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Bug 663538 - Add mirroring feature to tools
Add mirroring feature to tools
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 648776
Product: GIMP
Classification: Other
Component: Tools
2.6.11
Other Solaris
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: GIMP Bugs
GIMP Bugs
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Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-11-07 04:23 UTC by Jeffery Small
Modified: 2013-02-09 08:48 UTC
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Description Jeffery Small 2011-11-07 04:23:23 UTC 
It would be great if a horizontal/vertical/both mirroring option was added to the clone tool.  For example, this would allow you to clone the left edge of vegetation and apply it to the right edge.  It would also be useful to be able to paste a mirrored selection that had been cut.
Comment 1 Alan Cooper 2012-12-03 23:32:54 UTC 
Further to that, I came looking in the Gimp for a mirror tool to help find the best place to cut wood veneers when book-matching them. The effect of the mirrored pattern can alter dramatically according to the position of the book-matching [or mirror line], just as a kaleidoscope does depending on exactly where the mirror line is, so a slider to allow the image to move through the mirror line and stop at the position of greatest preference would be great. I assume it is not in the Gimp because the word 'mirror' does not appear in the index.
Comment 2 Alexia Death 2012-12-04 10:15:20 UTC 
there is a mirroring op in gegl, essentially a ported kaleidoskope plugin. It gives you on canvas preview and is fine for everyting else except painting. Once gegl gets integrated proper and you start being able to add ops on top of layers, this will just work...
Comment 3 Max Mustermann 2012-12-04 19:32:07 UTC 
Thank you for reporting this.
@Jeffery: a workaround for your wish are the following steps: 
1. Duplicate the layer that has the clone source.
2. Flip the layer duplicate with the Flip tool.
3. Adjust the layer duplicate to have your clones in the right place. 
Playing with a lower layer opacity helps you here.  
4. Add a black layer mask to the layer duplicate -> the layer duplicate will become invisible.
5. Edit the layer mask and paint the desired 'clones' with a white soft brush. 
-> the cloned image parts will reappear.

Can we see this as a duplicate of bug #648776?
Comment 4 Michael Schumacher 2013-02-09 08:48:23 UTC 
IMO yes.

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 648776 ***