Graphics Programs Reference
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Step Seven:
Click the Open Image button to open this
photo into Photoshop. Now that the sky
has been fixed, the next most annoying
thing has got to be that ugly tree creep-
ing into the frame from the right side.
A “creeping edge tree” has killed more
landscape photos than I can count, but
it's not going to kill this one, because we
have Content-Aware Fill. Get the Lasso
tool
(L)
, and draw a selection around the
offending tree (as shown here).
Step Eight:
Press the
Delete (PC: Backspace) key
to bring up the Fill dialog (shown here).
By the way, this only works if your image
is the Background layer. If this image is on
a regular layer (you have a multi-layered
file), then pressing Delete just deletes your
selection, which probably is a bad thing,
so in that case go under the Edit menu
and choose Fill. When the dialog appears,
just click OK, and in a few seconds, that
nasty-looking tree is gone. You'll probably
need to grab the Healing Brush (press
Shift-J
until you have it) and clean up any
little spots or areas it missed (just Option-
click [PC: Alt-click] in a clean area, then
move your cursor over the area you need
to fix and click), but at this point, it should
only take a few seconds with either that
or the Clone Stamp tool. For more on
Content-Aware Fill, see page 258.
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