A typical use for the tool is in object removal – more colloquially, "airbrushing" or "photoshopping" out an unwanted part of the image.
If a part of an image is removed simply by cutting it out, then a hole is left in the background. The Clone tool can fill in this hole convincingly with a copy of the existing background from elsewhere in the image.
A common use for this tool is to retouch skin, particularly in portraits, to remove blemishes and make skin tones more even. Cloning can also be used to remove other unwanted elements, such as telephone wires, an unwanted bird in the sky, and the like.
A more automated method of object removal uses texture synthesis to fill in gaps. Of these, patch-based texture synthesis or "image quilting" is essentially an automated application of the clone tool, choosing the optimal source area so as to patch over with a minimal seam.
In some cases, the undesired object is mixed with the remainder of the image, and a simple circular brush, even with feathering, would not work. For these cases, some programs allow an object to be selected by color/outline so other areas are not affected. Other programs allow edge/color sensitive brushes to deal with such objects.
Healing tooledit
A similar tool is the healing tool, which occurs in variants such as the healing brush or spot healing tool. These incorporate the existing texture, rather than painting it over.
clone, tool, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december, 2009, learn, when, remove, . This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Clone tool news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message The clone tool as it is known in Adobe Photoshop Inkscape GIMP and Corel PhotoPaint is used in digital image editing to replace information for one part of a picture with information from another part In other image editing software its equivalent is sometimes called a rubber stamp tool or a clone brush Demonstration of the clone tool to alter an imageContents 1 Applications 2 Healing tool 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksApplications editA typical use for the tool is in object removal more colloquially airbrushing or photoshopping out an unwanted part of the image If a part of an image is removed simply by cutting it out then a hole is left in the background The Clone tool can fill in this hole convincingly with a copy of the existing background from elsewhere in the image A common use for this tool is to retouch skin particularly in portraits to remove blemishes and make skin tones more even Cloning can also be used to remove other unwanted elements such as telephone wires an unwanted bird in the sky and the like A more automated method of object removal uses texture synthesis to fill in gaps Of these patch based texture synthesis or image quilting is essentially an automated application of the clone tool choosing the optimal source area so as to patch over with a minimal seam In some cases the undesired object is mixed with the remainder of the image and a simple circular brush even with feathering would not work For these cases some programs allow an object to be selected by color outline so other areas are not affected Other programs allow edge color sensitive brushes to deal with such objects Healing tool editA similar tool is the healing tool which occurs in variants such as the healing brush or spot healing tool These incorporate the existing texture rather than painting it over See also editInpainting Seam carvingReferences editExternal links edit nbsp Wikiversity has learning resources about Adobe Photoshop GIMP manual 3 10 Clone nbsp This graphics software related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Clone tool amp oldid 947284073, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
