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Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7
Panasonic Lumix G 14mm F2.5 ASPH
03/15/2004 08:57:14 PM · #1
I would like to know how to keep converging lines straight and true when cloning areas around them using PS. For instance, if you look at my designs & engineering submission, "The Academy," at the bottom of the girders you will see fuzzyness from excess cloning out of other buildings. I was unable to do the cloning so that there was no evidence of editing there. Any ideas?
Pentax K10D
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 03/15/2004 09:08:10 PM · #2
Originally posted by Olyuzi:
I was unable to do the cloning so that there was no evidence of editing there. Any ideas?


I want my "10" back. J/k. Selected the area with polygonal lasso tool and trace a mask . The polygonoal lasso tool should give you some nice straight edge in that area. Masking will keep all cloning that you make inside the area.

Keep an eye out on the area that you are sampling from and make sure it matches.

Message edited by author 2004-03-15 21:28:04.
 03/15/2004 09:14:11 PM · #3
It's all trial and error. I would like to think I'm extremly good with the cloning tools, but god help me in explaining what the heck I'm doing. It's so per-image driven.

I almost never work with any of my tools at 100%, remember lighting and texture is extremly key and work slowly.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7
Panasonic Lumix G 14mm F2.5 ASPH
03/15/2004 09:45:52 PM · #4
Thanks very much for your responses, guys...very big help!
Sony DSC-F707
 03/15/2004 10:13:53 PM · #5
This is a nice subject to photograph. Hopefully you can go back periodically and in various lighting conditions to try different compositions and techniques. Shooting this exactly edge on so that it is perfectly symmetrical would have complimented the subject nicely. Your photo is a good candidate for high contrast black and white. You can get great results playing around with the Channel Mixer. You could start by trying to brighten the midtones and highlights and darkening the shadows. As for the cloning. Be sure to clone on a new layer and select "Use all Layers" in the top menu bar. Zoom in close and use small feathered brushes and just experiment knowing that you can always delete that working layer and start over with no harm. Good luck.

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