How to Remove Tourists and Clutter from Photos with PS

When shooting while traveling, it's almost impossible to avoid tourists, trash cans, power poles, and other clutter in the frame.

Such clutter is unsightly, hurts composition, and distracts the eye — and automatic tools like Content-Aware Fill or Spot Removal often can't handle it, so we remove it manually in post.

In today's tutorial, Thomas teaches you how to use selections, brushes, the Clone Stamp, and other tools to completely remove the road sign from the photo below.

The photo was submitted by reader Li He Tailai to our photo critique column; below is the clutter-free result.

Video Tutorial

HD video link:

https://v.qq.com/x/page/k0515hhiwcn.html

Download the small PSD file of the removal demo:

https://pan.baidu.com/s/1o89c0dG

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