Removing Pole from picture?- help

[BradSut26]

i cant seem to remove the pole in the center of this image without making it look edited. Can anyone help? i dont have much experience inb removing items from pictures. thanks

[jiro]

What software are you using right now?

[BradSut26]

i have photoshop cs3 and cs5 or lightroom

[MiniChris]

I removed it using PhotoShop's Clone tool. I know GIMP has such a tool but not sure about anything else. Hope you don't mind the edit.

[BradSut26]

that looks great chris thanks! i tried using the clone tool but i couldnt get it to look normal like you did for some reason

[MiniChris]

Sometimes it helps to start with a more transparent clone..say 65% and a very soft brush. I get everything semi out, then go to 100% where necessary and if necessary, go to a harder edged brush. You might also try setting your flow back a little.

[BradSut26]

alright thanks chris! ill try that out right now and see how i do

[jiro]

Have you tried using Content-Aware fill command? Chris did a very good job cloning it out. CS5 has a lot of new tricks to clone out unwanted pixels inside an image.

[BradSut26]

i havent tried using that. ive actually never heard of it lol. ill look into it. thanks jiro

[jiro]

That's one of the latest bag of tricks on CS5. Pretty handy on some challenging work if I may say.

[MiniChris]

I love the new cloning tool because it allows me to replace lines quite accurately. There are tricks to do with it, i haven't even begun to explore...so much to learn...so much to learn.