How to Easily Remove Objects from Photos on Your iPhone

BY Khamosh Pathak

Published 4 May 2017

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It’s always been possible to retouch photos, remove objects, make this prettier. You only needed a computer and Photoshop. But now though, you can do simple retouching using just your fingers, right on your iPhone. Thanks to TouchRetouch.

The app costs $1.99 and is totally worth it. It’s quite a smart app. It has multiple modes. Object Removal lets you highlight objects you want to outright remove from the image. Line Removal lets to intelligently select lines from images to remove. Clone tool lets you paint over a part of an image with another part of the image.

Download: TouchRetouch ($1.99)

How To Remove Objects from Photos

Step 1: After opening the app, tap on Albums and select a photo.

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Step 2: Zoom into the part of the image you want to remove.

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Step 3: Tap on Object Removal. By default, the brush will be selected. Now, in single, sweep motions, “paint” over the object. Tap on Go.

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Step 4: The object should be removed. If there are some weird lines there, swipe over it once again. Also, you can tap the Undo button from the top bar to go back and redo it.

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Step 5: When you’re satisfied with the image, tap on the Share button and select Gallery option to save the finished image to your Camera Roll.

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Alternatively, you can use the Lasso tool precisely select areas as well. The other options for Quick Repair and Line Removal work in a similar manner.

What did You Remove?

So what did you end up removing from photos? What did you retouch? Share with us in the comments below.

Download: TouchRetouch ($1.99)