I took some photos a little while ago..of the countryside and the sky..but I knew I had to leave the electric lines there..does anyone know how to get rid of them in a photo? I heard something about cloning?

Ask Wendy, I think she took benches out of an image for her image of her dog with photoshop.

It depends on what program you have available.

I have Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro

if you have photoshop use the "Clone Stamp"

/\ What he said. Or you can just use the lasso tool to copy and paste a section of the sky over the powerlines, I find that easier personally, for large areas.

but HOW do you use the clone stamp???

ALT-click, click+drag

For this you might also find the healing brush very useful. It works very much the same as the clone stamp, only it will do some blending for you. It is the little band-aid symbol. You also hold control and click on area you want to copy and then paint away.

Thanx to all of you so very much. Will try my best for sure...HUGS to all!!

for something as fine as power lines the easiest way by far in photoshop is to use dust and scratches filter brushed on through a history snapshot.

well ok phil..but I have barely used my Photoshop..am learning each and every day..How to do that is another story..plus doesnt it mess up the colours?ok, me will try!! thankies to you and all....keep givin me help..I sure need it...

It doesn’t really mess up the colour but it does radge the detail so tweak the threshold on the dust & scratch filter raising it as high as you can but still obliterating the power lines. Ok the filter then take a snapshot of it in your history palette. Undo the dust & scratch correction and in your history palette - put the little brush icon in the check box next to the snapshot you made. Use your history brush to cover over the power lines. if they are straight enough you can do this quicker with point to point clicking using your shift key and the tool you have selected.

Hey, you could always be lazy and upload it for reworking!

sshhhh!

Come on guys just clone them out. Simple!

I just use my car ... knock over the poles .. snap snap .. I'm gone before anybody's the wiser

anybody have a healing brush for a automobile?

I would not abuse my car thattaway!!!!

Not as an insult to you or to say something stupid but can't you just go back to the same place and take another picture away from the power lines?

Or, just take a photo of some blue sky with you, and hold it in front of the powerlines as you take the picture!

or just say sod it and live with it how it looks.

Hi Verena. I know you have photoshop. Select your cloning stamp tool (the one that looks like a rubber stamp). From the options bar at the top, choose a soft edged brush, and set it's size to what you want. Hold the ALT key down (the cursor changes to a target symbol) and click on a piece of sky that's good (no power lines) and similar in color and value to the powerline you're going to paint out. Let go of the ALT and go paint on the power lines. You'll see two cursors moving - one is the point you clicked (where you're copying from) and the other is your paintbrush (where you're copying to). That's why it's called the cloning tool. Try it. You'll like it, and will find it easy to get the hang of it. Good luck.

thanx again..