Excellent. Very good work. It's quite easy, isn't it? And it can save a poorly framed photo. I also use this technique to eliminate elements I don't want. I cloned out a couple of blooms on my recent "ballet" flower pic. But for situations like this, the extra canvas can be a savior. Paul On Jul 15, 2006, at 10:05 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
> Hi Paul, > > I never tried cloning and manipulating a photo in such a manner. I > gave it > a try using some of my own patented techniques <yeah, right!>. > What do you > think? > > http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/cloneshower.jpg > > Good or bad, your instructions provided the impetus to give it a try. > > Shel > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Paul Stenquist > >> To increase canvas size in PhotoShop, just go to the "Image" pull- >> down menu at top, then select Canvas size. It will show the current >> size. Just make the vertical size one inch bigger and select okay. >> This will give you a half inch of canvas at the top and bottom. Then >> use your clone tool, selecting a brush that is just about half the >> size of the empty canvas strip. Set the brush at maximum softness and >> pick up parts of the bottom row of hay stubble and start laying it >> into the half inch space. Don't use the section directly above the >> empty canvas. Mix it up, so you can't notice any repitition. You can >> place little bits in here and there to eliminate any pieces that are >> obvious repeats. When working right below the bale you may have to >> increase hardness some and use a smaller brush to avoid any overlap. >> If you wish, you can blur the foreground a little bit, although it >> shouldn't be necessary. Eliminating the bale is a bit harder, since >> you have to extend the one behind it. But it's certainly doable. You >> can see the entire top edge of the bale behind the offender, so it's >> just a matter of cloning in the part below it. You would use some of >> the existing bale to do that. You would have to create a right-side >> edge, but that's not very difficult if you work in small pieces, and >> check your edge lighting in respect to other bales. The way to become >> proficient at these things is to do it. Just make sure you save your >> work with a different filename. Then you can always go back to the >> original. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
