Help with removing erros on photo.

[smudger1767]

Hi all

I'm just getting the feel foe editing my phot's with photoshop cc but I'm coming up with the same problem with editing them.
Especially with removing unwanted marks on the picture itself.
I have a mark on 2 photo's that I have tried varies ways to remove but sofar the results have been poor.
Any suggestions as to the procedure as to correct the images.

 

[amolitor]

What on EARTH is that? Are these physical prints that have some sort of damage? Did you photograph physical prints with a digital camera with on-board flash?

That white area is gone. You can maybe paint in something that looks close, with enough skill, but I would go back and try to fix the original problem. If you're photographing prints, turn the on camera flash off.

 

[Braineack]

I have a feeling, those are a watermark of sorts to prevent exactly what the OP is asking for help with...Those were done using a spatter brush in PS.

 

[EIngerson]

Sorry OP, I don't think anyone here will touch those with a ten foot pole.

 

[amolitor]

All things are possible, but I'm increasingly sure this was just some bloke taking pictures of some prints with on camera flash. There's no reason to suppose that these are not the OPs prints in the first place. They're obviously not professional portraits that the OP is trying to rip off, so I see no particular "tells" that this is someone being naughty. In the absence of evidence of any sort, it's silly to assume the worst.

Regardless, the pictures are unsalvageable. Reshoot, without the flash. If this results in very long exposures, well, that's OK. Either use a tripod, or find some way to brace your camera in a fixed position, and use the self-timer function to set it off without having to touch it (and potentially move it).

 

[Braineack]

They're obviously not professional portraits that the OP is trying to rip off, so I see no particular "tells" that this is someone being naughty. In the absence of evidence of any sort, it's silly to assume the worst.

They certainly aren't snapshots when you look at the two large modifers on a white continous roll in the reflection of the eyes...

Those white spots scream PS brush to me and don't look like flash reflections while taking a picture of a picture.

 

[amolitor]

Mmm hmm. I looked at the eyes too. I don't think those are what you think they are.

But that's enough from me here. I've told the OP what to do.

 

[robbins.photo]

Sorry OP, I don't think anyone here will touch those with a ten foot pole.

Ok.. lets see.. i've got a 10 foot pole around here somewhere. There's the 9 footer.. nope, that's the 12.. Aha! here we go. 10 ft.

Hmm..nope, not going to touch it. Score 1 for EIngerson.. lol..

 

[smudger1767]

Thes were both taken fron a Galaxy S2 android phone.

 

[Braineack]

The picture of the pictures were? or the originals themselves?

 

[robbins.photo]

Thing that strikes me as really odd - I mean if this were something on the sensor or the lens, etc - then you would expect the white blotch to be in roughly the same area of the photograph on both photographs. It's not. So yup, seriously have alarm bells going off here. Putting the 10' pole back in the closet.

 

[amolitor]

then you would expect the white blotch to be in roughly the same area of the photograph on both photographs. It's not.

Cannot. Contain. Laughter.

 

[Braineack]

it actually is if you rotate Sr. Doggie...

 

[robbins.photo]

it actually is if you rotate Sr. Doggie...

Depending on the crop you might be able to get them to line up I suppose, just eyeballing it though it seems off. Just bizarre all the way around.

 

[KmH]

If you want to remove blemishes ("unwanted marks") in a photo using Photoshop CC you would use the Spot Healing Brush tool, the Healing Brush tool, the Patch tool, the Content-Aware Move tool, or the Clone Stamp tool, or some combination of all of those.

If you need help learning how to use Photoshop CC, open CC and then press the F1 key on your keyboard.