Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Try this freeware for removing wires (unfortunately not available for Mac machines) Wireworm http://www.vicanek.de/plugins/wireworm.htm His other stuff is very clever too - particularly his perspective correction tool. Cheers Douglas On 19.06.2012 23:02, Herbert Kanner wrote: > Thanks, Richard. In which version of LR was the use > of "H" introduced? > > Herb > > >> "H" to show the circles of replacement and things >> being replaced. >> >> For heavy duty spot removal, I use CS5. The healing >> brush is amazing. LR >> also slows down a lot with spot removal if your file >> is large. >> >> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Herbert Kanner >> <kanner at acm.org> wrote: >> >> > I haven't used this tool recently--for sure in >> LR2, possibly in LR3. In >> > LR4, they seem to have improved it to where it no >> longer works worth a >> > damn. I remember removing two strands of a barbed >> wire fence that were >> > between me and a donkey in LR2. It took a while, >> because it did not work >> > like the PS cloner--it replaced a circular area >> by the area in some other >> > direction, e.g. at right angles to the wire. So I >> had to remove the wire >> > one section at a time, which took a while but >> worked splendidly. >> > >> > Yesterday, there was part of a picture frame >> showing at the top of a shot, >> > and my wife asked if I could remove it in LR. I >> said "probably not," but >> > thinking about it, there seemed to be enough >> clear wall between it and the >> > subject of the picture to make removal possible. >> > >> > No way! It was a colossal failure. 1. I didn't >> see the replacement pixels >> > show up as I was dragging the tool; they clearly >> showed in LR2. 2. I had to >> > wait a number of seconds before I could see what >> the tool had done. 3. A >> > faint image of some lines of the picture frame >> remained and could not be >> > removed. 4. The replaced area was darker than the >> ostensible source area. >> > >> > Comments? Observations? >> > -- >> > Herbert Kanner >> > kanner at acm.org >> > 650-326-8204 >> > >> > Question authority and the authorities will >> question you. >> > >> > ______________________________**_________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> >> >> more information >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for >> more information >