how can i move the lads on the left closer to the girls on the right?

[stumanipi5]

hi there

any idea what would be the best (and easiest way), to remove the space in the middle, making the group closer together?

thanks for any help and advice given

 

[karmagarda]

Shouldn't be too hard with carful selecting of one side (tight to boys arm for example) and just pushing them over. I'd probably clone out the pink "yoke" first though to make it easier.

 

[swanseamale47]

Or if you have CS4 you could try content aware scalling, although to be honest I'd probably do it the same as karmagarda.

 

[cowasaki]

No not sure how you would do that.

 

[martint]

hi there

any idea what would be the best (and easiest way), to remove the space in the middle, making the group closer together?

thanks for any help and advice given

Like this ?

 

[stumanipi5]

cowasaki and martint you got it sussed!,thanks, so how do i do it?

 

[karmagarda]

Cowasaki and martint have 2 lovely examples for you there! A question for you though, how did you blend in the arms (particular round the pink bit) afterwards? I use gimp so I just used a heal tool round the edges to get a nice blend in

 

[karmagarda]

This was my quick effort by the way;

 

[Chaz Photos]

Move the boy OK how about this left dad where he was

 

[karmagarda]

A guide to how I do this in the gimp. I'm sure there's a photoshop alternative:

Method 1:
1. Use the "free select tool". This allows you both hold down the mouse button and draw your select area, or click to make points to join up.

2. When the area is selected move to the required position. It may take a few undos and reselects if you're slightly off.

3. When it's in place use a mixture of small clones and heals (it's like a colour blender/smudger in gimp). Do this around the edge to blend in the colours.

Job done.

Method 2:
1. Copy the image onto a new layer.

2. Delete everything to the right (or left) of the object you with to move.

3. Move it into place.

4. Flatten the image (or merge the layer down)

5. Use a mixture of small clones and heals (it's like a colour blender/smudger in gimp). Do this around the edge to blend in the colours.


You could also use feather on your selects etc, but I find a more manual approach seems to achieve better results. It is a bit more tedious though!

 

[stumanipi5]

thanks karmagarda