09-16-2022, 01:42 AM
Jaccoermers, I'm late to the party but just in case you are still reading ...
I recommend working without a selection active for the background reconstruction work so you can see the edge details clearly and to reconstruct all the missing background without the main man present.
Attached are my two results the first with the background reconstructed and the second adding the main man back in.
I used several layers, from top to bottom of the layer stack:
Cut out main man, only need to cut out the relevant arm and side accurately.
Reconstructed black area behind desk and folder on desk.
Reconstructed column.
Reconstructed settee.
Reconstructed wall.
Original image.
The lower layers should extend underneath the upper ones by at least a few pixels so that there is the correct background for the anti-aliased edges of the upper layers to be above.
I did the reconstruction by copying and pasting, and using the clone and heal tools as previous posters have already suggested. Also I find it helps to clone/heal on a new transparent layer with the sample merged option selected. That way you can switch the layer visibility on and off to see how your work looks compared to previous layers.
When reconstructing the background, making straight lines with the path tool helps to see where elements extend to.
Also save the .xcf file without flattening it so you can go back and tweak any of the layers later on when you notice the annoying bit you missed, as usually happens to me about 10 seconds after posting
I recommend working without a selection active for the background reconstruction work so you can see the edge details clearly and to reconstruct all the missing background without the main man present.
Attached are my two results the first with the background reconstructed and the second adding the main man back in.
I used several layers, from top to bottom of the layer stack:
Cut out main man, only need to cut out the relevant arm and side accurately.
Reconstructed black area behind desk and folder on desk.
Reconstructed column.
Reconstructed settee.
Reconstructed wall.
Original image.
The lower layers should extend underneath the upper ones by at least a few pixels so that there is the correct background for the anti-aliased edges of the upper layers to be above.
I did the reconstruction by copying and pasting, and using the clone and heal tools as previous posters have already suggested. Also I find it helps to clone/heal on a new transparent layer with the sample merged option selected. That way you can switch the layer visibility on and off to see how your work looks compared to previous layers.
When reconstructing the background, making straight lines with the path tool helps to see where elements extend to.
Also save the .xcf file without flattening it so you can go back and tweak any of the layers later on when you notice the annoying bit you missed, as usually happens to me about 10 seconds after posting