Digital Photography

Retouch and Restore Photos Using the Clone Stamp Tool

 

I.                   Add or Delete Features (e.g. Moustache and/or Hair)

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A.     Open the image named MiltK2.jpg in the Student Files folder on the CD drive

B.    Save a copy of the image named My MiltK2.jpg in the My Results folder on the C:\ drive

C.    Click the Maximize button (center button at the top right of the image) to maximize the view

D.    We are going to remove the moustache and hair from this image to make it look like this:

E.     Press Ctrl-+ three times to enlarge the image and use the scroll bar to center the moustache on the screen

F.     Click on the Clone Stamp Tool (second from the bottom on the left side of the Toolbox)

G.    Note that the mouse pointer changes to a circle and the contents of the Options Bar change to choices like size, mode, and opacity.

H.    We will be dealing with a sort of paint brush. 

1.      The size of the brush is determined by the settings in the Option Bar

2.      The color is determined by the location of the sampling point (set by Alt-Left Click)

3.      The Clone Stamp Tool takes a sample of an image and applies it to another area of the same image or to a different image. Each stroke of the tool paints an additional area.  Cross-hairs mark the location of the sampling point

I.        To begin to remove the moustache from the image, follow these steps:

1.      On the Options Bar, set the brush size to 12 (Click on the drop-down arrow to the right of the Size box and move the slider until you have reached the correct size)

2.      Leave Mode set to Normal and Opacity to 100

3.      Imagine the color of the skin under the right edge of the moustache and find a spot on the face where the skin is of the correct color

4.      Move the mouse pointer to that spot and Alt-Left Click to set the Sampling Point

5.      Now move the mouse pointer to the right edge of the moustache and begin to Left Click repeatedly.  Note that the color from the sampling point replaces the color of the moustache, essentially removing it from the image.

6.      Continue to replace the color of the moustache with the color of the underlying skin, remembering to move the sampling point as necessary to obtain the correct color(s).

7.      Remember that you can reverse the last action taken with the undo button and any previous actions with the Undo History Palette

 

II.                 Add or Delete Features (Hair)

A.     Use the scroll bar to center the subject’s head on the screen

B.    Click on the Clone Stamp Tool (second from the bottom on the left side of the Toolbox)

C.    Note that the mouse pointer changes to a circle and the contents of the Options Bar change to choices like size, mode, and opacity.

D.    We will be dealing with a sort of paint brush.  

1.      The size of the brush is determined by the settings in the Option Bar

2.      The color is determined by the location of the sampling point (set by Alt-Left Click)

3.      The Clone Stamp Tool takes a sample of an image and applies it to another area of the same image or to a different image. Each stroke of the tool paints an additional area.  Cross-hairs mark the location of the sampling point

E.     To begin to remove the hair from the image, follow these steps:

1.      On the Options Bar, set the brush size to 17 (We can use a larger brush here than we did with the moustache because we are working with a larger area)

2.      Leave Mode set to Normal and Opacity to 100

3.      Imagine the color of the skin under a chosen area of hair and find a spot on the face where the skin is of the correct color

4.      Move the mouse pointer to that spot and Alt-Left Click to set the Sampling Point

5.      Now move the mouse pointer to the chosen and begin to Left Click repeatedly.  Note that the color from the sampling point replaces the color of the hair, essentially removing it from the image.

6.      Continue to replace the color of the hair with the color of the underlying skin, remembering to move the sampling point as necessary to obtain the correct color(s).

7.      If you find that you’ve replace the color of the background rather than that of the hair, you can move your sampling point to a spot in the background that has the same color as the one your replace and use it instead.

8.      Remember that you can reverse the last action taken with the undo button and any previous actions with the Undo History Palette

9.      When you are satisfied with the results, click on the Save button to save the modified image as My MiltK2.jpg in the My Results folder on the C:\ drive

III.              Remove Unwanted Elements

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A.     Open the image file named Castle Square.jpg in the Student Files folder on the CD drive

B.    Save a copy of the image named My Castle Square.jpg in the My Results folder on the C:\ drive

C.    Click the Maximize button (center button at the top right of the image) to maximize the view

D.    We are going to remove the man with the camera from this image to make it look like this:

E.     Press Ctrl-+ once to enlarge the image and use the scroll bar to center the moustache on the screen

F.     Click on the Clone Stamp Tool (second from the bottom on the left side of the Toolbox)

G.    Proceed as before to replace the colors of the man with the colors of the castle and the street surface behind him.  Be careful when replacing the colors of the castle windows – they should line up as closely as possible.

H.    Remember that you can reverse the last action taken with the undo button and any previous actions with the Undo History Palette

I.        When you are satisfied with the results, click on the Save button to save the modified image as My Castle Square.jpg in the My Results folder on the C:\ drive.

 

IV.             Remove Rips, Tears, Dust and Scratches

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A.     Open the image file named Old Transportation.jpg in the Student Files folder on the CD drive

B.    Save a copy of the image named My Old Transportation.jpg in the My Results folder on the C:\ drive

C.    Click on the Maximize button to maximize the view

D.    We are going to remove all the scratches and unwanted marks from this image to make it look like this:

E.     Press Ctrl-+ once to enlarge the image and use the scroll bar to move to the parts of the image that need repair

F.     Click on the Clone Stamp Tool (second from the bottom on the left side of the Toolbox)

G.    Proceed as before to replace the colors of the defects in the image with the correct colors.  In other words, find a defect, imagine what color is beneath it, find that color in the image, move the mouse pointer there, Alt-Left Click to choose it as a sampling point and correct the colors.

H.    There’s a new trick to be learned here.  If you click and hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse across the image, the sampling point will also move.  You can capitalize on this feature when you are repairing some of the defects in this image.

I.        Remember that you can reverse the last action taken with the undo button and any previous actions with the Undo History Palette

J.      When you are satisfied with the results, click on the Save button to save the modified image as My Old Transportation.jpg in the My Results folder on the C:\ drive.

V.                Rotate, Crop and Remove Red Eye

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  1. Prepare the Image

    1. Open the image named Christopher.jpg in the My Results folder on the C:/ drive

    2. Save a copy of the image named My Christopher.jpg in the My Results folder on the C:\ drive

    3. Click the Maximize button (center button at the top right of the image) to maximize the view

  2. Analyze the image

    3. VII.          Analyze the Image

    A.     There are two problems with this image

    1.      The image is crooked (check out the sofa in the background)

    2.      The image suffers from red eye.

    VIII.        Rotate the Image

    A.     Open the Image menu and choose Rotate

    B.    Previously we used the 90º Right and the Flip Horizontal commands from this menu

    C.    This time you will click the Custom command

    D.    The Rotate Canvas window appears.  Enter 4 in the Degrees box and click on Left, then on OK.

    E.     (I happened to know that 4º left rotation would work.  Ordinarily, you would have to experiment to find the correct amount of rotation

    IX.             Crop the Image

    A.     Click the Crop tool Crop tool in the toolbox and drag a selection box around Christopher.

    B.    Notice that the Crop tool options bar changed once the Crop selection was started. It now contains the Cancel Cancel button   and Commit  Commit button  icons.

    C.    Move the mouse pointer to a point about 1” above and to the left of Christopher’s head (notice that the pointer takes on the shape of the crop tool)

    D.    Depress the left mouse button and hold it down as you move the mouse pointer down and to the right until you reach the lower right corner of the image.  Then release the left mouse button.  The part of the picture which will be removed is shown shaded.

    E.     If you are satisfied with the result, click on the black check mark in the Options Bar to Commit to the result

    F.     If you would like to try again, click on the black “do not enter” symbol in the Options Bar to Cancel the result.

    X.               Remove the Red Eye

    A.     Red eye occurs in photos when light from a camera flash reflects off the back of a person’s eye given the center of the eye (the pupil) a reddish cast.

    B.    You can easily remove red eye from an image using the Red Eye Brush tool.

    C.    Click the Maximize button (center button at the top right of the image) to maximize the view

    D.    Press Ctrl-+ twice to enlarge the image

    E.     Click the Red Eye Brush tool in the Toolbox.  (It’s the seventh one down in the right column.)  The Red Eye Brush Options Bar appears

    F.     Click the drop down arrow on the Brush Presets box.  The Brushes list opens showing stroke thumbnails of the brushes

    G.    Click the triangle in the upper right corner of the Brush Presets list.  A list of different views is included in the options.  Chose the Large List view.  This view shows the brush names and sizes

    H.    Set the following options in the Red Eye Brush Tool Options Bar:

    1.      Brush Presets:    Soft Round 9

    2.      Size:                                 11 px

    3.      Sampling:             First Click

    4.      Tolerance:                       90%

    5.       

    6.      Don’t worry about these settings just now.  As you become more familiar with the various tools, you will also learn which settings work best for which purposes

    7.       

    I.        Move the mouse pointer over the image.  The pointer changes to a circle with a plus sign in the center

    J.      Move the pointer over one of the pupils.  Don’t click yet.  The circle should be large enough to cover the pupil of just a bit smaller.

    K.    If the size of the circle is not correct, click the Size arrow on the Options Bar.  Leaving the slider open, move the pointer so it is centered over the pupil of one of the eyes.  Press the right arrow key to increase the brush size or the left arrow key to decrease it. When the size is correct, click outside the image to close the slider.

    L.     Move the mouse pointer over the pupil and click where the color is the reddest (or close).  You may need to click more than once to remove all the red.

    M.    Repeat the process for the other eye.

    N.    Press Ctrl- - twice to zoom out to see the effects of your changes.

    O.    Save the results as My Christopher.jpg on the My Results folder on the C:\ drive.