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02/10/2005 03:11:28 AM · #1 |
I would like to clone out some things in this photo. I know how to clone or duplicate something, but can't figure out how to clone something out  |
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02/10/2005 03:16:13 AM · #2 |
You need to replace the object with whatever would be visible behind it if it didn't exist -- usually an extension of the adjacent background.
Be careful, as it is a subjective decision (by majority vote of the SC) as to whether or not your removal is acceptable within the rules. |
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02/10/2005 03:21:58 AM · #3 |
You use the cloning tool to clone things out by creeping up and nibbling at the edges of them. Say you wanted to eliminate the pole and wire; the wire would be easy, just make the brush real small, magnify the image, and take the area immediately beneath the wire and copy it onto the wire, covering it.
You would nibble at the pole by running patches of the tree over it, and sliding doen to grab some of the red blur too. Where it's against the sky you'd use sky of course. with reall even areas like the sky, a light application of the blur tool may be necessary. Do all this on a duplicate of the layer, so you can turn it on and off to check your progress. You can do the easy part on one dupe layer, then dupe THAT layer to a thrid layer and work on the hard part, so you can always go back to what you'd already finished. When it all looks good, you can merge the cloning layers together into one.
Robt.
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02/10/2005 03:24:49 AM · #4 |
| Actually, you never need to merge the layers, but can instead save a copy of the work in TIFF or JPEG format, which will flatten the layers in that version. |
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02/10/2005 03:32:08 AM · #5 |
That's true, general, but sometimes when you are doing a single job in components on several different layers, it can be useful to merge those layers when it's done into a single layer containing all the elements. You can also "link" the layers so they stay together, which is the main thing.
Anyway, here's a quick clone job; took about 10 minutes, maybe less. Alsoi darkened the foreground, especially lower left, and the sky upper left, to contain the image:
Robt.
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02/10/2005 02:28:19 PM · #6 |
sorry I missed you last night Robert. But I just wanted to let you know that I cloned my first photo this morning. It was successful. Thanks for that explanation. It helped. I also like the job you did with my photo. I am still getting a hang of layers, I usually only work with 2 layers per photo max, and I usually change images to TIFF format. I find its easier to modify them.
Message edited by author 2005-02-10 14:28:43. |
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