"Kabuki" wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message
finecur wrote:
Hi, I have an image at (http://www.flickr.com/photos/
/4574509349/sizes/o/). The image is semi-transparent.
There is a "hole" at the middle. I would like to remove the hole. I tried to copy a small aera from other part of the image and overlay on top of the hole. But the transparency then became different. You can clearly see the patch. What is the best way to remove the hole and make the center part the same as other part?
Thanks,
There are many different methods so pick one you like the best.
– Using CLONE TOOL to fill the whole with area around the hole.
– Copying or replacing the hole over the solid area (different layer), then
use either Quik Mask or Erase tool to replace the hole with the solid area.
You may be able to use the HEALING tool but it may and may not work well. So, try different technique see which one works best, and I can warrantee you that Quick Mask is an useful tool and it should work.
nope now I see it’s png
copying any technique–clone or heal makes the transparency double and leaves a darker area
I tried on white background to dupe the layer, then used top layer on overlay or difference it got rid of the spot but left top and sides darker- I cleared them and it looked fine – only on white though on other color backgrounds it makes a rectangle-
HMM
it the orig file a photo?
if so I suggest fix it as another format first then make transparent after the hole is fixed
Technique is technique it doesn’t matter what format you use, or it should work with all formats you can open with Photoshop.
– If you want to fill/clone the hole with similar thing around it, then you DO NOT want a WHITE, Transparency, or any specific background but itself.
a. If you want CLONE other part of the photo to fill the hole then use CLONE Tool.
b. If you want to use Quick Mask command then make a dupe of the original photo. Or part of the photo you want to use to fill the hole.
– On the other layer, aranging the layer (as it can be TOP or LOWER layer) to where or what you want the hole to be filled.
– Then use Quick Mask command to either Unveal/Review (painting with BLACK or WHITE brush) to your liking.
IOW, if you know how to replace the whole background, replacing the whole object etc.. then using the similar technique on the hole.
– CLONING has nothing to do with other layer but whatever layer you work on, and Clone just making a DUPE of PART A to PART B.
– HEALING, Photoshop has several different healing tools, and in general they all work on current layer.
a. One will blending the spot to match the area around the spot.
b. Other(s) will replace one part with other, then matching the newer replacement with the aera around it. It works similar to the combination of Cloning and Healing
The other Healing option allowing you to select any specific area to replace the specific area (like you select any part of the photo to replace the hole), then it will do the healing (above) to the hole area.
Same as all commands, the healing has its own limitation so it may work on some but not all, some works better than other. And if you work on small detail photo then you may find that Healing Tool ain’t very useful, or pretty much for displaying but may not the final tool for detail photo.
Example, if you use healing tool to remove or reduce the Eye Bags of a portraiture, then it may be ok for small photo (good distance), but for close-up then you may find that it may lose the skin-texture or some unwelcoming spots.
I just happen to work mostly on close-up portrait, and often zoom-in 300-400% to work on very small detail, and to me the healing tool isn’t my best choice. So, I mostly use Quick Mask and sometime combination with Clone, Erase tool etc.. (and Opacity is one of the most important parts of my work, and quite often I work with Opacity set to 3-15%)