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    • Al HartA Offline
      Al Hart
      last edited by

      From a client:

      @unknownuser said:

      I have a photograph of an existing house that we took with a camera. I drew a house with sketchup that I need to insert onto the site photo, and I need to remove the existing house from the photo. Is this something you can help me with?

      Al Hart

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      • soloS Offline
        solo
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        Al

        This can be an interesting thread as I too have had to do this and never really pulled it off very well, I believe folk like Sean (Underdog) is needed here as he has superhuman Photo-shop skills.

        I'll be watching this for any tip I can get.

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          xrok1
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          i could imagine if you roughly photo match the site, modelling a ground plane and most of the dominant features then place your SU house in to that, the result could be quite good. depending on how much time you spend and the viewing angle of course. 😉

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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
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            Would help to see the photo. What to do depends on the content.

            I do this kind of thing all the time - I mostly use Photoshop's Clone and Healing brush. Occationally I mix-in with other images from the site. (or if that is lacking, from other sites if it match. )

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            • Chris FullmerC Offline
              Chris Fullmer
              last edited by

              Exactly, this is what I do with much of my time. And it often depends on the base image for how easy or difficult it will be to remove the house. But its a lot of fun doing it!

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              • massimoM Offline
                massimo Moderator
                last edited by

                Photoshop Cs5 is quite a nice tool. A 5 sec work. Just made a rough selection then pressed canc. Obviously you can complete better the job with some additional work. 😄


                Cattura.JPG


                Cattura_1.JPG


                Cattura_3.JPG

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                • soloS Offline
                  solo
                  last edited by

                  Whoah!! that CS5 has some cool stuff.

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                  • massimoM Offline
                    massimo Moderator
                    last edited by

                    Indeed Solo. 😉

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                    • W Offline
                      wyatt
                      last edited by

                      Yeah, the content aware fill in CS5 is such a great tool. Sometimes it requires a few iterations to get it to look right, but it's a tremendous time saver compared to the clone method. I've heard Gimp has something similar, though I've not used it.

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                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
                        last edited by

                        @solo said:

                        Whoah!! that CS5 has some cool stuff.

                        Yea - we finally got it at work. It's great at doing the bulk work. Quite impressive how often it does it right.

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                          Aerilius
                          last edited by

                          @unknownuser said:

                          I've heard Gimp has something similar, though I've not used it.

                          Adobe sells it as innovation, but Gimp has that feature since 2005.
                          gimp-resynthesizer.jpg
                          As you see, the result is not equal (CS5's tool is more intelligent), but for landscapes the difference is not noticeable. So if you want to use it but don't have CS5, you can just install gimp-resynthesizer (or http://www.logarithmic.net/pfh/resynthesizer)

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                          • Al HartA Offline
                            Al Hart
                            last edited by

                            @massimo said:

                            Photoshop Cs5 is quite a nice tool. A 5 sec work. Just made a rough selection then pressed canc. Obviously you can complete better the job with some additional work. 😄

                            Wow!

                            Are you telling me that CS made the third image from the 1st image all on its own?

                            Al Hart

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                            • Chris FullmerC Offline
                              Chris Fullmer
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                              Yes! <in summary> It has to be the newest CS5. And GiMP has had it for a few years, though possibly not quite as clean as the expensive photoshop version.

                              And all previous versions of Photoshop had tools that let you do it manually very quickly (again, depending on the photo - some are rather time consuming to fix).

                              But still, that CS5 example above is very impressive! I hope some day my office decides to upgrade. I have a feeling we'll be skipping 5 altogether though 😞

                              Chris

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                              • massimoM Offline
                                massimo Moderator
                                last edited by

                                @unknownuser said:

                                Wow!

                                Are you telling me that CS made the third image from the 1st image all on its own?

                                Exactly Al, just what I said: a lasso selection and canc. That's all.
                                Obviously the result depends on the base image and often you need some additional work.
                                Here you have another example made with the "spot healing brush tool": paint on the objects you want to remove, then release the left button of the mouse...


                                20100528_7_500.jpg


                                20100528_7_500_3.jpg


                                20100528_7_500_2.jpg

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                                  dylan
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                                  Amazing tools. Maybe I should upgrade my CS4!

                                  http://dmdarchitecture.co.uk/

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                                  • bmikeB Offline
                                    bmike
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                                    Where in GIMP?

                                    I'm running 2.6 (just downloaded a few weeks ago).
                                    Can't seem to find it!

                                    mike beganyi design + consulting llc

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                                      Aerilius
                                      last edited by

                                      It is a plugin "gimp-resynthesizer". You can download it here: http://www.logarithmic.net/pfh/resynthesizer

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                                        notareal
                                        last edited by

                                        This technique was represented in SIGGRAPH some years ago. There is also another image operator called seam carving that supports content-aware image resizing (CS4 and greater).

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                                        • daleD Offline
                                          dale
                                          last edited by

                                          You can also remove an image in PS Elements with the "magic extractor", but I think you will have to fill the space manually with clone tool etc.
                                          The Gimp plugin is windows only, or used to be anyway.

                                          Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                                            Aerilius
                                            last edited by

                                            The Gimp plugin supports many platforms. The easiest installation is in Linux, Windows is a bit more to do by hand and the site offers also a download for OS X:
                                            http://www.logarithmic.net/pfh/resynthesizer/history

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