Looking for free paint program with clone feature

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Ray K - 30 Apr 2006 15:29 GMT

I have a number of high school graduation black and white jpg photos
scanned from yearbooks that have handwritten autographs across the faces
that I want to remove. MSPaint does the job, but I have to guess at the
shade of gray, and since the photos have a wide range of grays, this is
tedious. It would be nice if I could just right-click on the area next
to the writing and have this color become the brush fill color.

I've tried Paint25, but I'm not happy with it. Any other ideas?

Thanks,

Ray

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Måns Rullgård - 30 Apr 2006 15:51 GMT

> I have a number of high school graduation black and white jpg photos
> scanned from yearbooks that have handwritten autographs across the
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> I've tried Paint25, but I'm not happy with it. Any other ideas?

The Gimp. You might also want to look at inpainting algorithms.

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Marvin - 30 Apr 2006 16:51 GMT

> I have a number of high school graduation black and white jpg photos
> scanned from yearbooks that have handwritten autographs across the faces
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> Ray

Paint Shop Pro's Color Replacer can do the job. You'll need
to work with it a while to get the best results, though
there is a tutorial to get you started. You can download it
free for a trial from corel.com. If you decide to buy the
program, look for a good rebate or discount price. One or
the other is often available.

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