Learn how to clone or copy a part of one image into another using Paint Shop Pro graphics editing tool.
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Soft cloning in PSP

(PSP Version 5 and above)

Soft cloning is a technique through which an image is copied on another with a very light brush. I first came across it in MetaCreations Painter 3D used extensively by one of my friends.

I came home, ready to purchase the software, when it struck me that Paint Shop Pro also has a similar tool.

The Clone brush tool Paint Shop Pro's Clone Tool does the same job in PSP and I started playing with it. However, I was not satisfied with the result. After much tweaking, I finally came up with these values for the various settings in the control palette. The two important values are step=22 and opacity. You can change the brush size depending upon your image size. The Clone mode should be set to Aligned and you can experiment with paper textures.

PSP Control Palette for Soft cloningPSP Control Palette for Soft cloning

Starting imageStarting Image

Final imageFinal Image



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