LR4 Object Removal

Is there a way to remove an object from a group of images in LR4. For example I had a set of images and I needed to remove an EXIT sign from them. The only way I know how is to do it in PS5.

Thanks
R.

You could try with the "Spot Removal" brush, but I suspect this probably will not work like the clone tool will in PS. Depending on the size of the "EXIT" signs, this may or may not work, but it might be worth trying. I have used a large SR brush once in a while to remove an unwanted blur of a bird flying overhead in a landscape picture.

WesternGuy

Yes, it can be done, but it ain't easy and it ain't pretty. I once removed a telephone wire partially behind trees and partially in open sky, just to see if I could do it with LR. It took longer than anybody who wants to retain their sanity should spend on it, but it can be done.

Rick, if you still have access to CS5, there really isn't much of a reason not to use it once in a while for this type of thing. CS5 shines with object removing and such. LR stuggles. Go ahead and try, you may be pleasantly surprised, but still there is no contest as to the effectiveness between the two.

thanks guys.
I agree i thinkg CS5 works great, but the only reason I was looking for it in LR is to sync all the images this was in and hopefully save time.
The item i needed to remove was in 30 or 40 pictures and I don't know how that can be done in CS5 without doing one image at a time.

R

Yikes!

I'm not clear -- are you saying that the sign is in the exact same position in the images and you could just "duplicate" a clone from pic to pic?

If so, maybe LR would do better than trying to create a cloning Action in Photoshop but I don't have any experise there!

In Lightroom I have batch-applied dust removal cloning and it works well. In fact, if you get your clone circle(s) off a bit, it's quick and simple just to move them around from image to image. This is pretty important with shots of a cloudy day, especially when there are patches of blue!

But maybe someone here has done some work with creating and action and using the clone tool. I believe there can be approaches to this using dedicated layers and such, but I can't go any farther!

Yup, this is one of those cases where one needs to move beyond LR. Luckily one doesn't need to splash out on the full Photoshop. Elements now has Content-Aware Healing, which should do the job quite easily.

I took about 40 images of a baptism but in the background there's an ugly EXIT sign that I wanted to remove. I know in CS5 it's easy to do to one image, not sure about 40 unless done one at a time.

I wanted to know if there's a way to remove that sign in LR4 and sync the image so to remove the sign in the 39 other images.

One by one I am afraid.

that blows!!!! thanks guys

What you can do though is save your selection...

Make a selection, save it.

Then reload it on each image and content aware fill.

If you post a sample, we might be able to suggest other things, but would need to see the pic.

that sounds good. I would still ahve to do each image but its less time consuming makeing a selection for each image.

r.

I've actually been trying this in LR4 and it works OK - if you have some room around the object to be removed, and you have a really good donor area you can use. The biggest problem I've had is that it takes multiple brush 'strokes'.

And I don't think it will work with sync unless the sign is in the exact same location in all the images.

I'd try one in LR to see what kind of results you can get. And then probably go to CS5 and grunt through them. Especially if I could get it with content aware delete.