Throughout most of my barricade removal, I used polygonal lasso tool to select sections of the image similar to what needed to be laid over the barricade to make it disappear.
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Once again, I repeat the same steps selection sections of the source image to manipulate the background, I used free transform a lot to mold shapes into the necessary cover up.
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As you can see, I've successfully removed part of the barricade.
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I used clone stamp a lot and sectioned areas that needed texture placement, for better blend. It's what I mainly used to clone out the barricade.
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I repeated the same steps, making a new layer, putting it into place, then I merge the layers.
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Merging layers like this makes your file size smaller when you are making multiple layers.
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I now have half a barricade.
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I then select similar parts of the sidewalk and brick patterns to cover up where the barricade is.
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I use Free Transform/distort a lot to get the right perspectives when moving one hexagon to the other, since they are of a different distance, they would appear differently. Liquefy is also used for touch ups to mold our pieces to the background perfectly.
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The last steps were simply the same steps, over and over again. Select a section that's similar, copy and paste the layer, mold it to fit, merge layers, clone stamp, healing brush, burn, blur.