Inpainting Layers and clone stamp layers interfering with eachother

[EricGraphix]

So Im removing wrinkles from a shirt with frequency separation but first I removed a logo with the impaintng brush. Now when I use clone stamp tool on area where logo was removed, the logo shows up again. Im wondering how I can fix this.

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[Callum]

Hi Eric,

This is because the logo is still present on your background and low/high frequency layers. If you select the background layer and hide all of the other layers you should see the logo is still present. With the background layer selected inpainting over the logo should remove it from that layer entirely however you may need to recreate your frequency separation or also manually remove it from these layers using the same method.

Thanks
Callum

[Ron P.]

@EricGraphix, the process I use is:

1. Crop the image if it needs to. Saves a lot of work if there are objects near edges that need removed from image.
2. Remove blemishes, objects that are distractions, using the Inpainting, Healing, Blemish, Patch tools/brush.
   1. I always, like you in your example, create a blank pixel layer to work on. Then remove the objects.
3. Merge Visible, the layer used to remove blemishes, with the background layer.
4. Any tonal adjustments may come now if needed.
5. Now do your Frequency Separation.
6. IF further adjustments are required, I will Merge Visible and continue with that as my new base layer.

Non-Destructive work flow. I can always revert back to steps/process that does not leave a lot of redoing to be done.

[EricGraphix]

Thanks for the help.