[plug] Oxymoron: Microsoft, innovation

[Alex Nordstrom]

Friday, 16 June 2006 20:06, Timothy White wrote:
> I was watching his son, digitally restore an image. I think it was a
> lithoprint of some  sort, as it was a 'plain' (aged) background, with
> grey lines all over it creating some sort of image.
> What got my attention, was firstly the totally lack of a UI, it was
> just a single window with the image in it, I assume he knows his
> keyboard short cuts. ;-) Secondly, was how quickly, and well he
> worked. He 'roughly' selected areas to clone INTO, then he moved
> around the image, and in real time, it cloned INTO the area he
> selected (rather than how I work in Gimp, selecting areas to clone
> from). When he found the bit that matched 'best', he could then, in
> real time, rotate and tweak the cloning, to make it fit exactly! I
> was shocked, not only was this cloning INTO an area a wonderful idea
> (and I assume it's not permanently cloned in, until you accept that
> it's ok), but how he could also rotate the bit he was cloning from.
>
> Now if someone can show me how to do that in the Gimp, then please
> do. But if someone knows what application he was using, PLEASE let me
> know. Cause what ever it was, it is IMHO, bloody well made!

Maybe something like this?

* Make a copy of the image in a separate layer
* From the topmost layer, select the area to clone into with a feathered 
lasso and cut it out
* Move the bottom layer around until an appropriate area is shown 
through the hole cut out of the top layer

Just an idea, I don't know if it fits what you saw.

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Alex Nordstrom
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