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Cloning image areas

You can copy pixels from one image area to another in order to cover damaged or unwanted elements in an image. For example, you can fix a tear or remove a person from an image by applying cloned pixels over the area you want to remove. You can also clone image elements you like and apply them to another image area or a second image. If you clone an object, the newly cloned areas are added to the active object. You can also create abstract images, based on pixels sampled from the original image.

When you clone, two brushes appear in the image window: a source point brush and a clone brush that applies the copied pixels from the source point. A crosshair pointer is displayed in the source point brush to distinguish it from the clone brush. The source point brush moves relative to the clone brush as you drag across the image.

The Clone tool was used to remove the woman’s necklace.

You can also fix imperfections seamlessly by painting with sampled texture that matches the color of the surrounding area. The source point brush samples the texture from the source point. The target brush applies the sampled texture, matching it to the color of the surrounding area. You can reset the source point, and you can use the same source point for consecutive brushstrokes.

Some imperfections were removed from the girl’s face on the left by painting with sampled texture.

To clone an image area or object Back to Top

 

Click Impressionism clone or Pointillism clone categories on the Brush picker before dragging in the image window.
Click the Toggle cumulative button on the Stroke attributes bar that is displayed in the Brush settings docker. This option is available only for some of the Effect tools and the Clone tool. If the Brush settings docker is not open, click Window Dockers Brush settings.
Click the Toggle merge source button on the Dab attributes bar that is displayed in the Brush settings docker. This option is only available when the Toggle cumulative button is disabled.
Hold down Shift, and drag towards or away from the nib center.
Hold down Alt, and click in the image window without releasing the mouse button to display a transparency slider.
Hold down Ctrl + Alt, and click in the image window without releasing the mouse button to display a transparency slider.
Hold down Shift + Alt, and drag in the image window.
Hold down Ctrl, and drag in the image window. To change the direction (from vertical to horizontal or vice versa), hold down Shift.
Right-click to set the source point and start cloning. Hold down Ctrl + Alt + Shift, and click in the image window to clone in a straight line.
To retouch image areas using sampled texture Back to Top

 

Hold down Shift + Alt, and drag in the image window.
Hold down Shift, and drag towards or away from the nib center.
Click Window Dockers Brush Settings, click the roll-down arrow on the available bars in the Brush Settings docker, and specify values for the attributes you want.
On the property bar, click the Preview button to disable it.

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