GSR - FR wrote: > Hi, > weskaggs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (2007-02-21 at 0837.29 -0800): <snip> > http://video.about.com/graphicssoft/How-to-fix-blemishes-.htm Notice > the clock cursor, that is the extra processing, with old computer and > big area you clearly see it does clone and secs later it blends. > > - patch tool, behaves like a reversed order copy & paste (first select > area to fix, then source). Allows knowing both areas perfectly thus > avoiding one typical problem of clone: a big stroke covers all you > want... but starts to get pixels from source you do not want. The > extra processing is done at the end of the motion, too. > > http://video.about.com/graphicssoft/The-Patch-Tool.htm Notice how it > looks like copy and then blends. > > - spot healing brush, behaves like paint tool. A drop down decides > what the program uses as "inspiration" for the fix. Simpler than clone > but prone to not doing what you want if used in really big areas or > complex images (thus the name "spot", best used for dust in sky of a > photo, ie). > > http://www.totaltraining.com/videos/mov/TPSE3_Healing_Brush.mov Notice > some undo and redos until the guessing is correct. > > Looking at the paper without looking at the tools is a bit strange, > you already accepted looking at the inner part, better look at the > full picture then. Or at least set the context of what is going to be > copied, what not, what is going to be completly new or what is going > to be improved. > > GSR > The resynthesizer plugin http://registry.gimp.org/plugin?id=457 can do a lot of the healing functionality (and more). I've used it for everything from removing small areas and filling with a good likeness to major reconstruction of parts of photos. It's biggest downfall is that the documentation for it isn't very good; especially for replacing large sections. Jim _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
