Saturday, April 3, 2010

Week 10: Clone Tool and Heal Tool

Hey guys... I've been feeling under the weather lately, otherwise I'd have posted earlier in the week. This is a photo I took of my son playing ball with his buddy. The original had a shed directly behind the ball, which made the ball kind of blend in with it.

I lassoed and copied the ball to a new layer, then I cloned the bushes from the far right and put them over the shed area. Then I merged the layers and the ball dropped in over the bushes. I think it shows up much better now.

The original:


Edited:


Gimp's Heal tool is the closest I found to PS Patch tool. In this photo, I smoothed out my gnarly hand a bit. My hands have looked like this for a long time-- I was a reflexologist for years and they just ended up this way.

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4 comments:

Cyndie's Blog said...

I think in your first photos of the ball, the ball actually looks a little bigger too! It does show up better. Nice job!

Tonia said...

Nicely done, you can see the baseball a lot better with the color adjustment and from cloning the shed out. Also the picture is nicely cropped. Well done.

Tory O said...

The clone of your hand looks real and natural. It's such a cool tool! Your hands represent your hard work and care for the health of others so no matter how they look to you they show your true inner beauty! Great job.

Crystal said...

Wow! Great job on your hand! It looks so completely natural and you can't even tell it has been edited. A true sign of a skilled photographer! Excellent!

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