Unwanted objects
Sometimes it’s difficult to
photograph a subject without including
ugly street furniture, such as the
overhead cable in this shot. The horse
on the right is also facing the wrong
way, so we need to remove its rear end!Lack of symmetry
Sometimes objects in a shot are
not quite in the right place. Here, there’s
a wider gap between the bike on the
left, creating an imbalance in the
composition. Luckily, we can move the
bike to the right to create symmetry.Pick the right tool
Because the cable overlaps
clear blue sky, we can remove it with
ease. Spray the Spot Healing Brush
over the cable. The tool automatically
samples adjacent blue sky pixels and
places them over the unwanted cable.Make a selection
Grab the Content–Aware Move
tool. Draw roughly around the object
you want to move. Leave lots of space
around its edge. A selection marquee
will appear. Drag inside the selection
marquee to reposition the object.Cloning around
To remove more complex
objects, choose the Clone Stamp tool.
Opt–click to sample an adjacent area,
such as a tree. Place the brush tip
over the unwanted object and click
to spray the sampled pixels over it.Tidy up
The tool repositions the object
and replaces its original details with
appropriate pixels of sky, sea, and
beach. If you see any seams or errors
in the edited areas, you can fix these
with the Spot Healing Brush.
OBEY THE RULE OF THIRDS
Using an overlay grid to help with composition
When cropping a shot, it’s a good idea to turn on the Rule of Thirds Grid Overlay
in the Options bar. This grid helps you make a more balanced and aesthetically
pleasing cropped image. In steps one to three, we used the Rule of Thirds grid
to place the sky in the top row, the sea in the middle row and the beach in the
lower row. We positioned the left–hand intersecting vertical and horizontal line
over the girl, as the eye is naturally drawn to these parts of a picture according
to the classical rules of composition.HOW TO Remove unwanted objects
HOW TO Recompose the contents of a shot
How to do anything on your Mac, iPhone & iPad
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