M_Six

Just loaded up PS CS5. It now has Content Aware Fill. If you lasso something and choose Fill, it eliminates whatever you lasso'd and fills in the background nearly flawlessly.

Here's the original picture reduced to 800x600. NB, if you reduce the image size before bringing it into PS, the Content Aware Fill fails badly.



I'll take out the cars and people on the left, the farm equipment and outhouses in the middle, and some of the tourists on the right.



That took about 5 minutes. Content Aware Fill won't do much with the bus because of the very different backgrounds, but it sure saved time with all the other things. I just lasso'd them and chose Fill. Poof, they were gone. Very cool.

Below is the image edited in CS4 with the same things plus the bus removed. This took me hours to do.

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Mark
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mrferg

Nice! Wish I could justify the expense of upgrading from CS4, but I have a cooling system to replace.

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epj3

Ah yes, the joys of 90's-era BMW's

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mrferg

It's aggravating, the car loses coolant while driving, and I can smell coolant in the engine bay. But after letting it sit for a few weeks I go to inspect the coolant system... and it is STILL pressurized. Water pump leaking maybe???

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epj3

Check all your hose clamps and cap. I had a coolant leak after replacing everything, ended up being a slightly loose hose clamp at the bottom of the radiator. Had puddles every time the car cooled down, but only topped off one a week.

Yea, I hate the cooling system, and I will always hate cooling systems.

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mrferg

As bad as old VWs were, air cooling did have it's advantages.

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2000 540i6