How to Close Gaps in Photoshop
A gap in an image, due to a tear in the actual film, problems with exposure or something set up incorrectly in the portrait, can render a picture useless. Perform repair work in Adobe Photoshop to close gaps as if they were never there. With Photoshop's specialty cloning tool, you're able to clone the areas around the gap and extend them into the gap, like filling a hole with the same kind of gravel until you don't see the hole anymore. Use Photoshop's clone tool to close gaps and make your holey picture whole again.
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Instructions
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Start Photoshop, and click the "File" menu. Select "Open," browse to the image with the gap to close and double-click the name of the file.
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Press the "Ctrl" and "+" keys together on the keyboard to zoom in on the gap. Enlarge the image so you can see the entire gap as well as the actual image about one inch surrounding the gap.
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Click the "Clone Stamp Tool," which looks like a hand-held stamper, in the middle of the "Tools" pane on the left side of the work area.
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Pull down the stamp sizer menu on the toolbar at the top of the screen. The menu is unlabeled, but it has a small number on it and is the second drop-down from the left.
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Select the solid dot brush head. Hover the cursor without clicking over the gap. If the cursor is too small or too large, adjust the "Size" slider.
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Position the cursor over a section directly next to the gap, such as on a section of grass to the left of where there is a hole in the picture. Press and hold down the "Alt" key, and click the mouse one time. Release the "Alt" key. This copies the "good" part of the picture into Photoshop's memory.
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Move the cursor directly over the gap. Click the left mouse button one time, depositing the copy and filling the gap. If necessary, click multiple times to fill the gap, and create a seamless transition for the picture.
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Click the "File" menu, and select "Save As." Enter a new file name in the "File name" box, and click the "Save" button.
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