Remove wristband

[bjlaplante]

Hi Damien - could you please guide me in removing the wristband. I did ask the client to remove it during the session. They insisted it wasn't a big deal, until now  . I tried cloning from the hand but it looked terrible. Thank You!

[Damien Symonds]

Before we start, have you made it clear to them that this will incur an extra fee?

[bjlaplante]

Yes I did. 

[Damien Symonds]

Great!

So first, I'd duplicate the Background layer and use the Clone tool at 20% opacity to very gently clone the ends off the band, and a bit out of the middle too.  Patience is the key here, and using colour from both above and below the band, to get a good blend with the result:

Then it should be easy to use the Patch Tool to remove the remaining two sections:

[bjlaplante]

Wow! Thats amazing!! How did I do?

[Damien Symonds]

Good job.

[bjlaplante]

Thanks so much!!