Photoshop removing plane trails

PiKe · 31 Oct 2007 at 16:26

How do you remove a plane trail or large expanse of cloud, without the image going 'blotchy'? I've tried a few methods and none are acceptable to me as they degrade the overall picture quality.

Any suggestions?

tres · 31 Oct 2007 at 16:29

Clone tool?

fini · 31 Oct 2007 at 16:30

all the following do not degrade the picture quality at all:
clone
crop
healing brush

PiKe · 31 Oct 2007 at 16:45

Here's the section on the image in question for you to have a go with, I've had no success. Please don't resize it down once you've worked on it, as that'll hide any blotching.

http://www.cspiby.entadsl.com/sky.jpg

Dj_Jestar · 31 Oct 2007 at 17:02

just waiting for imageshack to wake up..

sod it.. http://www.jenk.co.uk/images/sky.jpg

PiKe · 1 Nov 2007 at 09:08

The whole cloudy pink bit needs to go aswell, thats the bit that goes weird if you heal over it.

Dj_Jestar · 1 Nov 2007 at 11:36

I'll give it a go later if this hangover clears. Thought you only wanted the plane trail removed

PiKe · 1 Nov 2007 at 12:01

ok cheers.

topbanana · 1 Nov 2007 at 13:29

This is notoriously difficult. I'd be impressed if you could do it

Dj_Jestar · 1 Nov 2007 at 13:45

With the pink light:
http://www.jenk.co.uk/images/sky-pink.jpg

Without the pink light:
http://www.jenk.co.uk/images/sky-blue.jpg

PiKe · 1 Nov 2007 at 13:47

Just with the healing tool? I can see 'slight' blotching but it's a lot better than I could manage.

Dj_Jestar · 1 Nov 2007 at 13:56

I added a new layer, filled it with the same blue from the top right corner, then set it's blending to "color" and tweaked the opacity down a notch, then used healing tool with a 300px soft brush to remove the cloud.

Honestly, it was a rush job. 5mins, no more than. I've not got a lot to do today so I just might spend a bit more time on it later, but my hangover is really starting to hurt and keeping concentration is getting difficult.

RE: Blotchyness, that's probably the jpg compression doing that.. I'll upload a PNG in a mo for comparison.

EDIT: http://www.jenk.co.uk/images/sky.png

PiKe · 1 Nov 2007 at 14:36

Just had a go, I lassoo'd the area, filled it with a nearby colour and filled the selection, changed blending to color which neatralised the pinkness, but it's still a light spot in the sky. Tried using the healing tool but it's not really working for me. As always it just ends up blotching, are you using a tablet or mouse?

On the full image there is a gradation in colour in the sky, could this be making it more difficult?

I've uploaded a slightly different portion of the sky here: www.cspiby.entadsl.com/sky2.jpg

Dj_Jestar · 1 Nov 2007 at 14:49

First time I used my tablet, but the last two I just used my mouse. Didn't lasso anything, the new layer is applied over the whole image, and for the healing, I picked a spot to the right of the picture, then "healed" the cloud. The gradient does make it difficult, but it'll always have a gradient - it's the sky after all.

The grains make it difficult, too, but you'll always have grains in photo's - digital or film. This is why skilled PS'ers can earn a lot of cash.

PiKe · 1 Nov 2007 at 15:56

Ok I've ended up lasooing and feathering so it blends into the rest of the sky, it's not looking perfect but it'll do, it won't show if it's repro'd anyway. Thanks.