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How to remove items from images that have complicated backgrounds - rinaldop - 10-07-2025
Hello again one and all,
I know the answer to this is incredibly simple and I used to know how to do it but I am embarrassed to say that I cannot remember the details. I know that there is a tool that when an area is erased the area is filled with an approximation of the area surrounding it. I want to remove the horizontal orange bullet point lines from the image below so that I can put them back in at different positions.
As always, thanks!
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RE: How to remove items from images that have complicated backgrounds - denzjos - 10-07-2025
- select the orange lines/point with the 'Fuzzy Select Tool'
- Select/Grow (3 pixels)
- delete selection
- Select/None
- Filters/Enhance/Heal Tranparency
- correct with the 'Clone Tool'
- select the orange lines/point with the 'Fuzzy Select Tool'
- Select/Grow (3 pixels)
- delete selection
- Filters/Enhance/Heal Selection
- correct with the 'Clone Tool
The image after healing, need some cloning :
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RE: How to remove items from images that have complicated backgrounds - rich2005 - 10-07-2025
@rinaldop
Heal selection comes from an add-on plugin "resynthesizer" Where you get that from depends on your OS and Gimp version (is it still Gimp 2.10) So, what OS ???
An alternative is the gimp_gmic_qt plugin, which has the filter inpaint. http://www.gmic.eu
Some old examples https://patdavid.net/2012/08/getting-around-in-gimp-heal-selection/ https://patdavid.net/2014/02/getting-around-in-gimp-gmic-inpainting-content-aware-fill/
RE: How to remove items from images that have complicated backgrounds - rinaldop - 10-07-2025
CLONE TOOL
Thank you!
RE: How to remove items from images that have complicated backgrounds - zeuspaul - 10-07-2025
My approach would be copy and paste followed by cloning and healing.
Using rectangular select I would select using in this case rectangular select the area that needs fixing. Then switching to the move tool I would move the selection using Ctrl-Alt to the area just above. Then Ctrl C Z to copy and then return the selection to its original place then paste and then merge layers. Followed by healing.