Removing part of a pic

**BigSmoker** · 11 February 2010, 07:33 PM

I am almost sure I saw this somewhere but heck if I can remember where it was or how to do it. I could also be totally wrong. Anyway I have the pic that I attached. I want to remove the black strap and black curved pieces from the pic but maintain it's integrity. Any thoughts?

**BigSmoker** · 11 February 2010, 08:55 PM

I managed to do a little better by drawing a rectangle, intersect shapes and then copy and pasting over the part I don't want to see. A little feathering and it looks OK so far.

**jamie1422** · 12 February 2010, 07:43 AM

You mean something like this?

**steve.ledger** · 12 February 2010, 09:17 AM

Great job Jamie - how about you show us the steps you took in Xara Xtreme to achieve this

**BigSmoker** · 12 February 2010, 01:16 PM

Yes if you could please share the process I would greatly appreciate it.

**BigSmoker** · 12 February 2010, 05:32 PM

I have managed to get the pic much better but not as good as Jamie did. The only issue is you can see where I have brought pieces together.

**BigSmoker** · 12 February 2010, 06:14 PM

This doesn't look so bad. I use the pen tool to make the shape of the bottom 1/2 of the grill from the 1st gif and then intersected the shapes. Put the shape to the back and that made the missing portion appear as though it was there. Then again used the pen tool to draw a smaller shape intersected them and placed the shape over the white line. Feathered a bit and I thin it will be acceptable for what we are using it for. criticism or alternative ways please feel free to let me know.