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Re: Simple Photoshop question )clone tool)

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On 2014-04-04 09:53:13 +0000, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> said:

> After retating a scanned slide, I need to fill in the sky. Using close
> tool to fill other areas works fine. But closing the sky fails because
> the close tool "pastes" a lighter version of the image.
> 
> (because this is scanned, there is grain into the scanned image that
> needs to be reproduced to create the same texture of the sky which is a
> gradient to make things worse.
> 
> Is this just some simple setting I am overlooking or is it a feature of
> Photoshop, unable to reproduce a 150 pixel diametre round section of sky
> without making it lighter ?

What version of PS are you using?

I am currently using LR5 + PS/CC, most of the features I talk of are 
also found in CS4, CS5, & CS6.

There is a reason why PS provides several tools for doing this type of 
edit. (clone tool, patch tool, healing brush, spot healing brush, 
content-aware move tool, etc) Some will have content-aware options (for 
content-aware, texture, or proximity), and some will sample from the 
current layer, current and below, or all layers

In the case of your scanned image where you have grain on a color field 
with the added complication of a gradient, I would work on the current 
layer only.
Since you have a gradient, consider an area to the left or right of the 
area you want to fix as a source. I would use either the clone tool 
(with a larger soft brush than you might be tempted to use), or the 
patch tool (found in the healing brush tool palette by option clicking 
through the tools in that palette, or right clicking to reveal all of 
them).
Select a source area which includes a decent portion of the major 
demarkation change in the grad.
Move the clone tool brush along that demarkation line to cover your 
target area. The same can be done with the patch tool where you would 
be moving a selected patch over the target area.
Note they are two different tools and there might be some differences 
in the result.

If the patch or clone covers a detail which you actually want to 
reveal, add a layer mask to the current layer and fix that with a black 
or white brush.

Though this example of mine doesn't use a grad, it is a scan of a 
damaged print I repaired using the clone tool, the patch tool, and 
healing brush. Then finished with appropriate adjustments.
< https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/FileChute/screenshot_638.jpg >

-- 
Regards,

Savageduck

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Simple  Photoshop question )clone tool) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-04 05:53 -0400
  Re: Simple  Photoshop question )clone tool) M-M <nospam@ny.more> - 2014-04-04 10:05 -0400
  Re: Simple  Photoshop question )clone tool) Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-04-05 14:18 -0700
    Re: Simple  Photoshop question )clone tool) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-05 19:10 -0400
      Re: Simple  Photoshop question )clone tool) Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-04-05 16:59 -0700
      Re: Simple  Photoshop question )clone tool) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-08 03:33 -0400
        Re: Simple  Photoshop question )clone tool) Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-04-08 06:02 -0700
          Re: Simple  Photoshop question )clone tool) Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-04-08 12:55 -0400
            Re: Simple  Photoshop question )clone tool) Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-04-08 13:51 -0700
  Re: Simple  Photoshop question )clone tool) Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-04-07 09:09 +1200

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