How to Clean Up a Landscape by Cloning
Open up your image using your chosen software., Find your clone tool icon., Choose a brush., On your image, locate your brush., Hold down the CTRL key and click the area that you want to clone., Try for the larger areas first., Watch for distinctive...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Open up your image using your chosen software.
While Photoshop is a great option, it can be out of most people's price range, unless they are using Photoshop CC.
But there are several other programs that you can use.
Zoner Photo Studio Pro Paint.net Gimp Photoshop -
Step 2: Find your clone tool icon.
Most of the time, it will look like some type of stamp. , You want there to be some area of diffusion.
This will help your cloning to blend in. , You want to see if the brush is an appropriate size.
It needs to be smaller than larger, depending on your source image.
The shortcuts to 'growing' or 'shrinking' a brush is usually the [] (square brackets).
Try that first. , It should be similar to the area around where you are cloning something out. (Alternatively, it could be a right click (or something else), depending on your software). , The sky, the wires across the sky, etc.
Always remember to make your selection similar to the area that you are cloning over (minus the bad scenery). , To clone a tree or post, check for the angle of it.
Take that into consideration when you make your clone selection. , You will still be able to see evidence of the items you were trying to get rid of. , Alternatively, you may need to make the brush smaller.
It depends on what you are editing. , If you look closely, you will see some areas where they are obviously cloned. ,, -
Step 3: Choose a brush.
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Step 4: On your image
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Step 5: locate your brush.
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Step 6: Hold down the CTRL key and click the area that you want to clone.
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Step 7: Try for the larger areas first.
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Step 8: Watch for distinctive items in your scenery that you need to take into consideration
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Step 9: like tree trunks.
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Step 10: Once you feel like you have the basic items cloned out
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Step 11: zoom in closer to your image.
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Step 12: Increase the size of the brush
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Step 13: if possible
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Step 14: and work on cloning out the remnants.
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Step 15: Once you feel you are done with getting the remnants out
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Step 16: zoom back out so that you can see the full image.
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Step 17: Switch to a larger brush (when possible) and possibly even increase the amount of diffusion of your brush.
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Step 18: Continue until you have your desired image.
Detailed Guide
While Photoshop is a great option, it can be out of most people's price range, unless they are using Photoshop CC.
But there are several other programs that you can use.
Zoner Photo Studio Pro Paint.net Gimp Photoshop
Most of the time, it will look like some type of stamp. , You want there to be some area of diffusion.
This will help your cloning to blend in. , You want to see if the brush is an appropriate size.
It needs to be smaller than larger, depending on your source image.
The shortcuts to 'growing' or 'shrinking' a brush is usually the [] (square brackets).
Try that first. , It should be similar to the area around where you are cloning something out. (Alternatively, it could be a right click (or something else), depending on your software). , The sky, the wires across the sky, etc.
Always remember to make your selection similar to the area that you are cloning over (minus the bad scenery). , To clone a tree or post, check for the angle of it.
Take that into consideration when you make your clone selection. , You will still be able to see evidence of the items you were trying to get rid of. , Alternatively, you may need to make the brush smaller.
It depends on what you are editing. , If you look closely, you will see some areas where they are obviously cloned. ,,
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