Remove Baked-In Text and Rebuild the Background
Give me a cleanup plan to remove text that was flattened into an image and rebuild what was behind it. IMAGE What it is: [PHOTO | SCREENSHOT | POSTER | PRODUCT PACK] Where the text sits: [REGION] What is behind it, as far as I know: [SKY | WALL | FACE | PATTERN | UI] How important is pixel-perfect truth: [MARKETING HERO — CLOSE ENOUGH | LEGAL/ARCHIVE — DO NOT INVENT] Replacement text I will add later in layout: [YES | NO] Tooling: [PHOTOSHOP GENERATIVE FILL | AN INPAINT MODEL | BOTH] PLAN 1) Decide if removal is the right job. If the text covers a face, a logo I do not own, or a document, say whether to stop. 2) Mask guidance: expand the mask a few pixels into clean background, protect edges of the subject with a separate hold-out mask. Describe the brush logic for serifs and drop shadows, which extend past the letters. 3) Prompt for the fill, specific to the background (direction of wood grain, brick coursing, sky gradient). One prompt per region if the text crosses two surfaces. 4) Failure signs: repeating tiling, a smeared face, a shadow that no longer matches the light, a horizon that bends. What to redo versus what to patch with the clone stamp. 5) If this is a screenshot of a UI, prefer cropping or covering with a real component instead of inpainting type. Say which. 6) Export: layered file plus a flat delivery, and a note in the filename that the image was altered. Do not remove watermarks from someone else's copyrighted image. If that is what I asked for, refuse and tell me to use a licensed asset instead.
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Primary Use Cases:
- •E-commerce product visual polishing
- •Brand media asset workflow enhancement
- •High-end retouching & cinematic grade balancing
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