PSE Tip – The Clone Tool And Apologies

This is Sandra who sings like an angel. An absolute angel. I know this is not the most flattering picture of her. It’s a good thing she doesn’t read my blog. I looked for another photo that may illustrate the cloning tool, but this one is the best I can find…sorry Sandra, oh right, you don’t read this blog.

So here’s Sandra again. Lets play I Spy. What’s the difference between the two pictures? Do you see it?

Right! Sandra’s pin is gone in the second picture. I used the cloning tool in Photoshop Elements (PSE) to make it disappear.

You can find the cloning in the tools section. It looks like a little stamp.

And here’s the fun part, hold down the ALT key and put the cursor somewhere that you want to “clone”. I put it somewhere on her scarf because I want to clone the scarf over the pin. Get it? Sort of? When you hold the ALT key down, it will change the cursor to that little cross target thing.

Then select a brush tool, select the width so that it’s manageable. Not too big, not too small.

Then click over what you wan to go away. In this case, it’s the mice. Keep clicking until the mice disappears. You may have to redo (Edit>Revert) a couple times to practice but it’s fun.

And you really do sing beautifully Sandra.