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I often find myself in a situation where I'd like to check how an image would look like without the text embedded in it. I'm not interested in a neat result, just something rough but super quick and easy.
Is there a plugin or something to achieve just that?
Usually, text is a smooth, solid color, which makes it easy to select with the good old-fashioned Magic Wand tool. Alternatively, marquee select (keep the boundary as close to the text as you can) will get you something.
Use Select > Modify > Expand and add a few pixels to the selection. How much depends on your image, but it doesn't need to be more than 5 pixels, even for a high-resolution image.
Once you have your "slightly larger than the text" selection, Shift-F5 or Edit > Fill... and choose Content-Aware Fill. This will fill the area with bits of surrounding content, for an excellent "rough view" of what it might look like without the text.
Marquee select around the text, and fill that area with the background colour. Fastest, messiest way to do it. Polygon Marquee select if Rectangle doesn't work because of the shape.
First select text, with magic wand or lazo or whatever. Then create a masked group with this selection. Copy and paste a region which have similar color into this group and do it again till you match your needs.
