Digital photography & design software: How do I erase a person from a pic?
How do I erase a person from a pic?
by audreycharlize - 5/23/09 8:26 AMHi,
How do I erase a person from the pic? For example there are 2 people in the pic but want to remove one of them. I have Gimp, Photoscape and Picasa. If the programs don't offer a way to do this, is there another program I should Be looking out for. TIA.
Audrey
Difficult.
by MarkFlax
- 5/23/09 2:48 PM
In reply to: How do I erase a person from a pic? by audreycharlize
Because you would have to introduce the background behind that person into the space cut out.
I'm not sure that is something that can easily be done, other than by professionals.
For instance, I found this image on Google, http://www.sumoflam.biz/EthnicExpo/crowds2.jpg
Take the guy in the yellow top. Cut him out, but how would you replace the background? There would be a lot of missing information there.
Mark
True
by Charles_Bronson - 5/31/09 9:59 PM In reply to: Difficult. by MarkFlax
it would be difficult. Depending on the background, you could try using the clone stamp tool. But, I'm not sure if the programs you mentioned have that tool. How about just cropping them out with the crop tool?
I clone
by rje49 - 6/19/09 7:54 PM In reply to: True by Charles_BronsonI've done this a few times using "Photo Studio 5" software that came with my Canon scanner. As already mentioned, you use the clone function to "cover up" the unwanted person or area with an existing area. It can get quite tedious, depending on the background. If the person was just standing alone on a lawn, that would be easy. A person in a crowd, as shown in another post, would be quite a challenge because you don't know what's behind the person - I wouldn't bother.
Example
by rje49 - 6/20/09 5:03 PM In reply to: Difficult. by MarkFlax
Here is an example. I waited and waited for people to clear out of my way to get an uncluttered photo at Custer Battlefield National Monument in 2003. Now, just one more person to clear the view as the next busload approaches. Oh no! She's stopping! It's now or never(or at least a long wait in the hot sun). This is the only picture I've ever taken with the express intent of editing: http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz355/rje49/177.jpg
My first amateurish job of eliminating a person via cloning: http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz355/rje49/177a.jpg
Although at the time, I considered this very tedious, I'd now call it about average difficulty.
Thanks
by rje49 - 6/21/09 9:16 AM In reply to: Impressive by MarkFlax
I should mention that the "easy" part was the predictability of what was behind the lady- and that it was "available" to use from elsewhere in the scene. Your sample of the guy in the yellow jacket would be much more difficult to work with because it would take creativity rather than just attention to detail.
Photoshop might help
by geekphreak - 6/13/09 11:36 PM In reply to: How do I erase a person from a pic? by audreycharlizeHello,
Softwares like photoshop / corel and some other advance photo editing tools can achieve this , I'm pretty sure tools like picasa are not that advance to do this. You can download a trial copy of photoshop from a site and check it out for yourself, Good luck
Use Paint.net
by epastrana - 6/20/09 1:05 AM In reply to: How do I erase a person from a pic? by audreycharlizeUse Paint.net.
It's free and you can Google "How to erase a person from a picture with paint.net".
There are also videos in YouTube with the same topic.
Try Photowipe
by dmaceachern - 6/20/09 2:31 AM In reply to: How do I erase a person from a pic? by audreycharlizeI found a neat little image editing freeware which provides just this function. It is called "PhotoWipe" (developed by Steve Hanov - www.hanovsolutions.com - I think it is available to download from the CNET Download site).
Basically, you just paint the offending item/person with a black brush and the program then replaces the painted out area with an extrapolation of the surrounding background. It is very good for removing unwanted items, such as vehicles, electricity pylons, etc., from landscapes, where the background (sky, fields, etc.) is fairly homogeneous. However, I have not tried using it to remove a person's image from a group - this may be a liitle more tricky, especially if there are other people directly in the background.
Anyway, it is worth a try.
Don.
Photoshop can do it - maybe...
by Zouch - 6/20/09 6:47 AM In reply to: How do I erase a person from a pic? by audreycharlizeActually, that's not strictly true - YOU can do it with Photoshop - maybe.
Except in very simple cases, there isn't an automatic tool to do it and as another poster said, it depends on the background. If the background is reasonably consistent, say a field, a hedge and a sky, you can find a chunk to clone fill the hole left by removing the person concerned. But if the background is like the example someone posted, it is highly unlikely you could ever get anything convincing. You could try a horizontal flip on the partial figures left after the erasure but you'll be down to pixel editing. Life's too short!
Oh, and try to use a lossless image format (TIF, BMP, etc.) - pixel editing editing JPEGs is a fool's errand. By all means save it as a JPG when you are finished to save space but not for working on.
In my experience, Photoshop is best
by franecs1 - 6/20/09 7:30 AM In reply to: How do I erase a person from a pic? by audreycharlizeIf this photo is really meaningful, you can make it work. I've erased a daughter's old boyfriend more than once and cloned the background. Another possibility is you may want to swap out the face and replace it with a similarly lighted face of another person. And yes, work in a tif format then save as a jpg.
Two other programs . . .
by sweiss - 6/20/09 11:08 AM In reply to: How do I erase a person from a pic? by audreycharlizeto consider, each of which is good at erasing images, and then filling in the void around them, are:
1) Image Mender: http://www.phibit.com/imender/ ($19.99)
2) Inpaint: http://www.teorex.com/inpaint.html ($39.99)
As others have mentioned, it may take a little time and patience to get the background the way you want it.
Cover them up instead
by porsche10x - 6/20/09 12:01 PM In reply to: How do I erase a person from a pic? by audreycharlizeHere's another option, especially if the background is complex and not easily duplicated. Instead of erasing the other person, cover them up with something else! You could be posing with President Obama, or having lunch with Mickey Mouse. If you're trying to erase a hated ex-spouse or someone else you've had a falling-out with, you could have quite a lot of fun. The possibilities are endless.
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