One request that I’ve been getting lately from readers is for a tutorial on making clone shots (shots with the same subject appearing multiple times in the one scene) in photoshop. I’ve got one of our writers working on the topic but thought in the mean time that it might be fun to post a few examples of some to whet your appetite. Here’s 7 clone shots – enjoy.
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57 Responses to “7 Clone Shots – Seeing Double…” - Add Yours
February 21st, 2008 at 1:55 am
I did this same thing a while back. Its really not too difficult if you’re familiar with photoshop. Its just aligning the layers and erasing other parts to reveal the other layers.
this one is my favorite.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomadigin/tags/clones/
February 21st, 2008 at 2:22 am
I loved these! What an inspiration to start to experiment with the clone tool!
February 21st, 2008 at 2:44 am
Nice. Here’s mine:
http://gallery.usr-bin-mom.com/v/2007/2007-07-09-001.jpg.html
February 21st, 2008 at 3:11 am
I hope you don’t mind if I link here a simple tutorial I did some time ago, on how to achieve this effect:
http://www.photoshopia.net/2007/06/12/tutorial-photoshop-el-ataque-de-los-clones/
It’s in spanish, but the images are quite self-explanatory. Sorry bout the language barrier, but, you know, I’m spanish!
Cheers
Luis
February 21st, 2008 at 3:39 am
Nice… i’ve found an article teaching how to do that!
Here is the link: http://www.mrmalique.com/index.php/tutorial-how-to-create-your-own-clones/
February 21st, 2008 at 4:03 am
I look forward to being schooled by the tutorial (though Michelle Potter’s link explains it pretty well).
February 21st, 2008 at 4:24 am
Hi there, here’s mine ;-) http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2197/2172577550_738a0968cb_b.jpg
February 21st, 2008 at 5:13 am
Apologies – html got stripped out. My attempt at a clone shot: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alpower/239214829
February 21st, 2008 at 6:15 am
I’m looking forward to the tutorial, too. I used the eraser tool on the top layer for mine: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6946660&size=lg
February 21st, 2008 at 7:20 am
Clichee and besides you really gotta be an egoist.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:00 am
Here’s mine! It’s not as complex as those, but anyway. I made it some months ago: http://flickr.com/photos/theom3ga/1473244266/
February 21st, 2008 at 9:37 am
Here was one I did several months ago. I prefer to use layer masks for the ability to go back and fine tune if necessary.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/228/500240340_8ba7541117.jpg
February 21st, 2008 at 11:00 am
Here is mine….www.jeezopeezo.com
February 21st, 2008 at 2:17 pm
The mrmalique one is amazing really… !!!
February 21st, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Nice looking forward to it
February 21st, 2008 at 6:08 pm
hahahahha…
last year, i experiment this kind of shot with my girlfriend. here it is >> http://designingrossa.deviantart.com/art/9-Lives-55129727
February 21st, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Nice topic. The first shoot is truly a grat one. I used to play with that, trying to be original :
Ketchup clone :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fpoulin/544329443/in/set-72157600380540132/
Bad trip :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fpoulin/1391998096/in/set-72157600380540132/
February 21st, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Heres’ Mine: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kunaldaswani/1585343340/in/set-72157601891595309/
February 21st, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Ok … I still look forward to the tutorial for some tips but I think I got the gist of it (I took these last night).
http://photos.jbchurchill.com/?q=gallery&g2_itemId=1106
February 21st, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Can’t wait! I have recently gotten much more comfortable with layers and layer masks, so bring it on!
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:34 am
i tried this out. It was fun.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23895335@N07/2281222681/
February 22nd, 2008 at 2:22 am
I’ve never used this for cloning – that’s a fun idea! I mostly use the layering / masking layers technique to get perfectly angelic faces on all the children in a group shot… I simply take the best face from each child. Or for fun, sometimes I’ll take their worst :-D
February 22nd, 2008 at 2:52 am
nice…
i’ve done some of those using bulb setting on my camera in a dark room and then flashing a wireless flash while standing in different locations.
February 22nd, 2008 at 3:41 am
I love doing cloning shots. Check out all of them at http://www.flickr.com/photos/sybrenstuvel/tags/clone/ – I got clones on the couch, unicycling clones, invading clones and I even cloned my girlfriend :)
February 22nd, 2008 at 4:53 am
this looks heaps of fun. Can’t wait to try.
Sally
February 22nd, 2008 at 4:59 am
I loved reading the article and reviewing all of the submissions by various posters.
Sybren – I could not resist the urge to respond about your post… “even cloned my girlfriend :)”. Your playing with fire!!! Be grateful enough to have the original…”
Thanks to all for contributing to the discussion!
- Rob -
February 22nd, 2008 at 5:25 am
Robert F – Thanks for the warning mate! I’m very grateful for my girlfriend, including her sense of humour :D
February 22nd, 2008 at 6:54 am
Here’s one I did a little while ago. The technical side of it isn’t great (you can see some seems) but then again, I didn’t have much time to do it, since my son was behind me getting less and less patient.
http://tonybullard.com/images/ManyNoahsBig.jpg
February 22nd, 2008 at 7:15 am
I did this a while ago using my old P&S. One of the composited shots even includes the reflection in a glass surface.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ninja999/1392823501/
February 22nd, 2008 at 7:33 am
here’s mine:
http://ryusen.smugmug.com/gallery/4248654_CCyn5#251711908
it was an attempt to copy a CD cover
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:18 pm
I coincidentally attempted this very thing not too long ago:
http://flickr.com/photos/e-pics/2269432281/
February 22nd, 2008 at 4:14 pm
OMG, I would love to learn how to do these!
February 22nd, 2008 at 6:09 pm
My attempt. I wish I had a more interesting living space!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/justpeachee/2283566852/
February 22nd, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Love it, here’s mine…
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3118/2282442586_15f759688b.jpg
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Thanks for including my photo here and thanks for the cool other clone shots i’ve found by this posting.
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:51 pm
This is a really neat trick and I ‘d love to know how to do it. I regularly feel there needs to be more than one of me!
February 23rd, 2008 at 5:26 pm
The proper name is multiplicity, you can find a few groups on Flickr dedicated to it.
February 24th, 2008 at 6:46 am
We made a shot for the main page of our company:
http://www.collaborauteur.com/
It took about four hours to clean up properly. The most difficult part was cleaning up the seam in the middle. (We used a tripod and two angles)
February 24th, 2008 at 6:50 am
I did a bunch of composites like these a couple of years ago, I did some of my kids and some of me drinking with myself. It’s neat but they get formulaic after a while. Maybe if I pushed the concept more I would make more, but I like the act of making photos more than photoshopping pixels all night.
February 24th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
This is a great idea! Been wanting to try this since I read the first day! Anyway, tried earlier because it’s weekend! he he he! hope you like it!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24138057@N08/2286925863/
February 26th, 2008 at 1:53 am
well, of course, i had to give it a try: http://flickr.com/photos/hlkljgk/2289212332/
commenters, thanks for posting some howto links.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:18 am
A layer question rather than a cloning question: I took several shots of the desert canyon landscape outside Las Vegas, NV. I used the bracketing exposure setting on my camera to get 1/2 stop or 1 stop brackets of each shot. My thought was to merge the shots, somehow or the other, so that the final image would show the details in the shadows, the rich colors of the cliffs, and the clarity of the sky. My problem is the “somehow or the other.” Are the techniques shown here the sort of thing I should be trying?
Thanks
February 26th, 2008 at 4:28 am
check out my FIRST attempt at clone/multiplicity.
http://salciampa.blogspot.com
February 26th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Here is one that I am fairly proud of:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyan_del_mar/2074753523/in/photostream/
February 26th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Great stuff!
Tried one, though it isn’t much good. Cam is broken and blah blah balh :)
http://blog.malinthe.com/2008/02/26/what-i-have-a-twin-brother/
February 27th, 2008 at 12:46 am
sure, you can use this technique for fixing up a washed out sky. Depending on your foreground (las vegas cliffs probably wouldn’t work – kansas plains would) you can simply use a gradient on your layer mask to bring the deeper blue sky in.
Anyway I don’t know if these links will work, but here’s one where I used layering and multiple photos to pick my kids favorite expressions (my daughter has a hard time looking at the camera – so by the time she was looking and smiling my son was somewhat frustrated – but you can’t tell here ;-))
http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v203/56/62/1011525757/n1011525757_35924_9245.jpg
And one of the sky thing we were talking about –
http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v203/56/62/1011525757/n1011525757_35926_3698.jpg
February 27th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
EoRaptor013, This message is for your attention. What you described reminded me of a few tutorials I read on HDR photos. (High Dynamic Range = HDR) Try googling that one for how to fake them without using a camera that has been modified for HDR only shots.
My thanks to everyone that contributes to these posts!
February 27th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Evan,
I liked your contribution! I am really interested to know more about how you achieved the mouse over effect where it highlighted each of the people individually? If you would be willing to offer an explanation or point me towards a tutorial on that I would be much obliged! I am interested in doing something of that nature to indicate zones in a building and that is just what I am looking for. If you are willing to share the wealth, shoot me an email via my homepage.
- Rob -
February 28th, 2008 at 12:55 am
all these are very cool, here’s my first attempt…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/foto71/2276058332/
February 29th, 2008 at 1:23 am
Great examples! I’ve done a few of these myself, but haven’t really come up with any great shots yet with it. A few months ago I came up with my own tutorial. It was my first shot at one so I’m not sure how helpful it is, but I did my best. Take a look:
http://www.seanhenri.com/sean_henri/2007/08/after-getting-a.html
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:39 pm
hi!
I really find cloning interesting,,, so i tried doing it myself…
thanks to sean Henri’s tutorial…. it really helps a lot..
feel free to visit:
http://flickr.com/photos/9462917@N08/2306562885/
March 8th, 2008 at 10:36 am
Dang… look at those abs. :)
March 11th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Quite a few good compositions in there, you can truly tell the beginners from the more experimented. A few of the shots have problems with the hair overlap, but hair knockout is never an easy thing!
Good work all and all, thanks for sharing! :)
March 17th, 2008 at 1:31 am
Whatever happened to the tutorial? Looking forward to it.
March 19th, 2008 at 7:47 am
hehe i tried 1 yesterday took 20 mins to do but pretty effective, ill make a proper one when its a good weather of my gf :D http://www.geocities.com/evilooo9/funny_paul.jpg
March 25th, 2008 at 3:25 am
Cloning is fun! This inspires me to do something new with it. Here’s one of mine:
http://flickr.com/photos/nickverstappen/529581758/
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