How to Retouch Environments in Photoshop


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Learn how to clean up any environment in a few simple steps.

In this episode we show you how to use tools like the Brush Tool, Spot Healing Brush, Clone Stamp, and Pen Tool to remove distractions and simplify an environmental photo.

Remove Objects with the Spot Healing Brush Tool

The Spot Healing Brush Tool is perfect for removing objects on a simple background. In this example we remove wall hooks with the Spot Healing Brush Tool. These hooks are on a white wall, making them easier to remove.

How to Clone Objects in Photoshop

In this example, two of the windows in the photo are frosted and one of them is transparent. The frosted windows look cleaner and more simple than the transparent window, so in this case it makes sense to replace the transparent window with a frosted one.

To do this, make a selection around one of the frosted windows, then duplicate it to a new layer by pressing CTRL/CMD+J. Next, skew the window by holding CTRL/CMD and clicking on one of the corners of the layer and transforming it until the window matches the perspective in the photo. Next, create a layer mask to blend the new frosted window into the photo.

How to Retouch using the Brush Tool

You may be surprised at the versatility and power of the Brush Tool. In this example, we remove a heater from a photo using the Brush Tool. Simply hold ALT/OPTN+CLICK on the color you would like to sample (In this case it is the wall color) and paint over the object you would like to remove. If you are working on a relatively simple photo you won’t need to sample many colors, if you are working on a more complex photo, you may need to sample repeatedly.

If needed, make a selection to refine where you don’t want your brush paint to be visible. In this example we use the Pen Tool to outline the chair and remove it from the wall layer.

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25 responses to “How to Retouch Environments in Photoshop”

  1. Phlearn never disappoints me. I paid for your website tutorials, but I also enjoyed your free tutorials. The best thing is very tutorial is so not confusing. I am not a professional, just do ps for fun and I am following most of the time.

  2. He's back! Yay! Okay, so question/idea for a video. When I was just compositing an image, the base image had to be enlarged a bit. Even though I followed tutorials on using the high pass filter, the pixels still seemed a little blurred. Which wasn't too bad until I tried to add the rest of the stuff. The composited portion had to be shrunk down, but even at the appropriate size, it was still too sharp for the rest of the image. I tried a Surface Blur and a Gaussian Blur, but that only made the edges look right. There was still too much definition within the lines. So my question is how to get the composited piece to match the pixel blur of the base image?

  3. That was AWESOME!!!
    You know what would be interesting? a video where Aaron could photoshop an image like a total pro (as always) BUT with a timer on ? just to see the full potential version of him without slowing himself down for a tutorial.
    Maybe like a mini serie, I don't know… "photoshoping a portrait as fast as possible", "photoshoping a landscape AFAP", etc etc.

  4. Hi Aaron, I'm from Italy and I have to tell you that I improved a lot my skills watching your tuts and i'm so grateful for it.
    I learned to think in Photoshoppese language and I can do pretty damn everything (compared to 1 year ago). But there's one thing i still can't figure out : is there any way to rasterize or apply the advanced blending options to a new copied layer? Example: on a new level i paint with black and in the advanced blending i drag the white slider to the left to make the black appear where there is black in the underlying layer. Now if I want to rasterize this layer to modify it (move, transform, etc etc) is there a way to do it?

    Best reguards & go on!
    Always supporting you
    Peter

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