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Removing the wires
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Cuddlebuddy wanted a tut on removing wires so here it is. I used his photo "Cute Little House".
1. Right click on the Lasso tool and select the "Polygonal lasso tool".
2. Select an area of sky just above or below the wire. Try to make it reasonably thin and the photoshopping won't be as obvious.
3. Under the "Layer" menu, select "New-> Layer via copy".
4. Move the new layer down (or up if you selected an area below the wire) and move it over the top of the wire to hide it. My selection wasn't quite big enough to cover all the wire so I just duplicated it again (via "Layer -> Duplicate layer) and used the duplicate to help hide the wire.
5. Link all the layers and merge them.
6. Now select the clone stamp tool and use it to clean up any messy/obvious bits. It's easier if you zoom in a bit.
7. Finally I used the clone stamp to remove the TV antenna. It's pretty easy when you have an even background like the blue sky in this photo.
This whole process probably took about 5 minutes. You will get a better result if you take more time and do it carefully...

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&prismmagic
04/12/06 11:55 PM GMT
good tutorial Samatar. About time some one did one on wires.
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+mayne
04/13/06 12:34 AM GMT
Nice work Sam and definately needed. Hope you warned the people that the power might be off for a while;-)
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::laurengary
04/13/06 1:49 AM GMT
Nicely done Sam ! A tutorial like this was really needed !
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::PatAndre
04/13/06 2:11 AM GMT
Boy, did I need that.You don''t know how much. I am so frustrated trying to learn photoshop, I could scream. I have quite a few old pics that I need to change the sky's color or put clouds in a photo. Can anybody out there help me with that? I have P.S. Elements 4.
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.lazydramaboy
04/13/06 2:22 AM GMT
Awesome...this will really help out in editing home photos...thanks...
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::MellodySmiles
04/13/06 2:24 AM GMT
Wow! Thank you Sam, this tutorial is clear and concise...great job!
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.gpmoab
04/13/06 3:11 AM GMT
Thanks for the guidance, I've tried to do this but have never been really successful.
Olie
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::kimcande
04/13/06 3:42 AM GMT
I needed to know this as well as I have some images that have fences in fron of them.
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::farmgirl_pml
04/13/06 4:12 AM GMT
An excellent tutorial Sam.... this will be of great help. I have been trying to remove some wires & a sign from an image. Super work.
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::J_272004
04/13/06 5:48 AM GMT
Great tutorial Sam .. easy to understand... thanks
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&prismmagic
04/13/06 8:07 AM GMT
screw Sam were is the house and is it for sale? LOL
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.renn44
04/13/06 6:16 PM GMT
Thanks, I have needed that many times.
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.AUBREY
04/14/06 4:23 PM GMT
Nice.
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&jojomercury
04/14/06 11:54 PM GMT
I'm always looking for a new way around PS.Thanks Sam.
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::verenabloo
04/24/06 9:26 PM GMT
Well, I shall have to try this now, I didnt see this Tut of yours til today, so will hope I can manage to get rid of a few wires..thanx Sam
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.noahnott
04/25/06 2:12 AM GMT
i like it, but i wont use this until i start taking photos.
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.kgi
06/20/06 7:51 PM GMT
Great tutorial! You could probably just use the clone/stamp tool for the whole thing though. I love that tool :)
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.michel_voets
10/03/06 10:26 AM GMT
Thanks Sam I'll try it. Great tutorial.
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