"Robert Feinman" <robert.feinman@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.2229fbb2cd26fbf4989a18@news.acedsl.com...
>I know I have seen some some tricks for selecting telephone and
> electric power lines in order to remove them from the photo, but
> I seem to have forgotten them.
> Currently I use the magic wand tool which is slow and somewhat
> inaccurate especially when the wires are out of focus. After I
> have the wire selected I expand it by a pixel or two and then use
> the patch tool followed by some extra touch up, if needed. This
> is all slower than I'd like.
>
> So, does anyone have some good tricks for selecting wires?

Hold the shift key down while clicking the clone tool or other brush to
stroke a straight line.
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Mike Russell - www.curvemeister.com