STEP BY STEP REMOVE PEOPLE FROM YOUR PICS

Discover some basic and more advanced techniques to tidy up your landscapes

01 MAKE A DUPLICATE LAYER

Open your image into Photoshop Elements by heading to File>open and double-click on your shot. Now duplicate the photo layer by hitting pressing Ctrl/ Cmd+j or going to Layer>duplicate Layer and bring up the Layers panel by going to Window>layers.

03 PICK A PART OF YOUR IMAGE TO SOURCE

If you struggle to get the result you want with the Spot Healing Brush you can use the Clone Stamp which gives you manual control. Grab it from the toolbox and then hold the Alt key and click on a part of the image that you want to ‘source’.

05 MAKE A MANUAL PATCH

We can copy the fence from another area and drop it over the exact area we need to cover. Use the Contentaware Move tool to draw around a ‘good’ area of fence to select it. In the Tool Options make sure Mode is set to Extend and Transform On Drop is ticked.

02 TRY THE SPOT HEALING BRUSH TOOL

To start we’ll try using the Spot Healing Brush tool which is automated but generally does a pretty good job. Grab it from the toolbox and keep the settings at their default values. Resize the brush with the [ and ] keys and paint over them.

04 USE THE CLONE STAMP TOOL

In the Tool Options choose a soft-edged round brush and an Opacity of 20%, then set an appropriate size with the [ and ] keys. Zoom in to see what you’re doing by pressing Ctrl/cmd+plus a few times, then paint over the offending area to replace it with your source.

06 FINE-TUNE THE PATCH TO FINISH

Drag the selected area so it covers the ‘bad’ part of your image. Before you finalize the patch you can drag the outside corners of the bounding box, or hold Ctrl/ Cmd and drag the corners to get the fence poles to line up properly, then hit Return to set it down.