Erase That!

Have you ever taken a picture of something, or someone, only to realize that in the background there was a random piece of litter, or a person you didn’t notice, or a dog bounding after a Frisbee? (long story but let’s just say I watch for random dogs now) Well most higher end editing software lets you erase these types of intruders. Oh yeah. How happy was I when I discovered this little trick? Happier than that puppy and his toy, that’s for sure. I use to try to crop mistakes out but that would sometimes ruin the entire image. Bah. Now I worry a whole lot less what is in the peripheral of my shots (I still worry but I don’t obsess…much).

I’ve erased all sorts of things from backgrounds. I’ve removed entire buildings, street signs, dogs, even people. Yeah. Getting rid of that old boyfriend doesn’t have to be done with scissors now. Hehe. Of course all of those changes can take up lots of space, especially if you are like I am/was and it takes multiple tries to get it right. That’s fine though, just delete the results you don’t like and then defrag your hard drive when you’re done. Less fragmentation means easier editing next time you want to erase something.

What have you erased from your images?

Photo Credit D Sharon Pruitt

June 18th, 2009 by birdievogel | Posted in Digital Manipulation | (0)