How to Erase Something from a Picture!!!!!

Today's class is a tutorial on how to remove something from a picture.

Let's say.....

You took a picture of a wall.....

And then when you were editing it.....

you noticed there was

a light switch in 

the middle of the picture!!!!!

 So, you go to your magic box.....

and remove it!!!!!

It's magic I tell ya!!!!!

MAGIC!!!!!

It doesn't hurt if you've upgraded to paying for PicMonkey.

Until recently this editing tool was free.....

It was kind of like a drug dealer.....

giving me something free.....

getting me hooked....

AND THEN CHARGING ME FOR IT!!!!!

But, I wanted it.....

I NEEDED IT!!!!!

I HAD TO HAVE IT!!!!!

So I now am paying for it.

It's their cloning tool.

I will now show you guys how it works.

It's really cool, once you get the hang of it.

This is what the opening page looks like:

Click on "Edit Photo"

You can open a photo or drag it to this page.

Then it will look like this.....

On the left side, you'll see the different options.

Click on what looks like a lipstick, because this is where you can adjust photo's of people.

I know there is a different place for cloning, but this is where I found it, and I stick with what works.....

A menu will open up down the left side, of all types of makeup!!!!!

Scroll down to the bottom.....

You see where it says "Clone"?????

Click on that!!!!

The cloning screen will open up, like this.....

See that dotted circle?????

That's the tool, it moves around by moving your mouse.

On the left, you can control the brush size, the brush hardness (opaqueness) and what you do is.....

You click on the blue Source button on the left.....

then....

You click on what you want it to copy, and then click on what you want to cover!!!!

It takes some playing around, and practicing.

I found it best to use a small size brush and to enlarge the picture.

You can enlarge the picture by rolling the wheel on your mouse....

like this.....

Then I moved the circle over the wall paper and clicked, which told the program that that was where I wanted the cloning to start.

I chose the center of a rose, as then it would be easy to figure out how to copy the wallpaper repeat.....

If you look in the picture below, at the light switch, see how there is a rose now on the switch, 

Here's a close up...

The circle on top is what I am copying, and the circle on the bottom is what is being painted....

Till it's all replaced with what you want.

As you move the mouse up and down, it keeps copying what ever it is over.

So the important thing is to be careful in where you first place your mouse.

Here it is, all covered with wallpaper.

It's not perfect, but I am not going to obsess about it.....

I did a better job in the real picture.

When I was loading another picture to my blog, I realized that there was a black cord from my photo lights running down the middle of the shot!!!!!

Presto Chango!!!!!

And it is gone!!!!!

It's taken me a while to get better at this.

But it's a really good tool.

So, I hope that helped at least one of you guys.

That's the lesson for today, class.

Later, Gator