7 Clone Shots - Seeing Double…
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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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/
I loved these! What an inspiration to start to experiment with the clone tool!
Nice. Here’s mine:
http://gallery.usr-bin-mom.com/v/2007/2007-07-09-001.jpg.html
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
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/
I look forward to being schooled by the tutorial (though Michelle Potter’s link explains it pretty well).
Hi there, here’s mine ;-) http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2197/2172577550_738a0968cb_b.jpg
Apologies - html got stripped out. My attempt at a clone shot: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alpower/239214829
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
Clichee and besides you really gotta be an egoist.
Here’s mine! It’s not as complex as those, but anyway. I made it some months ago: http://flickr.com/photos/theom3ga/1473244266/
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
Here is mine….www.jeezopeezo.com
The mrmalique one is amazing really… !!!
Nice looking forward to it
hahahahha…
last year, i experiment this kind of shot with my girlfriend. here it is >> http://designingrossa.deviantart.com/art/9-Lives-55129727
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/
Heres’ Mine: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kunaldaswani/1585343340/in/set-72157601891595309/
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
Can’t wait! I have recently gotten much more comfortable with layers and layer masks, so bring it on!
i tried this out. It was fun.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23895335@N07/2281222681/
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
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.
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 :)
this looks heaps of fun. Can’t wait to try.
Sally
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 -
Robert F - Thanks for the warning mate! I’m very grateful for my girlfriend, including her sense of humour :D
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
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/
here’s mine:
http://ryusen.smugmug.com/gallery/4248654_CCyn5#251711908
it was an attempt to copy a CD cover
I coincidentally attempted this very thing not too long ago:
http://flickr.com/photos/e-pics/2269432281/
OMG, I would love to learn how to do these!
My attempt. I wish I had a more interesting living space!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/justpeachee/2283566852/
Love it, here’s mine…
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3118/2282442586_15f759688b.jpg
Thanks for including my photo here and thanks for the cool other clone shots i’ve found by this posting.
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!
The proper name is multiplicity, you can find a few groups on Flickr dedicated to it.
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)
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.
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/
well, of course, i had to give it a try: http://flickr.com/photos/hlkljgk/2289212332/
commenters, thanks for posting some howto links.
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
check out my FIRST attempt at clone/multiplicity.
http://salciampa.blogspot.com
Here is one that I am fairly proud of:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyan_del_mar/2074753523/in/photostream/
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/
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
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!
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 -
all these are very cool, here’s my first attempt…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/foto71/2276058332/
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
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/
Dang… look at those abs. :)
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! :)
Whatever happened to the tutorial? Looking forward to it.
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
Cloning is fun! This inspires me to do something new with it. Here’s one of mine:
http://flickr.com/photos/nickverstappen/529581758/