Hi, I am trying to put together some portrait photo's for a birthday present using PhotoImpact..
Could someone advise the easiest way to remove wrinkles from around the eye/mouth area... and also removing some blemishes...I've tried mucking round but dont really know what I am doing and am not getting the resullt I want (
I'm sure their is an easy way to do this.. I just don't know how???
In addition to tutorials you will find the following information in the Ulead Help files:
Cloning parts of an image with Clone Tools
Cloning is the process of duplicating an object or parts of an image and "painting" it over another part of the same image or another image. Cloning is useful when you want to remove unwanted artifacts in a picture such as a bystander accidentally walking through a scene.
Note: You can only clone on Grayscale and True Color images.
Using the Touch-up Tool
The Touch-up Tool is primarily used to correct blemishes on a person's face or skin. Similar to the other Clone Tools, it copies pixels from one part of your image to another. In addition, the Touch-up Tool takes into consideration the texture and lighting of the image and therefore creating a realistic touch-up job.
The Touch-up Tool is on the left Toolbar and looks like a compact or other brush with a + sign. The options and settings are on the Tool Options palette just below the Icon Bar, which is just Below the Command Menu Bar.
Hi, yes I was playing with the touchup tool...but didn't seem to be able to get it at the right settings to work well???? which would be the best setting to start with???
Another good tool is to blur parts of the image.
Start off with the cloning tools as mentioned by HT and then where necessary select any remaining areas and blur them. Gaussian blur is good for this purpose. (There are other forms of blur such as motion blur, radial blur etc.)
Unfortunately, there are no default settings. Each Image requires a slightly different approach. That means a different brush type in relation to the imperfections and color values you want to replace. Which means, as Heinz indicates, Tutorials and experience are the keys to obtaining a satisfactory clone. That said, I will indicate a basic approach that I use.
I work with an image at a view of 600 to 800 percent of the original.
I usually use the Clone Paint Brush with a Brush Head setting of 6, a Soften Paint Edge to between 50 to 60, How Much Color to Copy at 100, and How Much Texture at 100. These setting require precision and may have to be changed as you paint. You must use an area that is very close in color to the one you want to clone. You can accomplish this by using the Eyedropper Tool to sample the color of the area you want to Clone to and the area you want to clone from. When you are working with a face, sometimes you can clone from the opposite side of the face in an area of the same color that does not have imperfections. Or carefully clone anywhere there is a color close to the match you require.
As Steve indicates, you can use additional tools such as Blur, Dodge, Burn, Color Transform Pen, found Under the Red-Eye Tool on the flyout.
Cloning is not the easiest of tools to master, and usually requires more experience than other tools. Persistence and perseverance usually pays off.
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