Lightroom cloning/heal tool: Hi Chums, I just bought Lightroom in order to process the RAW files from my Olympus EM1. I tried Olympus Viewer 3 but at 60 years of age felt I would...

Jerrin1 Loc: Wolverhampton, England

Hi Chums, I just bought Lightroom in order to process the RAW files from my Olympus EM1. I tried Olympus Viewer 3 but at 60 years of age felt I would probably die before I managed to process my first 750 images. Talk about slow! Anyway, love Lightroom 6 but having real problems trying to master the cloning tool. I would really appreciate it if someone is able to provide me with a link to a good video tutorial on the subject. Watched Chelsea Northrup have a go but she stated that it's far better to export the image from Lightroom 6 to Photoshop to carry out any cloning. I don't have Photoshop but will purchase it, depending on the results of this appeal. Thanks a lot.

MtnMan Loc: ID

Jerrin1 wrote:

Hi Chums, I just bought Lightroom in order to proc... (show quote)

Try Julianne Kost.

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

I do think PS does cloning better than LR. I use both.They basically work the same way, but in PS you choose the area you want to copy over the spot first.

Jerrin1 Loc: Wolverhampton, England

Thank you for that.

big-guy Loc: Peterborough Ontario Canada

Here is a video about LR 5 beta but it is virtually identical to using CC. She covers the basics and some more in depth methods. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKz-0OLeeKk I even learned a couple new tricks from this video, more to do with shift and alt clicking. The good news, it means more healing/cloning in LR before the need for PS.

orrie smith Loc: Kansas

Jerrin1 wrote:

Hi Chums, I just bought Lightroom in order to proc... (show quote)

you can get lightroom and photoshop for $10.00 per month, great deal. as for doing things like the cloning tool, you may want to buy a Wacom tablet, it is much easier than trying to use a mouse for intricate work.

Jerrin1 Loc: Wolverhampton, England

Spot on. Thanks a lot.

reidnebs24 Loc: Sandy, Utah

Personally, I like the Lightroom healing tool more. Sometimes I use the one in photoshop but not really.
Here's a link Adobe put out on the Lightroom healing tool. There are a couple of videos that might help. I hope they do!

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/how-to/lightroom-healing-brush-visualization.html

big-guy Loc: Peterborough Ontario Canada

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/how-to/lightroom-healing-brush-visualization.html

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reidnebs24 wrote:

Personally, I like the Lightroom healing tool more. Sometimes I use the one in photoshop but not really.
Here's a link Adobe put out on the Lightroom healing tool. There are a couple of videos that might help. I hope they do!

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/how-to/lightroom-healing-brush-visualization.html

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

Jerrin1 wrote:

Hi Chums, I just bought Lightroom in order to proc... (show quote)

I don't think Adobe has mastered the cloning tool in Lightroom. Actually, you do need to go to Photoshop for that. Or On1 Photo Suite, or some other pixel (non-parametric) editor. The "clone" tool in LR is more like a patch tool, and it is not very accurate and the results are hard to control.

Although you already bought LR, I do suggest you get the subscription. You get both - all nice and current - for $10/mo. Best deal out there when it comes to photo editing software.

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

Great answer to his problem

big-guy wrote:

Here is a video about LR 5 beta but it is virtually identical to using CC. She covers the basics and some more in depth methods. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKz-0OLeeKk I even learned a couple new tricks from this video, more to do with shift and alt clicking. The good news, it means more healing/cloning in LR before the need for PS.

:thumbup: :thumbup:

Jerrin1 Loc: Wolverhampton, England

I bought Lightroom 6; Lightroom CC is the subscription equivalent but it had a lot of stuff that I would never use. Due to all the replies I have now discovered how to use the clone/heal tool properly. The couple of videos I had found were not as informative as those posted on here. Thanks to everyone.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

The cloning and healing tool in Lightroom is downright clunky and crude, compared to the one in Photoshop or Elements.

I think if it were me I'd at least buy a copy of Elements... they call it a clone stamp tool in Elements, but it works much like Photoshop's and is a lot better than Lightroom's.

Watch this "how to" video for the Elements clone stamp tool and compare to what little can be done in Lightroom:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmhHJLV23Fk

I do use Lightroom and occasionally use it's clone/healing tool... but only for relatively minor retouches here and there. Everything else I pass off to Photoshop... And cloning or healing are so often needed when finishing images, IMO it would be worth the cost of Elements just for these tools alone.

Jerrin1 Loc: Wolverhampton, England

Looks really good, thank you.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Jerrin1 wrote:

Hi Chums, I just bought Lightroom in order to proc... (show quote)

If you're talking about removing spots and such, that's one thing I don't like about LR. I use Irfanview instead. It's very fast and easy.