Using the Clone Brush in Paint Shop Pro

Let's take a typical example, the above statue photograph. So involved was the photographer in composing the shot that he didn't spot the graffiti at the base. In this case there would have been little he could have done at the time to hide this fact, save for zooming in on the main statue and excluding the graffiti part. Or of course being so good as to take a cleaning cloth to it, and spend a long time scrubbing away but that seems unlikely. On your computer you can make these marks vanish in seconds, with no hard scrubbing at all.

This bad type of paint brushing will stand out more when the photo is printed and is far from ideal. A much better solution which can even be done quicker, is to use Paint Shop Pro's clone brush.
When you've selected the clone brush choose the correct brush size and zoom into the area you want to change. Now right click on an area similar to the graffiti area in terms of colour and shade.

In the picture above the area you should right-click area is represented by the red circle. After right-clicking there, move the brush to the area you want to brush over represented by the red cross. When you use the brush you will see that the area of graffiti disappears from the photo.