Comments on: Photoshop CS3: Clone Stamp Tool and New healing features

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:24:08 +0000

I am new to Photoshop. Not sure what I am doing wrong with the clone stamp but it is getting frustrating because it has worked for me before.

I click on clone stamp, press Option & click on the source image spot I want to clone, then click on the brush tool to use, but the brush uses a color and not the image I selected.

What am I doing wrong?? Thanks!!

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:02:48 +0000

thanks.

By: freetime

freetime — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:12:51 +0000

Hi Sophie

Thanks for your comment. You can switch between Clone Stamp and Pattern Stamp tool by hold you mouse at Stamp Tool icon at the Photoshop toolbox. This will show a little drop-down box that allow you to select other hidden tool.

Or you can use Shift + S (S is standard shot-cut for clone stamp tool). You can also use shift key with othe tool shot-cut to toggle the tool that are hidden.

I hope this will be helpful.

By: Sophie

Sophie — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 15:37:59 +0000

hello,

i’ve accidentally changed the clone tool setting to the pattern stamp tool and i dont know how to change it back again. could someone shed a little bit more light onto how to change it back please?

Thanks

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By: Bruce

Bruce — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:21:25 +0000

After I posted the previous comment, I thought that since I recently installed a graphic pad (graphire 4×5) it may have something to do with that. Sure enough, the mouse that came with it is not responding properly in CS3 but the pen does work. Trying my old mouse, I confirmed that it is in fact a problem with the mouse that came with the graphic pad.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:15:23 +0000

I cannot make the clone tool work in CS3. When I select the clone tool (not the pattern tool) alt click to select a source and try to clone, nothing happens.

Opacity and flow are at 100% with a large brush so it should be no problem to see the effect of the tool. Yet, there is nothing.

By: freetime

freetime — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:26:47 +0000

Hi Simmy

Yes, you can clone from any opened image in photoshop. You can do exactly like when you working in the same image. All you have to do is, you have to switch to source file make a sample and go back to file you’re working and start painting.

For example, if you want to clone some part of image A to Image B.
1. Select Clone Stamp tool, with in Image A. Hold down Alt(windows) or Option (Mac OS). Left click at the point you want to make a sample.
2. Go to image B and start painting at the point you need to begin

I hope this might be useful

freetime

By: simmy

simmy — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:29:49 +0000

hi i am new to photoshop , while using stamp tool can we clone it upon another picture ? for example : clone a portion of picture a to picture b ? i kept trying but failure ….
thankz..

By: Dorian

Dorian — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 04:52:42 +0000

thanks for your reply freetime. That’s exactly what I was talking about. In previous versions you could have any number of files open and sample data on any one of them without having to actually click on the file to make it active.

That feature is now changed and works just as you described. It ruins the work flow.

Dorian

By: freetime

freetime — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:55:08 +0000

Hi Dorain

Thanks for your comment.

I already try to use clone stamp tool in Photoshop CS3 and use clone source from other opened image, it working just fine.

I guess that you find the “stop cursor” because you try to sample from the image that not active. You just switch to source image, take a sample and go back and painted in to your working file.

I hope this could be help. If you have additional questions please feel free to make a comment here.

freetime

By: Dorian

Dorian — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:19:03 +0000

Is the clone stamp broken in CS3? If I’m trying to interactively sample other files while holding down the option key (as I’ve always done in previous versions) I now get a circle with a line through it.

In order to sample image data from another file I first have click on it > make it active > sample the area I’d like > click back on my original image > and start painting.

Is there a way to get the clone stamp to work like it used to?

Thanks for any help you can shed on this.

Dorian

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