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- Find a large image for your background. Try to find something where the left and right edges look somewhat similar. I chose this wallpaper of a forest and lake.
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<\/a><\/li>\n- The original size of this image is 1920 pixels by 1200 pixels. That’s good. HDTV is 1920×1080, so this is a little taller than we need. That’s not a problem. When we use it in a movie, we’ll just lose a few pixels on the top and\/or the bottom.<\/li>\n
- Open the image in Photoshop.<\/li>\n
- From the top menu, choose Filter -> Other -> Offset<\/li>\n
- Offset the horizontal by enough pixels so that the seam is visible in the middle. You don’t need to be exact.
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\n<\/a>You can see there’s a lot of work to do- nothing matches! Let’s see how well we can get the edge to blend.<\/li>\n- Create a new layer. Give it a name that tells you what it does (like “edge patch” or “seam cover.”)<\/li>\n
- Select the clone tool from the toolbar. It looks like a rubber stamp.<\/li>\n
- At the top of the screen, set “Sample:” to either “all layers” or “current and below. Either will work.<\/li>\n
- On your layer you just made, sample areas from one side that will let you cover up the seam. This will\u00a0take a while. Use a big, soft brush, and don’t be afraid to undo and redo parts as necessary. Remember: it can look totally different from the original image as long as it blends!
\nHere’s what my patch layer looks like by itself:![\"\"](\"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/forest-seam-patch-1024x637.jpg\")
<\/a>And here’s the finished patch:![\"\"](\"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/forest-wallpaper-patched-1024x640.jpg\")
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\nNot bad! Most people wouldn’t be able to tell you where the patch is.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nMethod 2: the easier but worse looking way<\/h3>\n
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- Find a large image for the background. I’m going to use the same one I used above.<\/li>\n
- Open it in Photoshop<\/li>\n
- Make a new document that’s exactly the same height and exactly twice as wide as your background image. My original image is 1920×1200, so my new image will be 3840×1200.<\/li>\n
- Select the move tool from the toolbar. It’s the first tool.<\/li>\n
- Move a copy of the original image’s background layer onto the new image.<\/li>\n
- Position the copy on the left side of the big image.<\/li>\n
- Make a copy of the image layer. The easiest way is to press command-J (on a PC, Ctrl-J).<\/li>\n
- On the top menu, select Edit -> Transform -> flip horizontal.<\/li>\n
- Move the flipped image to the right side of the big image. You’ll have a really wide mirrored background. It’s pretty easy to see where the seams are, but this method could easily work for a moving background, especially if you use it as one of many moving layers, or if the background is very simple.
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