Clone Yourself
How to Clone Yourself in Photoshop Hello…you are about to learn how to clone yourself in Photoshop. I stumbled upon one of these recently and after searching on google and flickr, I found others who had also cloned themselves, their kids and even their dogs. This is a very simple trick once you do it a couple times. The most important part is not moving the camera. A tripod is not necessary, but recommended. You will need: A digital camera Photoshop Step 1: Take two or more pictures of yourself. Most likely your digital camera should have a 10 second self timer on it so you can snap the shutter and get in position to pose for your pictures. If you have a tripod, great! If not, place your camera somewhere it will likely stay in place. Try to think in advance what you want your final result to look like. Do you want to be talking to yourself? Fighting yourself? One person doing something productive and the other being a slacker? Get a good idea of what you want to accomplish and take two or more shots depending on how many clones you want. For best results, I highly recommend a quick wardrobe change for each shot. Clone pictures wearing the exact same clothes look good, but personally I think they are a lot more interesting with a slight change of clothes. Try a hat or jacket to start off with. Now that you are ready to take pictures, go ahead and take each picture and don’t move the camera. Put your camera on the 10 second self timer, carefully press the button each time to make sure you don’t move it. For your first shot, pose as you wish…second shot, pose again. Repeat if desired. Try to keep a visual of the finished picture in your head and try not to overlap yourself. If you do, no big deal…it’s just easier to make the final clone if you don’t. Here are two shots used to create one of my first clone pictures: Step 2: Open pictures in Photoshop for editing In this example, my photos are named clone1.jpg and clone2.jpg. Open both in photoshop like so: Next, select and copy one of the images and paste into the other. So, if you select and copy clone2.jpg and paste it on top of clone1.jpg, that image should now show two different layers: Next, click on the history brush tool or press Y and it will bring it up. Then, start brushing where your clone should be. In this example I’m sitting in the hammock. When I start brushing in that area, I magically begin to appear! When you are done brushing, go to “Flatten Image” within the Layer menu. Next make adjust colors, brightness, autolevels, sharpness, etc. until satisfied. Save and you’re done! Simple, eh? Here is the final result of this one:
