How do people photoshop something out of a picture without there just being a blank space where the previous image stood?

Question

I don’t get it… the light isn’t reflected off the object into the lenses, right? So how is there an image waiting behind the person you just photoshopped out?

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Answer 1

You can copy and paste and blend parts of the background from other sections of the picture. There are even auto patching things to do this. It’s is more or less obvious depending on the skill of the photoshopper