I hate plaid

[mikemac23]

This may be a common question, but what is the best way to deal with plaid patterns when restoring old pictures. I would imagine the clone tool would be best, but I have been having mixed results, at best. I just cannot seem to match the pattern up correctly.

Any tricks or hints would be greatly appreciated.

Mikemac

[NMarti]

Mike
Not sure how big an area you are working with but sometimes you can make a selection on your image and copy it to a new layer then position and paste it. You may have to adjust levels and size a bit to get it to match up.

By the way - welcome to the forum!

[Daviskw]

Hi there

You may be able to find a good section of the plaid to define a pattern or brush. Then you can fill or paint a selection.

Other than that you can cut and past feathered selections from like areas. Vary the hardness of the clone tools but there is not a good way I know of.

You can also choose a whole new pattern to fill with but that will alter the integrity of the print if that is important.

Butch

[Wendy]

Hi Mike ...

and welcome to the forum :)

With plaids I tend to cut and paste from other areas .. if I can :)

Wendy