As Paul says, the clone brush can do a good job. You could try setting the mode to color.
Here's a nice "patch" trick I use in retouching that works for this. Lasso or marquee a section that's similar to what you need to fix, copy it to a new layer (Cmd-J), use the transform tools (Cmd-T) to move it over top of the blemished area and rotate it (possibly stretching it as well) to fit in position. Use a very soft eraser brush to smooth the edges of it to blend it into place. I tried that in Ps Elements on your sample image and got a pretty good result. I need more practice with Elements to get it perfect -- I'm used to Photoshop's toolset. Normally I'd use a layer mask rather than erasing on the layer itself (I prefer non-destructive editing). So I did it again in Ps CS5 and got a decent result. Had to use the clone brush with Lighten to better match the cover-up patch's light to the new location ... https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2254722/PDML/8595399334_cf80226c3c.jpg Of course this works much better on the full-rez original and if you have more of it to sample from. You can use a sample from another shot taken under the same light, eg rotate the object a bit and take a 2nd shot then use that as your patch. On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > Clone them out. You have everything you need in the image, a consistent > radius and consistent color. It's about two minutes work at most. If > Elements won't do it, you should invest in PhotoShop. > > > On Mar 28, 2013, at 9:23 AM, "Collin Brendemuehl" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Some of the items I shoot have marks placed on them for sales and return >> identification. >> Like this: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/8595399334/in/photostream >> >> When I shoot them, I could clean them all up. Sometimes that's easy; >> sometimes not. >> When not, I try to clean it up in PS (E 10) by desaturing that color and >> then adjusting the lightness to come close to the object's tone. >> Like this: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/8595399318/in/photostream/ >> >> But I'm wondering -- does anyone have a better technique? >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
