The last one is the clone stamp tool.

This is really handy if you've taken a good photo of something but it's marred by a small flaw in the photo. Basically, you select an area of a photo and copy it, then use the brush to paint over the flaw, and instead of a colour from the pallette (which is very noticable), the tool paints with the photo image so that it blends in and looks natural.

Here's a shot I just took of a black dress that's got a hair and a little bit of fluff on it.

Here it is after I use the clone stamp.

This works best on solid colours or densely repeating backgrounds (like grass, the sky, water etc - you can remove objects entirely by painting over them with the same background).

Here's a shot with a small object I want to remove.

This is the same shot after using the clone stamp.

It generally won't work well on patterned objects etc as it will just look like a clumsy cut & paste job.

I reject your reality and substitute my own. ~Adam Savage

And thats thank you from me too.

l use Corel Photo paint 7 and have always avoided the fill tool, mainly because it hates me.

Just had a fiddle then, following your instructions, changed from 'Normal' to 'HBS' and bingo! Works perfectly.

Sometimes l get a great photo of the horses but the background is rubbish. Hitting the fill tool usually covered the horse as well as the background in one click. Was just a wrong setting.

Yeehah.

THANK YOU ... THANK YOU .... THANK YOU...

May the Angels bless your day.

May I ask a question please. I have downloaded the program photofiltre, and what I have is this photo of my dog which I have whited out the background.

How can I get just the image of the dog, without the white background please? Cropping does not do a good enough job.

Just thought it might be a good idea to demonstrate with a pic that actually had a background

Keep in mind that the background will become the same colour etc of wherever it's posted. If you upload a picture to a listing on a template that has an orange background, that's basically what the background of your picture will be.

I use it most often for "shopping" two or more pics together (though usually for less practical reasons than eBay photos. )

I reject your reality and substitute my own. ~Adam Savage

Well this is how it's turned out. Obviously I need practice, LOL

Well, thank you, very very much, I had never heard of this until now - will download it in a second - will be taking photo's of all my fabrics (when or if I ever finish packing seeds lol) and it sounds just perfect for me - no more ugly backgrounds woohooo - will follow this post to keep up with new tips - Excellent - Sandy )

Oh wow thankyou so much for this wonderful thread it is so amazing that such wondertful people are here to share there knowledge with people they do not even know (or most of them would not know eachother) This is easily the best part of selling on ebay.

Thanks i have never used this program but guess what i will be tring it now!! I have so much hasle with this exact thng and never knew how to do this. Thankyou so much.

I reckon it would be easier and look better to build your own lightbox then edit each photo.        You can find tutorials online and you just need a box, like a study lamp or something and white paper.         We just use a white table and the white wall behind it,  but we have proffesional gear,  however Ive watched my husband do a DIY setup for a product shoot before and it looks fine.

suitcase_of_memories wrote:

bumping this thread as we are all going to have to learn how to do this next year with the new photo requirements ebay are telling us that they are introducing.

 

 

Thank you for bumping this thread! It's a really good one! Something I didn't know how to do. I'm fairly new to the forums and it's been fantastic the information shared by other posters. I'm always learning something new! 

Hi dg, I just went in & found the 'Tips of the Trade' 'Get ready for changes coming in 2013' LINK http://pics.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/au/onsite/TipsOfTheTrade_Landing_Header.jpg

I have also printed it out -

In NEW PICTURE REQUIREMENTS - 'in 2103 requirements for pictures will be updated to ensure quality imagery on the site'.....

further down the page it shows 2 separate pics of golf bags with 'Example of a great picture that meets size requirements & guidelines'

DO use neutral backdrops to keep the focus on the item

DON'T use busy backdrops taht draw attention away from your item. verbatim.

I guess this isn't [as yet] stating that it is compulsory to use a neutral backdrop - hopefully it won't become compulsory either as the work involved will make listing a nightmare for for sellers of individual items - so I guess it could be interpreted as 'preferred, but not compulsory'........

God I hope this turns out to be the case, as I am sure many others do also as I spent all last night attempting to perfect the background erasing & found it all very confusing [then I found this thread which probably would have helped tremendously].

Thanks again dghost !

suitcase_of_memories wrote:

so I guess it could be interpreted as 'preferred, but not compulsory'........

 

That's the way I read it -  I'm guessing they're encouraging uniformity in as many ways as possible, rather than individuality.

I reject your reality and substitute my own. ~Adam Savage