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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 413026" data-attributes="member: 13090">What I do in situations like this is... I first duplicate my background layer (Ctrl/Cmd + J) and using the Quick Select or Lasso I make the big, easy selections of what I want removed. We just want to get the big chunks right now so go to the &quot;Edit&quot; menu and use the &quot;Fill&quot; option with &quot;Content Aware&quot;. This should knock out the bulk of the problem pretty much. To clean up I use the &quot;Clone Stamp&quot; tool with verrrry soft settings. Now we're down to the details and for very small areas you could probably get away with just using the Clone Stamp so see how that works. To do this detail work, I zoom in as far as I need to (400% or whatever). It's important this detail work be done PRECISELY. Watch out for repeating patterns and big areas of &quot;smear&quot; if using the Clone Stamp; both will look odd in the final output. If you find yourself doing edits like this a lot a pen and tablet will be invaluable. I can't even tell you how much easier it is doing really fine edits in PS using a Wacom tablet. ....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 413026, member: 13090"] What I do in situations like this is... I first duplicate my background layer (Ctrl/Cmd + J) and using the Quick Select or Lasso I make the big, easy selections of what I want removed. We just want to get the big chunks right now so go to the "Edit" menu and use the "Fill" option with "Content Aware". This should knock out the bulk of the problem pretty much. To clean up I use the "Clone Stamp" tool with verrrry soft settings. Now we're down to the details and for very small areas you could probably get away with just using the Clone Stamp so see how that works. To do this detail work, I zoom in as far as I need to (400% or whatever). It's important this detail work be done PRECISELY. Watch out for repeating patterns and big areas of "smear" if using the Clone Stamp; both will look odd in the final output. If you find yourself doing edits like this a lot a pen and tablet will be [i]invaluable[/i]. I can't even tell you how much easier it is doing really fine edits in PS using a Wacom tablet. [color=white]....[/color] [/QUOTE]

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