The white lines wont go away HELP!

[tomhansonphotography]

<p>I can not get the white lines to go away from the borders of the three images on the right. I hace merged the visable layers but still no good. It got better but not totally. I know I could clone them but there must be a better way.</p>

[tomhansonphotography]

<p>Here is the picture.</p><div></div>

[rffffffff]

<p>two ways: before you merge layers, ctrl click the layer on the layers window... this will select the whole layer with marching ants. then I think its select modify contract on the menu, type in 2 pixels or so, and okay. then ctrl shift I, which inverts your selection, then the delete key. this will delete the outer two pixels of the layer.<br>

easier way: click the little f shaped icon under the layers pallette and add a stroke the layer. make the stroke "inside" and the color to match the background, close to black.</p>

[tomhansonphotography]

<p>I attempted both options and may have a problem because I only have elements 6. It may not have the little "F" thing. I can not find it. :(</p>

[roger_smith4]

<p>I'd suggest getting rid of the white border (use the rectangle selection tool and then hit crop) or the contract tool as Robert describes before merging the images.<br>

Also, watch the model's foot on the left-hand image. Looks like a layer is overlapping her foot.</p>

[john_h.1]

<p><em>I know I could clone them but there must be a better way.</em><br>

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Making things needlessly complicated to achieve the same results isn't "a better way". Its just needlessly complicated Just clone it. There's no shame involved. </p>

[tomhansonphotography]

<p>You may have a point. I keep failing with the other options. Not that I don't appreciate the input but pse6 seems to be lacking the ability to do some of the commands.</p>

[tomhansonphotography]

<p>Here we go</p><div></div>

[tomhansonphotography]

<p>the black on the left foot is the fabric on the floor.</p>

[tomhansonphotography]

<p>Thanks for the input!</p>

[frank_dzambic]

<p>You could always just try painting black over the white lines with a small brush if you don't like cloning.</p>

[leicaglow]

<p>Derek, I would do it by using the burn tool for highlights and going around the edge of the image on each later. That will bring down the value without really messing up the composite.</p>

[tomhansonphotography]

<p>I ended up cloning the line out. Now it looks like I should create a frame around the three on the right in order keep them from floating in space.</p>

[patricklavoie]

<p>1_maybe you could just keep thing really simple and just paint over the line...but</p>

<p>2_as you discover, making female flying around in strange angle never look good. The line make them at least fly around but with a certain style of page layout; my advice, just keep the image straight with a little white border all around and make her look good that way...i dotn think it look good as for now, with the 3 mini me flying across the main image ; )</p>

[tomhansonphotography]

<p>I dont disagree.</p>

[hal_b]

<p>I also think there is no shame in painting or cloning over the lines. They are just scanning artifacts or something of that nature. Get rid of them no matter what it takes. It can't take more than a minute to paint them out, anyway.</p>

<p>I also agree that the bigger problem is the composition of the whole project. The model is fantastic, and shows best when aligned vertically to emphasize her symmetry. I don't think you're doing her justice by tilting her at strange angles. Straighten out the small cutouts and give them intentional borders, this will keep the project organized.</p>