Year 4 – Lesson 3 – Cloning

Curriculum KS2 Unit Lesson

In this lesson, learners will be introduced to the cloning tool and its use in both changing the composition of a photo and photo retouching. They will see how parts of a photo can be removed or duplicated using cloning. Learners will consider what parts of an image can be retouched and learn techniques to make this as unnoticeable as possible. Finally, they will consider when it is necessary to edit photographs in this way.

Learning objectives

To explain how cloning can be used in photo editing

  • I can add to the composition of an image by cloning
  • I can identify how a photo edit can be improved
  • I can remove parts of an image using cloning

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