Remove Tourists From Photos In Photoshop - Stack Mode Tutorial

In this Photoshop tutorial, we’re going to use an Image Stack to remove people walking through a scene. This is a great technique that does require some planning and the use of multiple photos, but the results are amazing!

The Image Stack Mode technique is perfect for removing people from crowded places or unwanted objects that are moving through a scene. The Image Stack Mode will take a statistical average of the content found in all the photos. It will keep identical areas and remove everything that changes between the different shots.

It is very likely that cars and people will move and change locations, thus they will be removed when the algorithm is applied, leaving only the background.

What you will learn:
00:00 Introduction
01:39 Load Layers Into Stack
03:20 Auto-Align Layers
04:30 Put The Aligned Images into Smart Object
05:02 Apply The Median Stack Mode To The Smart Object
06:00 Statistics Script
07:40 Fixing Image Stack Errors
09:32 Camera Raw Tonal Adjustments
11:00 Automatic Upright
11:50 Crop The Image

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[butchpouka]

i didn't learn something i learnt a lot of things....thank you for an awesome and very useful tutorial, you're a very good instructor:)

[RazsterTW]

I've been using PS for well over 14 years... I never knew this... Thank you!

[hartnetthere]

PS is magic and I really appreciate you explaining how the tricks are done. Just super.

[otiswhite]

This is a great tutorial. I'm currently at Photoshop World 2017 Orlando, and I heard about this technique, and I couldn't wait to search for a video that showed more about the technique. Thanks Otis

[ramoreacher]

Thank you so much, I spent an hour looking for this tutorial

[pickcick]

Such a clean and lean tutorial. Great work and keep it coming. Thanks.

[reginaldomartins]

Man, I really liked this technique....thanks for sharing your knowledge with

[SemageNamalSurendra]

I learned totally new thing from this tutorial. Thanks Jesus.

[ragnakim]

20 years using photoshop.... and still learning new stuff. thank you Jesus Ramirez!!

[TheBeachdoode]

Awesome Jesus !!....You made it Very EASY to understand, Thanks

[leidycasadiego]

cool thank you!
i totally forgot about this and you remainded me.
what i didn't know was about the copying from one layer and pasting it and get it in in the right position. i mean what you did with the flag was awesome and new for me!
thank you very much!
Greetings from Chicago!

[dungisaac]

It looks like magic when people disappeared and the flag coming back. Thanks a lot for sharing this technique.

[ErfMuck]

Wow, you are a life saver. I did not know you could add multiple images at once. Thanks for that.

[AerialLensVideo]

Really excellent tutorial in every way - THANKS!

[VlCepesh]

Thanks for tutorial. I like using stack mode.
There is one more trick with this mode.
If you need make picture in a night but don't have tripod
use highest ISO and make series of pictures with high speed shutter.
Then by using stack mode kill noise ))

[ted_jerome]

Great tutorial! I especially enjoy your presentation with zooming to the relevant controls and the red under- or out-lining animations--it all works to impart the lesson very clearly.

[legarts]

Great tutorial. So glad I discovered you! Can't wait to view more tutorials!

[phoenixtian]

lol I logged in to like and subscribe. Instructions were very clear and there's no bullshit promotion at the start

[misha]

Well, another good day, I learned something new. Well presented. Now that I know that this is possible, I can envision situations where I could create the photo sets. PS has some amazing features. Thank you for this video.

[JulianGarrett]

This was great. My only question is what happened to the flag in the final image?