I wasn't sure about posting this here, as I'm fairly certain most of you are already familiar with the subject matter.

It occurred to me though that many of you likely know more than I do about it, and as such could possibly either correct any of my mistakes, or add some other cool things I might have missed...

I basically revisited the Resynthesizer plugin with the Heal Selection script for filling in selections on an image based on surrounding textures. I really am amazed at some of the results that the plugin manages to produce (especially on random nearby textures like grass/sand, and skies).



I know things tend to break down on boundaries, but depending on the orientation, and the sequence you heal selections, many of those limitations can be overcome quite easily, I think.

Anyway, if you have a few minutes and wanted to check it out:

Getting Around in GIMP - Heal Selection (Resynthesizer)

very nice tutorial

Excellent tutorial Pat, you have a knack for useful information.

Nice tutorial and it explains in great detail how the filter works.This should be very helpful to those who do not know what the filter is used for.
Thanks for sharing it here.

Nicely done tut Pat. Resynthesizer has been around long before Content aware fill. GIMP has been on the cutting edge for a lot of stuff. Even liquid rescale became available to GIMP users as a plugin before Content Aware was given to Photoshop. GIMP will soon allow for higher bit depth edits too and that will be the game changer. A lot (and I mean a lot) of PS folks are not too happy about Photoshop's upgrade policy and I am no longer going to upgrade my version of PS (use to do so every 3rd version; went from CS2 to CS5 for instance). CS5 is my last upgrade. I only keep and use CS5 for RAW file processing since I've yet been happy with any of the opensource programs that can process RAW, but I'll just have to grim and bear it when I get a new camera that will require it since ACR won't have the ability to work with that particular camera. Anyway, that won't happen for a long time. lol

Well the only thing i found questionable in the tutorial is that doesn't explain much about the filter is totally focused on how use the Heal selection script that use the filter

It explains very well , and for sure that remain the most commune use

yet there are many other possible use of the filters and several other scripts using resynth for other operations that may be worth a look...or maybe another tut

Agree with you PC like creating Crop Circles and Corn Mazes.

And liquid rescale is a far more comprehensive tool than Photoshop's.

yes !

and enlarge images extending the borders (easy one, seascape at twilight: resynth.may extend the sky, the sea and the sand in all directions... )

Anyway even if is a very good plugins it has its quirks, that why i actually have 2 versions, the old one where for some reasons Heal Selection works better and the newer version

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