| Just wanted to say that you don't necessarily need CS5's content-aware fill (though I'm guessing it'd make it easier). Because there aren't a lot of fine details in the scene, it's a good candidate for using the clone tool. It will, however, take some time to complete in this fashion, but the more you've done this, the faster it gets. You'll want to set your source for the clone tool using the alt key, if I remember correctly (haven't used Gimp in awhile but that's the normal command for PS). The easiest way I've found to do powerlines is to set the source just a little bit above or below the powerline and then set the opacity on your clone stamp down to something like 30-40%. Don't just do a long line along the whole thing to get rid of it; instead, click lots of times, moving the location around slightly in circles as you progress down the wire. This keeps you from getting such hard lines between cloned and not cloned. Afterwards, you can do some additional smoothing and whatnot if you need (heal tool MAY work well for touching up the clone). If what's being cloned doesn't match well, adjust where your source is appropriately. Like I said, this is a good candidate for learning to clone because you don't have lots of color variation or detail. |
