Cloning

[Tominski7]

Is it possible to upload 2 different images and clone from one of the images to the other?

 

Thanks Tom

[R C-R]

Yes it is. The Affinity Photo - Clone Sources video tutorial demonstrates how this is done.

[Tominski7]

Thanks , I see that’s for the desktop version. I should of said for the iPad Pro version of affinity photo?

[R C-R]

For future reference, there is a sub-forum for iPad questions.

[MEB]

Hi Tominski7,

Welcome to Affinity Forums

You can only open one document at a time in the iPad version, so to achieve what you want you need to place (insert) the second image as a new layer in the document. To do this open the first image then tap the three dots icon on the top of the interface and select Place ▸ Place from Photos / from cloud depending on where you have stored the images, select the second image/file you want to open and tap the screen to place it in the document (you can also tap and drag to specify the image width before placing it).

 

Now select the Clone Tool, click the small white arrow on the right of the context toolbar and in the Source section select Current Layer & Below. Tap and hold over the image you want to copy to set the source area to copy from (you should see a cross marking the area you have tapped), then paint over the other layer to clone the source you have specified.

 

Note that when you insert an image on the Document using the Place command it will be inserted as an Image layer type (check the small letters above the layer's name in the Layers panel to identify each layer type). These type of layers retain all original image data and can only be transformed globally (scale, rotate etc). To edit them at a pixel level they must be rasterised first - Affinity Photo will display a notification telling you that it has rasterised this layer for you automatically when you try to use the Clone Tool on it.

 

Note: I've moved this thread to the IPad section.

[Tominski7]

Many thanks, that as worked fine.

I hope a future update for the cloning source to be visible as you clone . 

I need spot on pixel cloning so it takes several try’s to get it were I want it to clone from the source to target on the other image. All in all though it’s a great app and one im pleased I purchased. 

 

Many thanks for the help.

 

cheers Tom

 

 

 

[DM1]

There is a 'bug' reported in the beta which causes the selected spot to shift to the location of the pencil. I actually think this would be an excellent method of providing very accurate selection for cloning. Zoom in, place pencil on required pixel(s), tap and hold on screen so pixels under pencil are now selected.