By Carl Drotsky


How many times have you said, "That would be an excellent picture if it wasn't for that random person walking right through my shot." Finding unplanned people or objects in your pictures is about as irritating as nails on a chalkboard. This seems particularly common at destinations such as Howick Falls where people can easily spoil the beauty of such a breath-taking backdrop. No longer do you have to face the disappointment of a ruined photograph. There is now photo editing software for you to delete unwanted objects or people right out of the image.

The two main computer programs out there today to remove unwanted bystanders from photos are the GNU Image Manipulation Program which is free and SnapMania Tourist Remover which comes with a price. Both computer programs operate on the same idea. All that's necessary to capture an unspoiled shot of a congested location are three to five pictures of the exact same line of vision. Just make sure that every individual point of the image is flawless in at least one picture. Take as many pictures as is necessary to make certain this is the case. By doing so, you are giving the editing tool everything it needs to fuse bits of each image together to produce one flawless photograph.

What step-by-step procedure is required for the software to give you the complete image? Regardless of which software a photographer is using, a minimum of three pictures of the identical view will be necessary; it's best to use a tripod. Compare your pictures before leaving the site to make sure that each part of the view is exposed in at least one of the images. Nothing else is needed for these programs to do what they do best. After placing the images into SnapMania, the software finds sections in each image that are crowded with unwanted guests such as motor vehicles or people and uses the other images to fill in the gaps. The results are incredible, however, it's important to closely check your picture for amusing editing mishaps.

Every now and then, the SnapMania Tourist Remover does not fulfill its role of taking out each individual fragment of the object or person. You will know this is what's happened when you see, for example, a trace of a woman's handbag or her hair floating unpredictably in the picture. One quick stroke you can attempt when this occurs is to re-load the photographs at a much greater quality; this sometimes solves the problem. However, if this isn't successful, you'll need to go back and take a few more pictures, being very careful to take it from the exact location. Then include them with the other pictures to begin the process again.

The GNU Image Manipulation Program is actually a free stem-program from Photoshop. The process doesn't happen as mechanically as with the previous mentioned program but instead permits the photographer to layer images on top of one another and then remove anything that is ruining the shot. Besides getting the photo completely flawless, you can easily entertain your fellow photographers who will be pleasantly surprised at what this editing software can accomplish.




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