Hello, my name is Ms. Powell, and welcome to Computing.

I'm so pleased that you decided to join me here today.

In today's lesson, we're going to be learning how to use the clone tool to edit digital images.

Let's get started.

Welcome to today's lesson from the unit called "Photo editing." This lesson is called "Cloning digital images." And by the end of today's lesson, you'll be able to explain how cloning can be used to change digital images.

We'll be using these keywords throughout today's lesson.

Let's take a look at them.

The first word is clone.

Clone.

This means to make an exact copy.

The second word is retouch.

Retouch.

This means to improve or repair a digital image.

"Cloning digital images." Lesson outline.

This lesson is split into three sections.

In the first section, we'll look at using the cloning tool to add to an image.

In the second section, we'll use the cloning tool to remove part of an image.

And in the third section, we'll retouch images to make improvements.

Let's get started with the first part of the lesson, use the cloning tool to add to an image.

I've got two photographs here.

What do you see? What do you notice that's the same, and what's different? Pause the video so that you can have a look at the two pictures, and try to work out if you can spot the difference between these two images.

You might have noticed that there's only one dog toy in the first image and two in the second.

That's very strange, and it doesn't look realistic.

I wonder how they managed to edit this digital photograph.

Using photo editing software like Paint.

NET, you can clone objects to make more of them.

To do this, you can use the clone stamp tool.

Here to the right, you can see the clone stamp.

It looks a little bit like a stamp you might use to stamp ink.

You can normally find this kind of icon in photo editing software.

The dog toy in the original image has been cloned so that the two toys appear in the new image.

Here on the left is the original image.

This is how the photograph was taken using a camera.

And on the right, the image has been edited.

The clone tool has been used to create two dog toys.

This is the new image here on the right.

Using the clone stamp to add extra objects, let's take a little look at this video and see how we can use the clone stamp to add extra objects to our digital images.

It'll start now.

Using the clone tool to add to an image.

Note, when you clone an object, you need to set an anchor point.

To create an anchor point, press ctrl on the keyboard and set the anchor point on the item you want to clone.

Well done.

That's super listening.

I'd like you to think of the missing word.

Cloning images.

Using photo editing software, you can clone images to make blank of them.

Set the anchor point on the part of the image you want to blank.

You can use the blank to add extra images.

Pause the video and try to work out what the missing words might be.

Well done for having a try.

Let's take a look at the answers.

Using photo editing software, you can clone images to make more of them.

Set the anchor point on the part of the image you want to clone.

You can use the clone stamp to add extra images.

Well done for having a try.

I've got a question here for you, and I'd like you to give it a go.

Which button do you need to press on the keyboard when you create an anchor point? Is it A, shift, B, ctrl, or C, enter? Pause the video and choose A, B, or C.

Try to work out which button you need to press when you need to make an anchor point.

Did you get B, ctrl? This button needs to be pressed on your keyboard when you're creating your anchor point.

I've got a task here for you, and I'd like you to give it a try.

Use the cloning tool to add to an image.

Number 1, choose one of the photos provided as downloadable files and open it in Paint.

NET.

Number 2, look carefully at the image and think about what you could clone.

Number 3, use the Paint.

NET clone stamp tool to make the changes.

Number 4, use Save As to save your new image.

Pause the video so that you can complete the task.

Number 5, explain how the clone tool has been used to change this image.

Pause the video so that you can complete the task.

Let's take a little look at question 5.

Explain how the clone tool has been used to change this image.

This is Lucas, and Lucas said, "I wanted to fill the empty space on the image, so I decided to add another duckling.

I was able to use the clone stamp to make another duckling." So in this image, Lucas wanted to get rid of the empty space, so he used the clone stamp to help him do that.

This duckling is actually a repeat of one of the other ducklings.

It's a clone of the other duckling in the picture.

Well done, you've done really well in the first section of today's lesson, use the cloning tool to add to an image.

Let's move on to the second section, use the cloning tool to remove part of an image.

You can also use the clone stamp to remove part of an image.

Here you can see on the right, I've got an image.

There's a door and a window.

In this image, I want to remove the window.

I can use the clone stamp to help me paint away the window and cover it with the same colour and texture as the wall next to it.

This gives it the appearance of disappearing.

The clone tool has been used to remove the window by cloning the white wall next to the door.

What do you think about when you look at this image? Pause the video and take a look at the image, and try to think how it makes you feel.

What about now? What do you think about when you look at this image now that it's been edited? Has your opinion changed? Pause the video and have a little think.

What do you think of when you look at this image now? In the first picture, we can see a rabbit and we can see a bird.

And in the second picture, the rabbit has been removed using the clone tool.

In the first picture, it looks a little bit threatening, like the rabbit is the bird's prey.

The second picture just looks like the bird is going to land on the grass.

By removing the rabbit using the clone tool, the feeling and the mood of the picture have changed dramatically.

How was this achieved? In the first picture, I have two animals, a rabbit and a bird.

And in the second picture, the edited version, I've got only the bird.

How did I remove the rabbit? Well, I used the clone tool.

Where the rabbit is, I copied and cloned the grass and I covered the shape of the rabbit with the grass right next to it.

This gives the impression of the rabbit disappearing, but actually, it's been covered with the grass.

Let's take a little look at the video showing how to use the clone stamp to remove objects from an image.

It'll start now.

Well done.

You're doing really well.

True or false? You can't choose different anchor points.

Pause the video and try to work out if this is true or false.

The answer is false.

Why? You can create a new anchor point by using ctrl and the left click.

Well done for having a try.

True or false? You can only remove part of the image using the clone tool, making something invisible.

Pause the video and have a quick think.

Is that true or false? That is false.

Why? You can also use the clone tool to add to images.

I've got a task here for you, and I'd like you to give it a try.

Task B, use the cloning tool to remove part of an image.

Number 1, choose one of the photos provided as downloadable files and open it in Paint.

NET.

Number 2, look carefully at the image and think about what you could remove.

Number 3, use the Paint.

NET clone stamp tool to make the changes.

Number 4, use Save As to save your new image.

Pause the video so that you can complete the task.

Number 5, explain how the clone tool has been used to change this image.

Pause the video so that you can complete the task.

Let's take a little look at question 5, explain how the clone tool has been used to change this image.

I've got two images here, an original and an edited version.

Some things are the same, and some things are different.

Here's Sofia's answer.

Sofia says, "The first image looked crowded, and the pigs in the background were distracting.

I cloned the hay background to cover the other pigs and make the one at the front stand out." Well done, you've done so well in the second section of today's lesson, use the cloning tool to remove part of an image.

Let's move on to the third section, retouch images to make improvements.

When you used the clone tool before, you were changing the composition of the photo.

In these examples, you'll use the clone tool to retouch an image.

This focuses on improving or repairing a small part that you didn't like in the original image, not changing the topic of the image.

Here on the right, you can see the clone stamp tool.

This is the one we'll be using to retouch.

You could retouch this image by removing the hole in the wood.

Here you can see on the left, I've got what looks like a plank of wood, and here, there's a small hole.

I don't want this to appear in my image.

What I did was I used the clone stamp tool to copy the wood next to the hole, and I covered the hole with the same colour and texture as the wood next to it.

You could retouch this image by removing the paint from the road.

Here, I've got a picture of the road, and I can see there's some paint on it.

I might want to remove that.

How do you think I could do it? I could use the clone tool.

Here, the paint has been removed.

I used the clone tool to cover the paint with the same colour and texture as the road next to it.

Let's take a little look at this video, using the clone tool to retouch an image.

I'll play it now.

I've got a question here for you, and I'd like you to give it a try.

How could this part of the image have been edited better? I've got a photograph here of some pears, and I've made some retouches to it.

However, I think I could have done it a little bit better.

Can you see here in the magnifying glass, it's quite noticeable where I've made a retouch.

And also, over here, these pears don't look very natural.

What do you think would have improved this retouch? Do you think, A, I should have changed the anchor point, B, use a smaller brush size, or C, zoom in further? Pause the video and have a quick think.

How could this part of the image have been edited better? The answer's B, I could have used a smaller brush size.

When making a retouch, it's probably best to use the smallest brush that will suit the job.

I've got another question here for you, and I'd like you to give it a try.

How could this part of the image have been edited better? Can you see here I've got a photograph of some tomatoes, and I've tried to edit and retouch the image.

If you look down at the tomato here in the magnifying glass, you can see the retouch is quite obvious.

It doesn't look very natural.

What do you think? How could this part of the image have been edited better? Do you think, A, I should have changed the anchor point, B, use a smaller brush size, or C, zoom in further? The answer is A, change the anchor point.

In this example, the retouch looks quite dark and it doesn't really match the colour next to it.

I've got a task here for you, and I'd like you to give it a try.

Task C, retouch images to make improvements.

Number 1, choose one of the photos provided as downloadable files and open it with Paint.

NET.

Number 2, decide which small detail you think you could retouch.

Number 3, consider the zoom, brush width, and anchor points as you edit your photo.

If something goes wrong, don't forget you can use the undo button and you can always have another go.

Number 4, use Save As to save a copy of the photo.

Number 5, can you explain how this image has been edited? Here on the left, I have image 1.

It looks like a snowy scene.

And here in image 2, it's been edited and retouched.

Have a little look at the two images and see if you can work out how they've been edited.

Pause the video to complete the task.

Let's take a little look at question 5.

This is Sofia, and Sofia says, "I used the clone tool to retouch this image.

I removed the wire that was ruining the picture." Here's Sofia, and Sofia says, "This was my original image.

It was too hard for me to remove the wire from within the trees, so I cropped the image to solve the problem." Without looking at the image, you would have never have known it had been cropped, but in actual fact, Sofia chose to remove the trees and focus just on the central part of the image.

Well done, you've done so well in today's lesson, "Cloning digital images." Let's summarise.

Cloning can be used to change the composition of a digital image.

Photos can be improved using editing tools.

Cloning can be used to add or replace part of an image.

Fantastic, you've done so well in today's lesson.

I look forward to seeing you in the next lesson.