Cloning - Rubber stamp sampling

By Les Chang, October 20, 2006 on 5:07 am | In Tutorials |

You probably have this kind of shots while you are shooting in the public, the background is too distrating.

Before:
clone_before.jpg

After:
clone_after1.jpg

Let’s see what we can do with the photoshop.

Step 1: Copy “useful image details” from any possible sources
(it could be from other pictures):
clone_copy.jpg

Step 2: Paste it into a new layer, overlay the unwanted details, tonal corrections
(transform or distort the image if necessary):
clone_newlayer.jpg

Step 3:
create a total mask (alt-add mask) for the layer (note that the new image is invisible now).
clone_mask.jpg

Step 4:
Reveal the new image by using brush tool brushing on unwanted details
(one of the reason doing this step is leaving original layer untouch, you may slip while cloning, safety first):
clone_brush.jpg

Finally, repeat the process on other areas, have fun!

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6 Comments »

  1. excellent sharing!! Show us tonight.

    Comment by leespoh leespoh — October 20, 2006 #

  2. Tried this with PSPx, didn’t quite work for me, had problem erasing the mask, or are we not supposed to erase the mask?

    Comment by gold3knight gold3knight — October 25, 2006 #

  3. no erase involves, just revealing and masking.

    Comment by Les Chang Les Chang — October 25, 2006 #

  4. Finally managed to get it to work.
    Had to use the eraser tool to remove the mask on the the area I want to show.

    Comment by gold3knight gold3knight — October 25, 2006 #

  5. not sure is it a proper way. i paint/brush black to mask, and white to unmask. It does looks like erasing.

    Comment by ccwong ccwong — October 25, 2006 #

  6. yes, on the mask only, no eraser tool involves.

    Comment by Les Chang Les Chang — October 25, 2006 #

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