Replacing an object is a tricky job in the field of Digital Arts. Most of us are familiar with Digital Art only because of the impact of this technique. We see many magazines using this feature. You must be clear about what you want to erase and what you want to place in the place.

Lets us try out using am image. I have been given a full size photograph to extract the essential part of the photograph, for attaching the photograph to an article in a magazine. I cropped the image that could be used along with the text (at the right). Then I had to replace the jewellery with something simple and elegant that would be appropriate for a photograph to accompany an article, as the golden necklace in the original photograph was a bit too flashy.

Original Photograph	Cropped

I have given a darker version (on the left side) just to give you a prominent picture of the jewellery which I was supposed to replace. The first step was to erase the existing gold necklace. We can use the combination of stamp, healing brush and patch tool for the proper removal of the original necklace (image at the right side).

With Gold Necklace	Gold Necklace removed

Placing another simple necklace was the tricky part. I had to search for the proper necklace first. The image I had with me was with a black background. I had to remove the background and transform the image, to place it around the neck. It needed a bit of retouching to make it look natural.

New Pearl Necklace	Final Picture

In the next article we will discuss about Third Party Plugins.