Removing a branch from birds face? [2017]

[Hughes711]

Hello, I am trying to remove this branch from in front of the bird face.. I have tried the quick select tool and the healing brush and with all of them they become muddy and you can totally tell that I photoshopped it out.. Does anyone have any tips or tricks? I am fairly new at photoshop so any help would be greatly appreciated. Ive watched the tutorial on the video and it just doesnt work that easy haha

[davescm · Accepted solution]

Use the clone stamp tool. Alt click where you want to copy from and click where you want to copy to.

Watch the lay of the feathers

For the top edge of the red feathers, put a copy of the image on a new layer -, Flip it and  transformed it then mask around with a soft brush to blend it. In other words use the bottom edge to produce a top edge.

Dave

[Hughes711]

Wow! this is amazing!! Thanks so much for the tips! I will try to play around with it. Thanks!

[r2junot]

Thanks for this because generative AI made up a new bird instead of reducing opacity of a twig & filling in feathers as it has in the past.

[Glenn 8675309]

I'm lazy:  I just used the remove tool and did this in about 10 seconds.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

I'm lazy:  I just used the remove tool and did this in about 10 seconds.

I’m pretty sure the Remove Tool had not been released yet in 2017. 

@r2junot , please post meaningful screenshots that illustrate the Selection etc.

Did you try to remove the branch the bird is sitting on?  

[jane-e]

@r2junot and @Glenn 8675309 

Neither Generative AI nor the Remove tool were available in 2017 when the OP asked their question.

Jane

[Trevor.Dennis]

Reminds me of a camera club member who photographed tiny Mycena fungi while wearing mohair gloves.  They are tiny (as little as 5mm) and he found the photo was ruined by dozens of tiny hairs.  He spent hours removing them all with the clone tool, because he was not aware that the Healing Brush was available.   You are not supposed to do any editing on Natural History competition entries, but they all seemed to do it anyway.  Some even denied doing so vehemently after telling some club members about the edits they had done.

[JR Boulay]

Yes, you're lazy. Generative AI can remove more than one branch. 🙂