Damien Symonds

http://www.damiensymonds.net/2013/09/grabbing-700x700px-100-crop.html

Great question.  Maybe this?

1 hour ago, Ikea said:

You need to make the edges a bit better.

What makes you think those Pinterest ones weren't actually drawn with chalk, and photographed?

Maybe this?  http://www.damiensymonds.net/2015/08/fixing-tan-lines.html

Sorry, I mean, restart your computer then open PSE again, and take a screenshot to show me the problem.

2 minutes ago, Diana said:

I got it fixed.

It was never broken, I promise.  That's how it has always been.  It only shows when a photo is open.

Again, a screenshot please.

No, with a photo open, please.

May I see a screenshot?

Partially reducing opacity of all the text would be the first step.

I'm so sorry, there's still no better method than the one I first described.  You'd need to work patiently on a dodge and burn layer to get rid of the rest

I think this is perfectly feasible, it will just take a LOT of patience.  A lot of borrowing tiny parts of the three to form a 2, lots of tiny cloning.

I made a bit of a start:

Oh, what a great challenge!  I'm up for it.

I figure you'd want the 2 to look like the one in this set?

I used the Clone Tool at 20% opacity, for most of it.

Oh, ok.  I assumed you'd showed me the strongest area.

May I see a 100% crop of the strongest area? 

Beautiful.

As far as the leg goes, just plain ol' patient low-opacity cloning.

Channel Mixer layer ...

• Red +100,0,0
• Green +30,0,0
• Blue +80,0,0

See if that helps.

So, show us the same two 100% crops after noise removal.

No formula, sorry.

Thanks, but now I can see how awfully noisy it is.  Please remove it and post the 100% crop one more time.

8 hours ago, Angela Buxton said:

I've tried copying and flipping the other eye now, but if I select the whole glasses frame the lighting is different (from the right, not the left) and you mention lowering the opacity - I have zero idea how to do that as I'm an absolute beginner in PS. Also, if I just select the eye itself it will look weird as it will be visable with glare around it!

HELP!

May I see?

What are you talking about?  These are razor sharp.

http://www.damiensymonds.net/how-do-i-retrieve-lost-or-damaged-images.html

Yep, cloning on a separate layer with a big soft brush, and don't be afraid of going over the dog if necessary.  Then mask afterwards.