Blend Two Image Portions To Remove An Object, Automatically?

[Troy at TheGTAMblog]

Just wondering if there is a way in PSPro to automatically 'remove an object' by taking another photo of the area, where the object is not present, and 'blending' them together somehow, to create a final composition where the object is not present at all.

I have tried with the Magic Fill tool (which is normally surprisingly good at this, after a few tries in succession!) but it does not seem to work in this case.

I have tried to simply copy/paste the area, but the two photos are different angles slightly, so it looks like I have to adjust the perspective/lighting/etc a bit, of the 'cover up' portion from the second image, to remove the object (a plant stand).

This is not a huge problem, but I was wondering if there is an Automated way to do this in PSPro - something where I take a first image, select a portion of it, then select a second image with the portion I want to 'blend into the first image' and then poof - a final image composition of the photo with the complementary 'part' blended in.

Thanks for any ideas

[LeviFiction]

PhotoMerge. Depending on your version of PSP you might seen an option under File for PhotoMerge. It auto-aligns two or more images, tries to auto-select portions to remove to prevent "ghosting" and you can select other parts you don't want to include on one image. PSP then attempts the blend them.

[Troy at TheGTAMblog]

PhotoMerge. Depending on your version of PSP you might seen an option under File for PhotoMerge. It auto-aligns two or more images, tries to auto-select portions to remove to prevent "ghosting" and you can select other parts you don't want to include on one image. PSP then attempts the blend them.

This is it - thank you!

I found it as "PhotoBlend" (under File, on PSPX9) - and that is totally it... The only issue is, the photos seem to need to be very, very close to being taken from the same spot or on a tripod, etc.
In my case, I moved slightly and so it can never quite get the portions removed as in the examples (black spaces are left behind, etc) - but it does a pretty good job at aligning the images together (no Ghosting on my second try with the process).
If I can retake the images and put them back into PhotoBlend, or with any images in the future - it looks like this is the magic 'automated remove portions that are unwanted' that I was looking for - awesome that PaintShopPro can do this!

Thanks again, sincerely.
~T

[hartpaul]

This is so useful if you are doing some family group portraits. Have camera on tripod and take 3-4 images in quick succession. Photoblend can then be used to replace that image of Grandma with her eyes closed , Uncle Joe turning his head in one shot, the kid in the front scratching their nose etc. Perfect group pictures every time.
Or something like this. I set up tripod by side of road and each time a red car went past shot a photo, but making sure that the cars were in different positions. So this image from 9 combined images. Gave the cars a bit of a start though as seeing a camera aimed at them they initially think -- Police!!!