On May 6, 2004, at 7:52 AM, Neill Watson wrote:
Two weeks after losing my DSLR virginity, I'm discovering the joys ofHello Neil
ownership - removing a hair from 80 frames shot before I realised there was
one on the sensor....
Given that it's in the same place on every image, is there an automated way
anyone can think of to remove it? I can't see a way, given that some were
shot portrait, some landscape and the background colour is not consistent.
I'm guessing a bit here having not seen the original image.. First off sort the images into horizontals and verticals. Clone one image on a new layer (I always clone on a layer above the image with the stamp set to "use all layers). Set this layer to lighten (assuming the hair shows as a dark line) press an hold the shift key (to center the layer) and drag this layer on to the next image. If that works you are well on your way.. If that doesn't work you could draw a path on the hair duplicate that path onto all the images with the same orientation then stroke the path with the stamp (having first option clicked next to the area you want to clone). Yet another way would be to draw a marquee around the problem area, feather it, hit CMND J to float the selection, change the new layer mode to lighten hit v for the move tool and move the selection up and over (or down and across!). This last one should be pretty easy to write as an action then batch all the images with the same orientation.
Then go out and buy yourself a beer and a hair net...
HTH
Nick Tresidder
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