Karl
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Does anyone know of a video covering this subject or a way to do this with Photoshop? Of course, I never miss wingtips but someone asked me about this
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added canvas and cleaned up artifacts on rt. wingtip of Red-shouldered Hawk | wingtip from another in the series |
I don't have a picture right now, but I was trying to think ahead. Your ideas sound good. I probably have a "discarded" photo somewhere to practice on and I'll post one after I attempt the repair. Thanks.
Sure, you would roughly select the wingtip in the replacement and copy it with ctrl c or the edit menu, go to the pic that needs replacing and paste the image. It will paste in as a new layer. Click this layer and press ctrl t to enter the transform mode and you can now move and resize and rotate until it is close. Add a layer mask from the options below the layers and paint with black to hide the unwanted part or white to reveal a desired part. Ctrl t again as needed to reposition. Then either flatten the image or to keep it nondestuctive use merge visible. You can then clean up with the content aware healing tool, selecting and copying feathers.Can I use the wingtip from another image in the series to replace the missing tip? Or is there a better way? I know it doesn't look like the best wingtip to use as a replacement... this is about the technique since I have better ones without the clipped wingtip.
View attachment 13140 View attachment 13143 added canvas and cleaned up artifacts on rt. wingtip of Red-shouldered Hawk wingtip from another in the series
I actually do this stuff all the time as I love to play with images. I've combined images on birds in flight and on a monkey! Use the layers as described above. Be sure to use 100% or more to check the edges. Use the clone tool to create texture, soften and blend as needed. Content aware is good, too, in some cases but you cannot control it as much as using the spotting tool and the clone tool. Use various percentages to blend images to a realistic look. Go over the entire image when you think you are done to review it as it's easy to miss mistakes. Don't merge to one layer until you are absolutely sure the image is perfect, I've made many mistakes over time; but since I like doing this kind of stuff, I just start over and try again and that's why I've learned so much!
That's where Ctrl Alt Shift E is handy. It merges all the visible layers into a new layer without getting rid of the existing layers. Plain Ctrl Shift E just merges the visible layers, so I had that wrong before.
Thanks, guitarman67, that might be what I need. I've ordered from Art Morris before and probably can't go wrong for only $5.Karl: This is excellent...I purchased it...only $5 and I think you'll find it helps you.
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