Do you want to learn how to get the most out of using the Clone & Stamp Tool in Luminar? Check out these tips the next time you want to duplicate an object anywhere on your image.
The clone tool is extremely powerful. You can use it to remove objects, painting over them with pixels from other areas of your image, and you can use it to move or copy objects from one area of your photo to another area.
In this example, we will be adding some extra palm trees to fill in the empty areas along the horizon.
Tip: Selecting an object that is isolated will result in a clean and easy first pass for cloning. You can always go back and erase the parts of the cloned image if you need to.
Step One: Locating the Clone Tool
You can find the Clone & Stamp Tool under the main menu: Tools>Clone & Stamp or under the Tools Drop-down menu. You can also use the keyboard shortcuts Cmd+J (Mac) or Ctrl+J (Windows).
Step Two: Zooming In
Get as close as possible to the object that you will be cloning. To Zoom in, use the drop-down menu or the keyboard shortcut Ctrl/Cmd +. This helps when trying to isolate the area where your Source Point will be. (Use the Space Bar if needed to drag the image around into position.)
Step Three: Setting Your Source Point
Your cursor should have a circle with a + sign in the middle of it. Click on the object that you would like to clone and Luminar will set that as the Source Point. Now you are almost ready to paint.
Step Four: Adjusting Your Brush
It’s important that your brush is the right size and softness when you paint in the new object. Under the Clone & Stamp menu bar, you can adjust how large or small your brush is as well as how soft or hard the edges of your brush are. Sometimes you may want to reduce the Opacity of the brush to better blend your cloned object into the background.
Step Five: Making a Clone
In this example where we will be making a clone from a palm tree. We will leave all of the default settings as shown below. (Make sure your brush is small enough so that you are just duplicating a single object.)
To add the cloned palm tree, click on palm tree you want to clone and then just click (Stamp) on the area where you want it to be… and start painting. We’ll paint in a palm tree in this empty space between the trees.
If you would like to select a different area to clone from (perhaps a second palm tree), simply hold down the Option key (Mac) or Alt key (Windows) and click on a new area to deposit a new Source Point.
Step Six: Making Final Adjustments
You can also clone parts of other objects so that it doesn't look identical to the original by Cloning and Stamping other areas of objects.
Be sure to check your before and after cloned objects prior to clicking on the Done button by clicking on the Quick Preview Button, (it looks like an eye) at the top of the screen).
Conclusion
Cloning Objects can be done within Luminar with just a few steps! The key is to try to find an object to clone that is isolated, clone areas of another object so that it doesn't look identical and erase any unwanted areas for great final results!
