Cloning vs Painting

[Anonymous]

I need to remove parts of a lens flag which have appeared in the top of frame (mostly visible in underscan mode) and while I’m at it remove some small clocks etc. from some shots. Cloning as performed in PHOTOSHOP (borrowing nearby pixels) seems to be the best way in my case because the backgrounds are fairly uniform. I know Combustion has a strong Paint program, but does it work in similiar ways as in cloning where one can paint with nearby pixels. I want to buy Combustion for all the other neat things it does and learn it inside and out but my first priority is removing the aforementioned objects from frame in a fairly quick and automated fashion.
Thanks

[Grant Kay]

Hi,

Yes, the cloning and revealing tools in combustion work very similiar to photoshosp.

You would choose a reference point and then perform the cloning on the rest of the image..

Regards
Grant

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[sven_vb]

lo moke

I dont know what your footage looks like but what you describe sounds like I would take a clean part of the bg. Track it to your footage,deform it and add grain if needed and your done.
This is a lot quicker then painting/cloning in paint, at least most of the time.
just my two cents.
Both cloning, painting and the aproach described above are possible in combustion. gl

grtz sven

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the speedy reply guys. I look forward to becoming a part of the Discreet
Family…
Mike

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