How to remove the chain in the background please?

[Mel_P]

Hello experts - I am new to Photoshop CS5 but thought this would be easy using the spot healing brush tool - but it seems not or I am doing something wrong - the removal leaves an obvious mark.

Can any experts talk me through how to remove the chain please and leave no ugly residue? Thanks, Mel!

http://www.mrpainter.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/dunnock.jpg

 

[stupar]

Use the clone tool and duplicate from the sides of the chain.
You have marked no image editing so haven't done anything but happy to do it for you if you aren't confident.

 

[swanseamale47]

I tried the content aware fill tool and it did a pretty decent job.

 

[Mel_P]

Use the clone tool and duplicate from the sides of the chain.
You have marked no image editing so haven't done anything but happy to do it for you if you aren't confident.

Didn't realise I had done that! BUT I want to do it from my Raw (CR2 image).

 

[Mel_P]

I tried the content aware fill tool and it did a pretty decent job.

Thanks - I selected roughly around the chain and tried content aware - not too bad but still left a "line" which I smoothed out with the healing brush tool - thanks.

 

[stupar]

Didn't realise I had done that! BUT I want to do it from my Raw (CR2 image).

The two best ways are as described above by Wayne and myself.
Both can be done in CS5 after the RAW image has passed through Adobe Camera Raw in CS5

 

[Mel_P]

Use the clone tool and duplicate from the sides of the chain.
You have marked no image editing so haven't done anything but happy to do it for you if you aren't confident.

Hi Stupar - have now allowed editing - perhaps have a go if you have time and tell me how you did it? Thanks.

 

[stupar]

Ok here's my efforts.
Excuse working from a JPEG so quality will be affected a little.

All I used was the clone tool in CS4 and took samples from side of the chain using a 300-500px brush set between 0-20 hardness.
All I did was work over the chain in small doses to try and keep the blend right.

Hope you like it.

 

[redddraggon]

I used the heal tool like you did, then where it looked a "bit dodgy" I selected it and made it a new layer via copy, and then applied a gaussian blur to that layer.

EDIT: Not sure why the Forum autoresizer stopped working, it was fine when I originally posted.

 

[swanseamale47]

I got the same using content aware fill.

 

[Mel_P]

Thanks guys - I will try the same with clone and gaussian blur on the "boundary area" where the chain was. That (the blur) is probably the bit that makes the difference.

Mel