Removing digital camera timestamp

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My old camera prints the date/time in red letters in the bottom corner of the photo. Actually, it's ajustable, but it's too late now.

So I'm removing this with the clone tool in Photoshop, which works OK on photos that have even surfaces but it can get tricky with more colourful pics.

Is there a better/easier way to do this?
 
Biggie, like I said - this was my old camera. The new one doesn't do it (doesn't even have the option for it). I'm just trying to remove it from my old photos.

For what it's worth, I left it on initially (on the old camera) because that's the way I had it on the old 35mm camera - the only way to do it back then. So I have the same problem with my negatives I'm scanning in.
 
Doubt you can remove it once its been imprinted on, u should be able to turn it off, i see it on all camera's i've seen but once its there, its there. turn the feature off and its off...
 
OK, let me rephrase my question. I'm looking for a better technique to predict what to replace the red letters with than manually cloning colours. Does Photoshop have a way to do this?
 
You can use a cloning tool and clone parts of the photo with areas that look the same.
 
Try the heal brush.

EDIT - Otherwise crop :D
 
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Sorry koffiejunkie.I see what you mean.That's what happens if you reply to a post after a couple of cold ones. :D
 
bullfrog: that's what I've been doing. Sometimes it's not easy :-)

bwana: thanks, I'll give that a try.

Biggie: no problem. I guess I should get myself a learn-photoshop book and learn some basics.
 
koffiejunkie said:
bullfrog: that's what I've been doing. Sometimes it's not easy :-)
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lol I guess I'll have to use the same excuse as Biggie. I really should have read your post better.

Try selecting the date stamp and then using the heal tool to fix it.
 
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