have any first hand experience with the Akvis. Simply pointing out a potentially easier technique for people who may want an alternative.

 

[MacBoobsPro]

Akvis has a nice PS plug in that removes people. I have used their retouching plug in and it works OK. Nothing for iPhoto

http://akvis.com/en/stamp-tutorial/girls-on-seaside.php

A gun works well too.

With the image danaleigh posted you could use the 'spot heal' tool in PS CS2 and it will get rid of it within seconds.

And yes it was quite an easy one to do.

 

[failsafe1]

Eww harsh

 

[killmoms]

I made this a while back, and yes that sky is the original.

When you clone, remember to do it on a seperate layer so that you can erase mistakes and redo areas.

Hey Mydriasis, can you maybe send me the original of that photo (if it's higher-res than the one you uploaded)? I'd like to take a crack at that. Specifically, I wonder if the perspective clone tool in CS2 has a "mirror line" mode. If not... it should.