Operation Manual

VIDEOGRAPHICS LAB USER GUIDE

when you release the mouse.) This is useful if you are cloning large

areas and often release your mouse and do not want to start from the

beginning point. Frame is for cloning between different frames on the

same clip. (To do this, first insert the file again so you now have two

copies in the workspace.) Whenever you paint the contents on the

target frame, these portions are replaced with whatever is in the edit

window you are cloning from and is most useful for cloning areas

successively over several frames. (When you choose Frame, the clone

crosshair appears in the top left corner of the image and as you clone

the crosshair moves to the exact same location to ensure you are

cloning accurately between both the active and target frames.)

Cloning an image from a second edit window to another

Using the Retouch tool

The Retouch tools are not strictly painting tools in the sense that they do

not paint over an image with a selected color. Instead, they are used to

touch-up areas of an image to either enhance them, remove errors or

perform special effects, such as smudging and warping. When you apply a

Retouch tool, the tool uses the shape and size of the current brush each

time you click your mouse. To perform the effect over a larger area, drag

your mouse or increase the size of your brush. To reapply and increase the

effect on a specific area, click repeatedly. (Smudging requires you to drag

the tool as it smudges color from one area into another.)

To view the retouching tools, click the Retouch tool button on the Tool

panel. The Brush panel opens and all the retouch tools are displayed along

the Attribute toolbar. The attributes for these tools are identical to the Paint

tools (see page 41) except the Options tab, which changes to display

controls for refining the degree of retouching.