Watermarking your images might sound like a great idea. In reality, it causes more trouble than it helps. But what if you have a very important or sensitive picture that has a watermark on it?
You need to remove the watermark from the image. And that’s exactly what we’re going to look at today.
Step-by-step tutorial to remove watermark in Photoshop
Please follow the steps below to remove watermark in photoshop
Step 1) Open the image in Photoshop from which you want to remove the watermark.
Step 2) Select Magic Wand Tool (or press W) and zoom to the area of the image with watermark by pressing CTRL & + symbol.
Step 3) Now using the Magic Wand Tool, select the watermarked area which you want to remove.
Now you have to make some small changes to the selected area, you need to expend the selection to 5px to add some background pixel to make it wider-
Step 4) To expand the selected watermark area, Go to Select >> Modify >> Expand
Step 5) In the newly opened dialog box, set the Expand Selection to 5 Pixels and press OK.
The expanded section will look like this
Now, we will use Photoshop’s Content-Aware Fill feature of Photoshop to remove the unwanted object from the image
Step 6) Go to Edit >> Content-Aware Fill
And now the Content-Aware Fill Window will automatically remove the watermark and show you the result
You will see that the Watermark has been removed successfully.
Remove Watermark using Clone Stamp Tool
Another way to remove the watermark from a picture in Photoshop is by using the Clone Stamp Tool. Here are the steps –
- Locate the Clone Stamp tool on the left-hand side tool bar of your Photoshop window. The shortcut is S, for both Windows and Mac systems
- After that, right-click on the image. Set the brush size and hardness for editing the image
- Now you have to take sample pixels near the watermark which will be used to remove it. Then, place the cursor near the watermark area and hold the Alt key
- While holding the Alt key, click on the area to extract sample pixels. Once you’re done, release the Alt key
- Next, left-click on the image and begin painting over your watermark
- There may be some spots of the watermark still left. To remove this, select the Healing brush from the left-hand side toolbar
- Right-click on the image and select brush settings for size and hardness. Then, you can take pixel samples like you did earlier and paint with small clicks on the image
- Keep painting until the watermark is gone completely!
Using the Magic Wand tool and the Content-Aware fill feature is simple. For the Clone Stamp tool and Healing brush tool, it takes some time to perfect their use. But in the end, it is worth the effort as your watermark will be removed without any traces.
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Remove Watermark in Photoshop with Patch Tool
Step 1: Go to File> Open to select the image you want to edit, then click the Patch Tool on the toolbar and borders around Watermark Watermark to zoning.
Step 2: Next, click on the area you have circled, while holding the mouse, move the selection up and down or left to right to hide the Watermark.
Please perform the operation of moving the selection continuously so that this selection looks exactly like the surrounding background.
Once done, press Ctrl + D to delete the selection border.
That’s it, it’s that simple, isn’t it! Let’s take a look at the results:
2. Remove Watermark in Photoshop with Spot Healing Brush Tool
Step 1: At the location of the Patch Tool you selected in method 1, click the small arrow in the lower corner to display the toolkit, then select the Spot Healing Brush Tool .
Step 2: Next, to proceed to delete the Watermark, please click on the location of the Watermark to remove it.
You apply it little by little and continuously until the Watermark disappears completely.
Result:
3. Remove Watermark in Photoshop with Content – Aware Fill
Step 1: After you have selected the image to remove the Watermark, click the Lasso Tool on the toolbar and draw around the Watermark to select the area (It is recommended to draw a lot of excess so that Photoshop makes automatic editing easier. ).
Step 2: Then, go to Edit > Fill or press Shift + F5 on the keyboard to open the Fill window .
Step 3: After the Fill window is displayed, adjust the parameters as below, then click OK to complete.
Step 4: After that, Photoshop will automatically remove the Watermark from the image. To complete the editing operation, press Ctrl + D to remove the selection border.
Let’s have a look at the results:
Above are 3 simple but extremely effective ways to remove Watermark in Photoshop that you can apply in necessary cases. Thank you for reading the article and good luck to you.
ALTERNATIVE
How to remove watermarks from images using Content-Aware Move Tool in Photoshop?
Run Photoshop on your computer, add the source image file with watermark on it to Photoshop.
Step 1. Duplicate layer for backup
Right click to duplicate the layer at the Layers panel at the lower right section. You can also create a copy of the source image for backup in your hard drive folder for backup, so you don’t need to duplicate the layer. We are doing this is to make sure you have a backup to restore when you made unrecoverable changes to the source photo. Any changes are to be made to the copy. And when you have removed watermarks from the image copy, save it as a new image.
Step 2. Select watermark
Now go to select the Content-Aware Move Tool in Photoshop as shown in below screenshot.
In the property panel of the Content-Aware Move Tool, choose a remix mode to Move, choose ‘Very Strict‘ to define how strictly the regions preserved. This setting can help get more smooth image quality when the watermarks are being deleted. Click and hold to select the area around the watermark on your image you need to remove.
Step 3. Remove watermark from image
Press the Delete button on your keyboard to remove it. Alternatively when you selected the watermark in the image, you can also go to Edit menu > Fill, then you will see the Fill Pallet box pops up on your PC screen. Here you need to choose Content-Aware in the content to use area, set Mode to Normal, Opacity to 100% in the Blending area, click OK, then the watermark selected will be filled with similar content or color to its background.
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Using Photoshop Download Article
1. Launch Photoshop. Photoshop has a blue icon that says “Ps” in the middle. Click the icon to open Photoshop.
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2. Open an image in Photoshop. Use the following steps to open an image in Photoshop:
Click File.
Click Open
Navigate to an image file and click it to select it.
Click Open.
3. Select the Magic Wand tool. It’s in the toolbar to the left. It’s the icon that resembles a wand with sparks around the tip.
4. Set the tolerance to around 15 or so. Use the field next to “Tolerance” in the panel at the top to change the magic wand tolerance. Set the tolerance to a lower number like 15.
If the Magic Wand tool selects areas outside of the watermark, press Ctrl + Z’ or “Command + Z to undo the selection and lower the tolerance further.
5. Click inside the watermark. This selects the area inside the watermark. The area that is outlined with a moving dotted line is the selected area. Most likely, it will not select the entire watermark. That’s okay as long as it doesn’t select the area outside the selection.
6. Hold ⇧ Shift and click to add to your selection. With the Magic Wand tool selected, hold shift and click another area inside the watermark to add it to your selection. Continue until you have the entire watermark selected.
Alternatively, you can use one of the Lasso tools and trace an outline around the watermark image. The Lasso Tools resemble a lasso. They are in the toolbar to the left.
7. Hold Alt or ⌘ Command and click to deselect an area. If the Magic Wand tool selects any area outside the watermark, lower the tolerance and hold Alt or Command and click the area to deselect it.
You can also use the Quick Select tool with a low tolerance setting and click and drag over the selected area to deselect it.[1]
8. Expand the selection by 2 or 3 pixels. Once you have the entire watermark selected, use the following steps to expand the selection outside the watermark by a few pixels.
Click Select in the menu bar at the top.
Click Modify.
Click Expand.
Enter 1 – 3 in the box next to “Expand by”.
Click Ok.
9. Use a content-aware fill. This will fill the watermark selection with the surrounding area. Use the following steps to add a content-aware fill:
Click Edit in the menu bar at the top.
Click Fill.
Select Content aware in the drop-down menu next to “Use”.
Click Ok.
10. Select the Clone Stamp tool. It’s the icon that resembles a rubber stamp in the toolbar to the left. The content-aware fill area may leave some noticeable alterations to the image below the watermark. You can use the Clone Stamp tool to fix this.
11. Adjust the size and hardness of the brush. Use the following steps to adjust the size and hardness of the Clone Stamp brush:
Click the round dot (brush) icon in the upper-left corner.
Use the slider bar to adjust the size of the brush. You can also change the brush size by pressing [ or ].
Lower the hardness to 0.
12. Hold Alt or ⌘ Command and click the area next to the messed up part. This samples what the area is supposed to look like. Don’t sample the area that is messed up. Sample the area next to the messed up area.
13. Click the messed up area. This stamps over the messed up area with area you sampled. Make sure the area you stamp over lines up with the surrounding area as much as possible.
Don’t click and drag to paint over the area. Just use single clicks. If there are any other areas that need repair, sample a new area next to the area and single-click over the messed up area.
14. Save the image. When you are happy with how the image looks, use the following steps to save the image:
Click File.
Click Save as.
Type a name for the image next to “File name”.
Select JPEG in the drop-down menu next to “Format”.
Click Save.
Conclusion
Removing watermarks from photos has never been easier thanks to Photoshop. But it is important to note that you need to start out with a flattened file or use the background removal tool.