{"id":18675,"date":"2024-11-03T09:28:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T20:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/?p=18675"},"modified":"2024-11-03T09:28:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T20:28:08","slug":"photoshop-remove-distractions-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/18675","title":{"rendered":"Photoshop Remove Distractions Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following my post on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/18659\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nikon Z8 with 28-400mm combination<\/a>, I thought I would share an example of the new Distraction Removal tool in the latest Photoshop update. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-image-compare\"><div class=\"juxtapose\" data-mode=\"horizontal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"18662\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/KuirauParkWisteria-20241019-NZ8_9454-web.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" class=\"image-compare__image-before\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"18661\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/KuirauParkWisteria-20241019-NZ8_9454-B4remove-web.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" class=\"image-compare__image-after\"\/><\/div><figcaption>Remove distractions &#8211; people mode saves waiting for people to remove themselves from a scene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I would love to know how much time I\u2019ve spent waiting for people to leave a scene I\u2019m photographing as I generally prefer uncluttered scenes. It is sometimes quite frustrating as just as things appear to be clearing others will arrive necessitating a sometime long and patient wait. The Remove Tool has a &#8220;Find Distractions&#8221; subdivided into  &#8220;Wires and Cables&#8221; and &#8220;People&#8221; options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the Remove Tool isn&#8217;t immediately apparent access it from a fly out on the &#8220;healing brush&#8221; option.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-27-at-9.11.02%E2%80%AFAM.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-27-at-9.11.02%E2%80%AFAM.jpg?resize=960%2C693&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-27-at-9.11.02%E2%80%AFAM.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-27-at-9.11.02%E2%80%AFAM.jpg?resize=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-27-at-9.11.02%E2%80%AFAM.jpg?resize=768%2C554&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Remove Tool is nested with the healing brush\/patch options<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Once selected the Remove Tool options in the tool bar allow selecting which option to use.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-27-at-9.11.45%E2%80%AFAM.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-27-at-9.11.45%E2%80%AFAM.jpg?resize=960%2C641&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-27-at-9.11.45%E2%80%AFAM.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-27-at-9.11.45%E2%80%AFAM.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-27-at-9.11.45%E2%80%AFAM.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Options for the Remove tool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The \u201cremove people\u201d option will be a useful tool for me to clean travel images after the event. I have not yet had an opportunity to try the \u201cwires and cables\u201d option but have in the past spent a fair amount of time doing this manually so anticipate this will episodically save me some time.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like a to watch a video covering this <a href=\"https:\/\/mattk.com\/whats-new-in-photoshop-2025-oct-2024-update\/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=What%20s%20NEW%20in%20Photoshop%20and%20Lightroom%3F%20\ud83d\udcf7&amp;utm_campaign=Engagement%20October%2016%20%28Wha%20ts%20New%20Update%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Matt Kloskowski has a good one here<\/a>. I have long followed Matt for good Lightroom and Photoshop information and can recommend him as a source of up to date info. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photoshop Remove Distractions Tool can save time wasted waiting for travel photography scenes to clear of distracting human elements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Photoshop Remove Distractions Tool can save time wasted waiting for travel photography scenes to clear of distracting human elements.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1185,17],"tags":[144,194,158,1282],"class_list":["post-18675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-image-processing","category-tips","tag-new-zealand","tag-photo","tag-photoshop","tag-remove-tool","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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