Removing date stamps placed on images...

When taking some photos with a Nikon digital camera, the button that places a date stamp on the image as the picture is taken was inadvertantly on.

Now I am trying to remove this data from the image and am wondering if anyone knows a fast way of doing this.

I can tediously remove the pixels involved but then can't seem to fill in the gaps with something else. The usual replace color capabilities don't seem to work either.

What am I missing?

Thank you.

Removing date stamps placed on images...

I would think the best tool for that sort of thing would be the clone tool. Hold alt and click over an area close to the text that you want tyhe text to be replace by, and then draw over the text to replace it with the area of the image you sampled. You have to be carfull to make it look well done. You may also find the blur tool can give it a nicer finish after replacing the text.

Removing date stamps placed on images...

Thanks Ricky-T for responding.

Clearly this is a rather obscure query.?I will certainly try out your idea.?It is looking like there is no 'quick fix' for this issue.?Time to perfect the cloning tool :-) I think I have run into one of those ''features for people looking to order their snapshots'' features that are built into some cameras but you really wish weren't there.

Nothing wrong with that unless you were going to use the image in a more advanced, if not advanced, application.?Shows you what can happen when you're thrust into a different time zone under the influence of jet lag.?Gak.

You can use the Date Removal Tool - no, I am only kidding here.

Unfortunately, you have created an image with the date/time as part of your image. There is nothing ''below'' this. The best that you can do is try and recreate the area of the image that WOULD be below that part of the image.

As has been stated, the Clone Stamp Tool, and also the Healing Brush/Patch Tool will go a very long way. If one uses these at a high magnification, it does require some hand-work, and a good eye, but can be done.

For what it is worth, the video folk are broken into two camps. Half want to ''remove'' this, and half wants to ''add'' this, regardless of which camera they used. If only they could get together, and all would be happy.

Hints: look closely, so slowly and small, and be patient with your efforts.

Good luck,

Hunt

If you select the text (with a slightly enlarged and feathered selection) you won't destroy more pixels than strictly necessary. Clean up afterwards.

Thanks folks for your replies.

Yes, I got the clone tool to work.?[I have just recently upgraded from CS to CS4 and this was one that wasn't available before.]

And as you said, you just have to go slowly and be ''creative'' in the sense of imagining what would have been in the photo at those pixels.

I think I'm using a 3 pixel brush or something like that.

And I'm not surprised that there are two camps on this one.......there seems to be two camps on everything these days. :-)

Appreciate your time.