Photoshop help...cloning a pic???

jayeskreezy · Jul 16, 2005, 06:54 PM

Well, I thought I posted this already on here, but maybe im just crazy. Anyway I was wondering if anyone know how to get a double of one person in the same picture? I cant find any tutorials on it online, butit seems like you would do somethign with layers and the clone stamp. Here's an example of a picture that this dude did that shows the effect I want.

mkrishnan · Jul 16, 2005, 07:07 PM

So do you have a separate second image of the person you want to include? In the example you posted, the second picture of the person is clearly not the same photo as the first one -- it was cloned in from *another* photo.

The basic idea of what you want is to use the magnetic lasso or the magic wand tool to select just the person, paste them as a new layer in the image, and then adjust levels on that layer to make the color and lighting match. You may also want to play around with feathering or blurring a little bit to make sure there is no fringe around the person.

MacDawg · Jul 16, 2005, 07:13 PM

The clone stamp is of no value in what you want to do. As mkrishnan says, the best way is to "cut" the image out of the photo with the magnetic lasso, or to use a copy of the pic and erase everything around it. Using the Gaussan blur will help touch it up some and paste it in as a new layer.

Woof, Woof - Dawg

rfeindel · Jul 16, 2005, 07:29 PM

You could also just lock down your camera on a tripod and take 2 pictures. One of the subject in one position, and one in another. Then composite it together with some masks in Photoshop

Lacero · Jul 16, 2005, 07:50 PM

Use the Extract tool in PS to get nice clean edges. You may have to do them in parts on a separate layer and then recombine them.

jayeskreezy · Jul 16, 2005, 09:02 PM

oh thanks yall...that's all they did?...i thought they did something more complicated than that like flipped it horizontal and then used a clone stamp...i appreciate the help...that should be fairly simple to do...i didnt even know they used two separate pics...not a bad job at all

Jul 16, 2005, 06:54 PM	#1
jayeskreezy macrumors 6502a Join Date: Mar 2005	Photoshop help...cloning a pic??? Well, I thought I posted this already on here, but maybe im just crazy. Anyway I was wondering if anyone know how to get a double of one person in the same picture? I cant find any tutorials on it online, butit seems like you would do somethign with layers and the clone stamp. Here's an example of a picture that this dude did that shows the effect I want.

Jul 16, 2005, 07:07 PM	#2
mkrishnan Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI, USA	So do you have a separate second image of the person you want to include? In the example you posted, the second picture of the person is clearly not the same photo as the first one -- it was cloned in from another photo. The basic idea of what you want is to use the magnetic lasso or the magic wand tool to select just the person, paste them as a new layer in the image, and then adjust levels on that layer to make the color and lighting match. You may also want to play around with feathering or blurring a little bit to make sure there is no fringe around the person. __________________ Mohan

Jul 16, 2005, 07:13 PM	#3
MacDawg Contributor Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: "Between the Hedges"	The clone stamp is of no value in what you want to do. As mkrishnan says, the best way is to "cut" the image out of the photo with the magnetic lasso, or to use a copy of the pic and erase everything around it. Using the Gaussan blur will help touch it up some and paste it in as a new layer. Woof, Woof - Dawg __________________ "Love has gone and left me and the days are all alike..." -Edna St. Vincent Millay Ashes of Life

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Jul 16, 2005, 07:29 PM	#4
rfeindel macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2002	You could also just lock down your camera on a tripod and take 2 pictures. One of the subject in one position, and one in another. Then composite it together with some masks in Photoshop

Jul 16, 2005, 07:50 PM	#5
Lacero macrumors 601 Join Date: Jan 2005	Use the Extract tool in PS to get nice clean edges. You may have to do them in parts on a separate layer and then recombine them.

Jul 16, 2005, 09:02 PM	#6
jayeskreezy Thread Starter macrumors 6502a Join Date: Mar 2005	oh thanks yall...that's all they did?...i thought they did something more complicated than that like flipped it horizontal and then used a clone stamp...i appreciate the help...that should be fairly simple to do...i didnt even know they used two separate pics...not a bad job at all