Gene said:
Just curious, Chuck. What do you find better about the clone tool in
PWP? I purchased a copy of PWP a couple years back but it never
clicked with me, dunno why. I'm addicted to PS layers, the healing
brush, and the shadow/hilights tool.
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A also love PS layers and other PS tools and I choose to use PS if I
have to do complex editing. However, one can do an amazing amount of
editing using nothing but the clone tool if the clone tool has been
implemented as in PWP.
The major problems with the PS clone tool begin with selecting the
source area. In PS, only the center point of the source area is
displayed and even then the display is muted and a bit difficult to see
at times. In PWP the source area is always displayed delineated by a
bright circle the same diameter as the destination circle. There is
never any question about what part of the image will be copied.
The next problem with PS cloning is that, after having done a source
selection, once you move the destination pointer you can no longer be
certain where the source pointer is. Not only are you not shown the
exact diameter of the source area to be copied, you're not even shown
where the source pointer is until you actually click to make the copy.
At that point it's too late, you've already done the copy and have to
undo it.
Precisely displaying the source area is very important for working on
film scans with lots of scratches and dust spots or when trying to work
in tight spaces. Without the ability to see the source area it's very
common to inadvertently clone other defects or image parts onto the area
you're trying to repair. Another application where being able to view
the source at all times is very important is recreating an edge by
dragging the centerpoint of the source along an edge.
PWP also always displays a representation of the brush that shows its
diameter, softness and transparency in a way that PS does not. PWP also
has cloning options that PS does not have. One can clone from a fixed
position where the source area does not move. One can also easily clone
from one image onto another.
PWP also has specific provisions for easily making composites from
multiple exposures.
The latest version of PWP also has advanced sharpening tools which, I
think, are better than what PS provides and at least as good as any of
the optional sharpening plug-ins you can buy. That said, PWP can't use
any of the PS plug-ins that are available since it doesn't support PS
plug-ins at all.
If PS had PWP's implementation of cloning I'd use PS 100% of the time.
As it is I only use it about 50% of the time since, for the other 50%,
PWP is actually the better tool.
Chuck Norcutt
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