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Now you see it … now you don’t

Sunday, May 16th, 2010
Before: Two Spanish boys frolicking on a beach in Altea

Before: Two Spanish boys frolicking on a beach in Altea

After: The two boys removed in seconds using Content-Aware Fill

After: The two boys removed using Content-Aware Fill

Yesterday, I showed how Photoshop CS5’s new Content-Aware Fill can be applied using the Spot Healing brush. The second way of using the powerful feature is to use the Content-Aware option when applying the Fill command.

I took the photo of two local boys at the Spanish beach at Altea, just 10 km to the north of the famous beach haven of Benidorm on the Costa Blanca. I like the way these two boys added life to the beach scene. But just to test out the Content-Aware Fill, I decided to “remove” them from the photo.

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Photoshop’s New Content-Aware Fill

Saturday, May 15th, 2010
Before: Ugly clothes-line in front of charming traditional Japanese shophouse

Before: Ugly clothes-line in front of charming traditional Japanese shophouse

After: Clothes-line removed with Spot Healing brush using Content-Aware

After: Clothes-line removed with Spot Healing brush using Content-Aware

The most hyped feature in Photoshop CS5 is the Content-Aware Fill. The feature enables you to remove an object in your photo and see it automatically replaced with pixels that match the lighting, tone, and noise of the surrounding area so that it looks like the removed object never existed. Previously, you would have to painstakingly use the Clone Stamp tool to manually copy pixels from surrounding areas to replace the unwanted object.

There are two ways to use Content-Aware Fill. The first is to paint with the Spot Healing Brush (which I will demo today) while the other is as an option of the Fill command to replace content in an active selection.

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Here today … gone tomorrow

Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Before: crooked sunset photo with cables overhead

Before: Nice sunset over Siloso beach marred by the flying fox cables overhead.

After: Cables removed with Spot Healing Brush and straightened

After: Cables removed with Spot Healing Brush and straightened

Use the Spot Healing brush to remove overhead cables and wires from your snapshots. I took the sunset photo at Siloso Beach, on the resort island of Sentosa – to the south of Singapore. Overhead are some flying fox cables on which people slide down from a high tower further inland.

I chose a brush size slightly wider than each of the flying fox cables. Dragging over the cables got Photoshop to replace them seamlessly with pixels from the sky around. To straighten the photo, just select the Ruler Tool (nested below the Eyedropper Tool), drag along the horizon and click the Straighten button (new in CS5) on the options bar at the top of the screen.

Photoshop provides many ways of removing unwanted people or objects from your photos. In this article that I wrote for Digital Life on 12 May 2010, I illustrate the use of some of the tools in Photoshop CS5 in different situations. The article is the first of a new 12-part series that will run in Digital Life every Wednesday.

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Adobe Photoshop CS5

Friday, May 7th, 2010
Stacked photoshop boxes for CS5 and CS5 Extended

Photoshop CS5 lauched on 12 Apr 2010, shipped on 30 Apr 2010

Photoshop CS5 was launched on 12 April 2010 as part of the Adobe CS5 Suite. It is the flagship product of Adobe’s entire CS5 release and I am impressed by some of its new features.

I will be delving into some of the main features in more detail over the next few weeks.

The main new features are:

  • Content-aware fill – remove objects or fill in space through automatic cloning
  • HDR Toning – create HDR-like effects from a single exposure
  • Painting effects – natural painterly effects with mixer brushes that blend colours
  • Puppet Warp – reminds me of liquify with more control
  • Automated Lens Correction – using database of preset corrections based on camera model and lenses
  • Mini-Bridge Panel – Bridge right within Photoshop

The enhanced features are:

  • Intelligent selection tools – select hair easier
  • HDR Pro – combine bracketed exposures with more control
  • Adobe Camera Raw 6 – including better sharpening and noise reduction
  • Black-and-White conversion – using Lab Black-and-White technique
  • User-inspired productivity enhancements – things users have been asking for

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