Post Processing Help!

I took a couple of pictures of a female cardinal that seems to be in pretty good focus but I've got a twig in front of the bird. Is there a way in Post Processing to remove the twig? I downloaded Picasso, but don't have Photoshop.

Hi Tim, I would suggest you post a copy of the image you asked about. It is tough for people to comment without seeing what you have. Dennis

It's definitely possible to do something like this, but as Dennis said, it's hard to be certain without seeing the image. I'm speaking of Photoshop - I don't even know what Picasso is other than a pointillist painter who has since passed on.

Here is one example of something similar to what you describe.

Before

Nice job removing that Ed. Care to share how you went about it?

"I don't even know what Picasso is other than a pointillist painter who has since passed on."

Hmm, I don't think so. Picasso used several different styles at different periods but Pointillism he would probably have considered as old-fashioned since he would have been 7 or 8 years old when it was popular. It was revived in the Pop Art of the '50s and '60s, though. Please excuse the OT.

Slappy,

I just used careful cloning to remove the twig. I ususally worked at 100% or higher magnification, and I would often have to make and feather selections to limit the area I was cloning over. Also, and I feel this is important: Always do your cloning on a separate layer. It makes it easier to go back and fix things up later when you notice a mistake.

Elie,

I sit corrected! I still don't know what the Picasso that the OP poster was referring to. (never did much care for the giant sculpture by Picasso in Chicago - I'm soooo uncultured ).

= Ed =

Ed Rotberg wrote in post #2508014
Slappy,

I just used careful cloning to remove the twig. I ususally worked at 100% or higher magnification, and I would often have to make and feather selections to limit the area I was cloning over. Also, and I feel this is important: Always do your cloning on a separate layer. It makes it easier to go back and fix things up later when you notice a mistake.

Elie,

I sit corrected! I still don't know what the Picasso that the OP poster was referring to. (never did much care for the giant sculpture by Picasso in Chicago - I'm soooo uncultured ).

= Ed =

It's Picasa - from Google:

http://picasa.google.c​om/

And Picasa does not have a tool for doing that sort of correction. . .