PART 4

See something you don’t like in your pictures? Get rid of it!

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Some of the world’s most interesting places are, not surprisingly, some of the most popular. If you’re there, so are a lot of other people - and they’re all in your shot!

This is just one example. We’ve all got lots of photos with annoying tour buses, ugly signs or power lines we don’t want in our shots. Amazing interiors are often spoilt by ropes, signs or modern equipment, and otherwise perfect portraits can be ruined by things you don’t want in the background. The traditional solution to this challenge is a cloning tool. Luminar 4 has a Clone & Stamp Tool that works in the same way as regular clone tools everywhere, and is especially effective on repeating patterns, fine details and man-made objects.

Getting tones and colours to match is difficult with clone tools, however, unless your clone ‘source’ has the same texture, pattern or tone and is nearby in the same lighting. The bigger the object you’re trying to remove, the less likely this becomes. This is where Luminar 4 has a secret weapon - the Erase Tool. This removes objects intelligently, taking textures, patterns and tones from the surrounding image to cover up the object you want to get rid of - automatically. It’s far more effective on larger objects than regular cloning, and it’s far quicker, too.