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			|  | 07/22/2014 09:42:56 PM · #1 | 
		| | Can I clone out a small item in an image under advanced editing?  I have a corner of book showing that was suppose to be hidden by a tablecloth. It's very incidental but bugs the crap out of me. Thanks in advance. | 
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			|  | 07/22/2014 09:44:19 PM · #2 | 
		| | Yes you can :-)) My understanding as long as it wasn't a part of the main composition it can be done, I had to do that with mine as well.. (clone my hand out and a corner piece as well) LOL 
 Message edited by author 2014-07-22 21:45:03.
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			|  | 07/22/2014 09:46:00 PM · #3 | 
		| | That sounds doable.  It doesn't sound like a "major element", or that it would change the typical viewer's perception of the photo. | 
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			|  | 07/23/2014 06:54:46 AM · #4 | 
		| |  original... 
 
  submitted 
 it was never originally validated but i posted it after the fact for discussion...
 
 
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			|  | 07/23/2014 08:50:57 AM · #5 | 
		| | under cloning for advanced it says you may: clone out incidental power lines, twigs, dust specks, stray hairs, and similar minor imperfections within any capture used.
 
 i'd call the edge of a book a "similar minor imperfection" since the majority was under a tablecloth.
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			|  | 07/23/2014 09:10:24 AM · #6 | 
		| | you should send an inquiry to the SC with the original and cloned version and see what they say.  better to be safe than sorry. | 
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			|  | 07/23/2014 01:17:34 PM · #7 | 
		| | | Originally posted by Cuttooth: you should send an inquiry to the SC with the original and cloned version and see what they say.  better to be safe than sorry.
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 Or just send us the original and say "May I clone at that book down there in the lower right corner?"
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			|  | 07/23/2014 01:32:05 PM · #8 | 
		| | alternately, if it's not going to spoil the picture due to proximity to the edge, and you are unsure about the dq, crop it out instead. | 
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