# Without Photoshop, can I eliminate lines in a photo I took? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** photo\ **Created:** [April 9, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-photoshop-can-i-eliminate-lines-in-a-photo-i-took/1000058 "2024-04-09T19:51:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-photoshop-can-i-eliminate-lines-in-a-photo-i-took/1000058/1 "2024-04-09T19:51:45Z")
Amateur model builder. Built a WW II airplane model, suspended it from some very thin monofilament and took some cool pictures of it against the sky. But, of course, the mono showed up. If I could find a way to erase those little white lines against the blue sky, I’d have a winner - a number of them. I just have no clue how to do that with old Win 10 and no special software to go with it. Am I destined to just accept my limitations? Or can I get around the problem somehow? If the Dopers can’t help, of course, no one can. Thanks ahead of time. xo, C. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-photoshop-can-i-eliminate-lines-in-a-photo-i-took/1000058/2 "2024-04-09T20:05:01Z")
Assuming you’re OK with editing software, just not Photoshop, Google Photos has some editing tools that might allow you to fix it. GIMP is free software that would allow you to fix the photos (with tons of online guides and help). Paint3d is built into Windows, I think, and allows for some fixes. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-photoshop-can-i-eliminate-lines-in-a-photo-i-took/1000058/3 "2024-04-09T20:51:48Z")
I can do them in a “click” with Luminar Neo, if you send them to me. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-photoshop-can-i-eliminate-lines-in-a-photo-i-took/1000058/4 "2024-04-10T01:26:03Z")
If the background is fairly consistant, the spot fix tool should clean it up nicely. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-photoshop-can-i-eliminate-lines-in-a-photo-i-took/1000058/5 "2024-04-10T01:43:30Z")
I like LaMa Cleaner for this purpose; should be a Web version here: > **[Cleanup.pictures - Remove objects, people, text and defects from any picture...](https://cleanup.pictures/)** > > Remove objects, people, text and defects from any picture for free. Create a clean background for a product picture 📸, re-design any items 👠, fill up some missing space for a youtube thumbnail 🎬, You can use it to iron your shirts 👕...etc! you can run it yourself, too ---
**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-photoshop-can-i-eliminate-lines-in-a-photo-i-took/1000058/6 "2024-04-10T13:36:29Z")
**DPRK** - Great recommendation! Thanks. It did exactly what I needed and it was extremely easy to figure out. Great find. I knew I could count on the SDMB. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-photoshop-can-i-eliminate-lines-in-a-photo-i-took/1000058/7 "2024-04-11T14:19:59Z")
Just want to suggest that there _may_ be another way that doesn’t require any editing. It’s possible that they may become invisible if you take the photo from a different angle or different time of day when the sun is coming thru the window at a different angle/not at all. IOW, it’s possible a change in lighting could make them invisible.