How do I clean up movie posters for a website?

#1 · September 14, 2026, 9:41 pm

I'm adding a movie section to my site and found a few posters in really good resolution that would fit perfectly. The problem is that some of them have small watermarks in the corner, and I haven't been able to find clean copies at the same quality anywhere else. I really don't want those marks showing up on the site if I can avoid it. What's the easiest way to clean them up without ruining the posters?

#2 · September 14, 2026, 9:55 pm

Man, I'd first see how much of the mark is actually touching the artwork. If it's sitting over a plain bit of background, you may be able to clean it up pretty neatly without spending ages on it. For something like that, you could open the poster in Photopea and use the clone or selection tools to work around the mark. The difficult ones are the marks crossing faces, lettering, or detailed artwork, because those usually need a bit more careful retouching.