Perspective Clone Brush saves guesswork and manual retouching.
Mok3, a provider of
solutions for creating and editing photo-realistic 3-D scenes from 2-D images,
has introduced a Perspective Clone Brush plug-in for
Adobe Photoshop. According to Mok3's Jan. 31 press release, this plug-in lets graphic
designers rapidly clone areas in an image with automatic correction for 3-D
perspective and simultaneous correction for differences in lighting and scale in
the image.
With conventional cloning tools, users can paint by copying portions of
an image, but the images may not blend properly due to differences in 3-D
perspective in the target clone area. Distorting the new textures to achieve the
correct perspective for the cloned information is time-consuming. With the
Perspective Clone Brush, designers can avoid the iterative guesswork involved in
cloning textures from one perspective to another.
The Perspective Clone Brush can paint textures in correct 3-D perspective
within one virtual drawing plane, which is useful for painting out obstructions.
According to the Mok3 Web site, users can also copy textures between two virtual
drawing planes with different orientations, seamlessly replacing an existing
texture with a new one while accurately correcting for differences in 3-D
perspective.
A special feature for lighting corrections ensures that the new texture
looks realistic, despite any differences in lighting between the old and the
new. Another feature controls the scale of cloned objects and textures.
Flipping either of the destination axes when painting turns an object or texture
around or upside down. The Destination Matching feature automates the process
for ensuring that patterns line up properly so that the transition between
original and painted textures is guaranteed to be seamless.
The Perspective Clone Brush is now available for Windows and will soon be
available for Macintosh OS X as well. The plug-in requires Adobe Photoshop 5.0
or later, Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows XP, 256MB of RAM and a CD-ROM drive.
A video tutorial is available here.
A free seven-day trial of the Perspective Clone Brush can be found at
Plug-inz.com. That same
site is now selling the software at an introductory price of $129.99. After
March 2005, the Mok3 Perspective Clone Brush will be sold at its suggested
retail price of $169.99.
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