"Mike Russell" <RE-MOVEmike@Curvemeister.comRE-MOVE> found these unused
words:

>"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.

Unless they've changed PS that much, this will only do true horizontal and
true vertical lines.

Ues as 'soft' (feathered) a brush as possible. The blend carries the
tonality better.