How to EASILY Remove Power Lines Using Photoshop

[@AnthonyMorganti]

In this tutorial, I demonstrate how to quickly and easily remove power lines using Photoshop. The Lightroom video I mentioned is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jn7JdpiKfruIj7M Check out my ALL NEW, iso adaptive, Lightroom Presets -- a HUGE pack of over 500 presets: www.anthonymorganti.com/ ** I am an affiliate for all of the companies listed EXCEPT Affinity Photo. Please read my Code of Ethics Statement: onlinephotographytraining.com/code-of-ethics/ Tap into Adobe's Creative Cloud: bit.ly/2zwQ0nW Anthony Morganti’s MUST HAVE applications: At least one Non-Destructive RAW Editor Lightroom - bit.ly/2zwQ0nW Capture One - captureone.38d4qb.net/y1Djy (Save 10% with Promo Code: MORGANTI10) Luminar - bit.ly/2JUJxKw (Save with the Promo Code AM16) On1 Photo RAW - bit.ly/2zJmA9I (Save 20% with Promo Code: AM17) Exposure X6 - bit.ly/2U8UxrK (Save 10% with Promo Code: AnthonyMorganti) PhotoLab 4: tidd.ly/2HhiN9X At least one FULL Editing App: Photoshop - bit.ly/2zwQ0nW Affinity Photo - affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/ My MUST-HAVE Plugins: Topaz Gigapixel AI - bit.ly/3cDqa5J Topaz Sharpen AI - bit.ly/3cDqa5J Topaz Denoise AI - bit.ly/3cDqa5J *Save 15% on all Topaz Labs apps - use the Promo Code: AMDISC15 or instead of Topaz Denoise AI: On1 NoNoise AI - bit.ly/2zJmA9I (Save 20% with Promo Code: AM17) Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 - tidd.ly/3dc4gYm My MUST-HAVE Mac Utility: CleanMyMac X - Info: bit.ly/3jtVpU3 To save 10% on your purchase of CleanMyMac X: 1. Visit the CleanMyMac X store: bit.ly/3bEMuMx 2. Scroll down to the very bottom of the page and click on "Enter it now" under "Already have a coupon code?" 3. Paste the promo code TONY10 and hit "Verify" 4. The prices will be reduced, and you’ll be able to select the license and proceed with the payment ** Note that all of the promo codes listed above may not work on sale products. *** I am an affiliate for all of the companies listed EXCEPT Affinity Photo. Please read my Code of Ethics Statement: onlinephotographytraining.com/code-of-ethics/ Please follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/anthonymorganti/ View my recommended gear list: www.amazon.com/shop/anthonymorganti As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. I use this software to record my screen and make parts of my screen enlarge and zoom out so you can see it: Screenflow: telestream.pxf.io/DMrW2 Unsure of how to price your photography? Check the 2019 Guide to Pricing Your Photography: amzn.to/2S1CiU7 I am an affiliate for all of the companies listed EXCEPT Affinity Photo. Please read my Code of Ethics Statement here: onlinephotographytraining.com/code-of-ethics/ Thank you!

[@rachaelfoley9109]

This was so helpful! You explained the actions very clearly and they were easy to follow. You spoke at a great pace too, not too fast so I could work as you spoke. Thanks so much!

[@thurstonhowell3569]

Thank you for posting this video. There are so many tricks in Photoshop it's all too easy to get bewildered and end up just doing the same old methods.

[@catseyes11]

Best tutorial EVER! And I have been to thousands, and am currently in college learning PS, please know hw much I appreciate this, it worked perfectly!

[@shlomoeshet8525]

Beautifully explained. Nice to use good old basic tools such as the Quick Selection Tool.

[@sounderdavis5446]

Definitely faster and more effective at wire removal than LR, even for Photoshop-allergic users like me, with Anthony's instruction. I will bookmark this one for reference as needed, because as usual with even relatively uncomplicated Photoshop actions, I will not remember how to do this a week from now.

[@robertspaulding2905]

I sincerely appreciate your tips. I have an Anthony Morganti library of videos on my hard drive.

[@jlopez7596]

Thanks for showing the quick mask tool

[@charleshaacker9568]

Another kewl tool! My toolbox runneth over! Like others, I've use the content-aware spotting brush and been reasonably successful, but this is great. Something I have noticed about LR and PS is that there is almost always more than one way to do something. That is part of the immense power of Adobe.

[@alexanderbarkoff3894]

Amazingly simple. Thank you!

[@warrengh5647]

I have an image almost exactly the same, could have been taken in same place and even the power line are similar but they won’t be a problem now! Thank you Anthony

[@Centauri27]

This is awesome Anthony! I did not know about the Quick Mask tool. Just what I need! (There is some serious black magic behind the content-aware algorithms.)

[@johnpaulvidolin9782]

Hello Anthony: Thanks for a great video! I’m interested in learning photoshop, and becoming an expert in it. Do you have courses that can help me? And is there a definitive photoshop reference book in case I need to look something up?

[@rj934]

Interesting, I’ve always used the Spot Healing Brush tool to remove things like this. I’ll have to do some testing to see which works best. As a suggestion for another video it would really be helpful if you addressed how to modify the Clone Stamp Tool. There are times when there are no areas in a photo that match up with the angle of something for example. As an example, you are replacing a curb and grass in a shot but the curb either bends or the perspective is different. How do you match up the angles?

[@johnpoindexter3090]

I, too, use the spot healing brush tool and see no advantage with the quick mask. Although, I will be using the quick mask for other things. It seems, to remove lines with the quick mask...more steps are involved for the same result.

[@leniehulse1621]

I find the clone tool better for intricate work. Just a few days ago I took out some large yellow cables going across a scene and used clone, and content aware tools! I came across some angles in cloning that gave me a warm time a nd would also like to know how to handle this problem !

[@pollypowell3907]

Wow! This is a game changer. Thank you so much!!!

[@johnritchie6775]

Excellent I’ve certainly learned something there! 👍 & yes I also would like to learn more about rotating enlarging the clone tool selections before committing the change especially if there are shortcut keys etc

[@klaus_s]

Thx for this clever instruction. 😎👏👏👏

[@iqueque]

Amazing : having used PS for years, I have not even tried it before. Many thanks Anthony

[@seabreezeof]

Easy Peasy >> Thanks Anthony

[@photography6777]

Excellent Video !!

[@susanmeyer8885]

This will be SO valuable ! Thank you!!

[@BikerBloke600]

Hi Anthony new suscriber, really love your content, has taught me a lot. Keep up the great work. Mick, Northern Ireland 👍🍻

[@ebarav]

great tip. I have a question , how to you magnify the area the brush is working on ( time 3.07 ) Is this buried someplace in photoshop ?

[@swamipremhamid]

What about using the healing brush and shift to remove wires?

[@markkirker6642]

This was working perfectly and I was so happy. Now when I follow the directions I don't get the red mark to show up when I press on the object. Also Content aware doesn't do anything when I hit shift delete. It's like I locked something

[@JohnChubbSr]

Thanks, Anthony. Sometimes power lines are a pain. LOL This is great!

[@MattyDCCollins]

great video - why won't it allow me to change hardness in the brush tool? it shows but not allowed to change it

[@landrews7280]

Fantastic tip - thanks!

[@forrestmobley2599]

As usual, a great video, But is it necessary to reteach basic Photoshop in every lesson?

[@warrennelson7949]

Excellent!

[@805atnorafertsera6]

Great one, thx

[@AreneeKinloch]

This is great featured and well explained however I'm having issues deleting the "marching ants!" On Mac, when I select 'Shift', 'Delete' I check all the boxes for the Fill Box to select Contents: Content-Aware, etc. But the 'marching ants' won't go away to see the actual edit!!!

[@GeoffGrant2010]

Thanks!

[@joelbarto1103]

I changed the quick mask setting to "selected area" and outlined the power line. I get the red overlay, but when I push "q" I'm not getting marching ants. What am I missing?

[@midlifecrisis920]

That was helpful!!

[@catseyes11]

I have been using this for easily & perfectly removing power lines since I stumbled across this tutorial 3 months ago, but since my recent PS update it will not work, is there an update to share with us or at least an answer as to why the quick mask isn't acting like it used to?

[@williamweber6357]

Thanks for posting this. I've tried it and other Photoshop techniques for removing power lines. They are OK, if you are really careful. But, let's face it, removing power lines from photos in Photoshop or Lightroom is pretty primitive in the world of artificial intelligence. It's even worse when you're trying to remove, for example, a name tag from a woman's patterned dress! In fact, I have done the latter in Affinity Photo successfully, but could not do it in Photoshop. Do you think you could do an A-B comparison of object removal in Photoshop and Affinity Photo? Or any other program that works even better? Object removal is a problem I often face and I'm always looking for better solutions. Thanks again.

[@robertlayne8180]

Do you flatten the image before exporting?

[@SLO_Foto]

I tried using this technique on a street light. Didn't work. Content aware fill only seems to have worked at 50% opacity. Anthony, it would be way more helpful to those learning Photoshop if you described the Photoshop menu commands used as well as the keyboard shortcuts. Thanks

[@billybobkumar9231]

Me too: Content aware was grey and it wouldn't let me select it in the drop-down menu.

[@hilarylee5332]

Seems great, but it isn't working for me. What am i doing wrong? When I hit the Q key to close the mask and make the selection, as well as the line being selected, the whole image is being selected, ie marching ants all round the edges

[@rj934]

I use PS on a Windows computer. I had the same thing happen at first. I pulled out my iPad and watched the video while doing the process step by step on my computer. I had to delete all but the original upload and start over before it would work. I also had an issue with the content aware selection being grayed out. I found I was not following the steps exactly. I did not use the Q key. I used the manual deselect method to click on the icon on the left to deselect and it worked.

[@LKWhitworth]

This didn't work at all for me ........ the tool doesn't follow the lines despite how small i make the steps along the power line and when I turn it off it stays red and errant do anything else you describe on here?

[@JenniferAdams-e7r]

Mine says "Not enough source pixels". Its a cell phone photo

[@hotchiwichin3219]

Seems a very complicated way to do it when you could just use the healing brush?

[@humblepie3472]

The Spot Healing Brush Tool works much EASIER and QUICKER because you don't have to go through any the setup procedures.

[@Mrthezanax]

Helpful video but I think Luminar neo does a better job

[@niemago]

Photoshop is 31 years old, it is shocking how primitive this tool is, it shows in this example. Listening to Anthoni, it turns out that for those living on the ground floor, in order to leave the house, you have to go down to the basement, then go to the twelfth floor, from the twelfth floor you have to go down to the first floor from the first floor, please go to the second floor and then from the second floor you go down to the exit . 31 years after the premiere of Photoshap, everything is still primitive, as if time and knowledge of the subject stand in place. By removing the telephone line you cannot mark the two ends and get rid of the wire in the photo. What primitivism, just because the current line is slightly bent and cannot be removed by marking both ends what a crap. You don't see Photoshop makers soaping people's eyes by showing them beads of shimmering color. I assume that when quantum computers are in use, everything will still be primitive. Removing in such a complicated way an ordinary electric line does not comfort me at all. After removal, it turns out that tree branches are cut off, hey Adobe you are not worth a half a cent. This is just my subjective opinion, you are just as mediocre as American passenger planes, passenger cars.

[@haaa]

Content aware looks fine in every single demonstration however in real world it is a pain in the ass, I'm telling you!

[@Centauri27]

Thanks!

[@AnthonyMorganti]

Thank you Carl!