Using the Clone Tool
The Clone Tool is useful for removing unwanted items in a photo.The Clone Tool is located at the bottom left hand corner of your toolbox. You can also select the Clone Tool by hitting Shift+O on your keyboard. Holding Shift and repeatedly hitting "O" will cycle through all the Touchup Tools (Clone, Burn, Dodge, and Smudge). On the right, you are able to adjust the size of the tool and turn tablet pressure on and off.
With the clone tool you are able to copy a part of an image and apply that over an unwanted item to cover it.
For this example I have removed the chimneys and their shadows from the roof of this house.
I would recommend working on a duplicate layer, so if you mess up, you don't ruin your original image.
Here is an example of what you can do with the Clone Tool.
This is what the image looks like before being retouched.
When you have your Clone Tool selected, you will have to define a clone source.
The clone source is the area you will use to cover up the part of the image you want to get rid of.
In this example, we will select our clone source from the sky. Make sure to select your clone source as close as possible to the object you want to cover.
To select a new clone source, hold Option and click with the white circle on the space you want to clone.
Now you may begin retouching the image.
The white circle is your clone brush, and the black circle is your clone source.
Now the chimneys have been removed from the area with the sky.
Now to recreate the look of the top edge of the roof and the roof tiles, while removing the remaining parts of the chimneys and the shadows.
For this part you will need a smaller brush. It is important to adjust the size of your brush to match the part you are trying to clone.
I will start with the top edge of the roof, where the shadow is. Notice how the clone source follows the line of the roof as I cover the shadow.
Now the top edge of the roof is chimney free!
To do the tiles, I will use a slightly larger brush. When cloning a patterned surface, make sure to move your brush with the angle of the pattern.
And this is what it looks like when you're done!
Here is another example.
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