Clone stamp bug?

Elements 12. Clone stamp tool has suddenly gone haywire. Can't change size of stamp, and once selected, the function locks onto the photo and moves it all around on the screen. What's up, Adobe? Have used Elements for years, and all was working well just a few days ago.

You can just reset it to defaults by clicking on the icon [ boxed in red ] in this picture. You may need to click on the image to magnify it.

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"Could not use the clone stamp tool because of a program error". How to fix this fault?

When I try to use the Clone Stamp Tool I am met with the message shown above. I have tried in all the ways I could find to beat this: different photos, switched the computer off and on again, run a de-bugging program through it (Advanced System Care 5 Pro) and Microsoft's own stuff. The problem exists solidly and, without one of its most important picture repair tools Photoshop is pretty much useless.
I have just set this new Photoshop Elements 10 program up on my Windows 7 (64) laptop. I have plenty of memory and a large enough hard drive; the machine is fairly new, stable and does not usually suffer from programming problems. I have found nothing on any of the Adobe Forums, or in other sites, to give me a hint as to what has caused the problem other than a bad program disk. My first conclusion was that I should reinstall the program, but it appears that I will then lose one of my two registration rights, that strikes me as being ridiculous as reinstallation is surely the most logical thing to do with a potentially faulty program disk! But I would have to uninstall to reinstall, and that's when the the second registration cuts in I am advised. I have tried every way I can think of to beat this to no avail. I'll be truly grateful if someone can help me out on this. Thank you!

Thanks guys! I'm afraid that I'm still not sure: I've been told that uninstalling - after of course deactivating - amounts to a life gone... Yet according to the set of licence rules Adobe has, you're allowed to copy programs in a mirror image which, of course, would be used for a clean wipe - and surely that contradicts their set of rules? The rules seem to imply that that would be okay: no life lost. My concern is that through no fault of my own I have what appears to be a duff program; it's out of warranty now (my fault - I didn't install it until I could buy a more heavy-duty laptop). If the rule is "two-strikes-and-your-out, then I lose my last reactivation after THIS installation. I will get in touch with Adobe - but I live in the UK, and therein lies the problem: the equivalent of $39 dollars for the chat and whatever else it might cost is off-putting to me I'm afraid. If I could find out whether or not Adobe has a patch or something I would be a lot more happy about it all - the reinstallation after all may NOT cure the problem and I'd be stuck with a bunch of coffee cup coasters! Hey, ho...

Problem with clone stamp in Photoshop 8 and 9

Whenever I use the clone stamp it may work alright for a while,but then it starts doing odd things like shooting off lines or dots but not the spot I had cloned. Then I have to undo the marks it has made and hope it will work right the next time. It has done this on Photoshop 8 and 9. Is this a known bug? Can anyone shed light on this problem?

George I tried your suggestion and the same thing occured. Funny thing is my original script would work ok in 9 Pro but not 9 Reader. Through trial and error I found that if I commented out 'oDoc.closeDoc();' the script worked perfect in both 9 Pro and Reader- all attachements printed.
I have tested in 7, 8, and 9 Reader and only tested in 7 and 9 Pro. Eveything works fine.
Very odd.
Does anyone know if I will run into issues not closing the documents , or are they closed automatically after printing? I don't want to run into memorty isssus down the road.
Thanks in advance for all the advice,
-Bill

Clone stamp & eraser have a mind of their own!

I have recently moved from CS2 up to CS5, and am loving all the changes, however the last few days I have been in all sorts of trouble with the following issue.
When using the clone stamp, or eraser, or even a brush , the cursor keeps jumping half a screen away at odd times causing either whole sections to erased (when using the shift key) or cloning a part elswhere on the image.
This is really hard to explain, yet easy to demonstrate, but I first noticed it the other day when i was erasing part of a layer and holding down the shift key ....as I clicked along the curve I was erasing, after about the 3rd click it would fly off to another part of the image, OK not a catastrophe as all you do is back up one move, but it happens frequently. The same for detailed cloning ...I am cloning away and it the shoots off at a tangent...
I recently invested in a USB wireless mouse, which was great, and did wonder if it was the batteries running low and sending out wrong signals, but I swapped back to hard wired mouse, but the problem persisted - however it was not as frequent.
Its driving me mad as when I zoom out of an image i have been detailing, there are rogue patches on it where its jumped to and i havent noticed..
Any ideas?

OpenGL is a system for displaying graphics, which when done properly leverages more of the power of your GPU than the normal Windows GDI can. Thus when enabled in Photoshop we gain access to smooth panning/zooming, brush gestures, and can even use it for some of the 3D work in Photoshop Extended. OpenGL is implemented in video drivers/firmware/hardware.
But OpenGL is very complex, and video driver updates come out all the time with fixes or enhanced OpenGL functionality. Some work better than others, and bugs in the drivers can result in some very strange effects. Sometimes new bugs are introduced.
Edit - Preferences - Performance, uncheck [ ] Use OpenGL Drawing. If this helps, your video drivers likely have bugs. They may be latest, in which case you'll need to wait for an update. Or get a different video card.
It is also possible that with OpenGL Drawing enabled, changing the Advanced settings can help.
-Noel

Clone Stamp Tool is messing up in PSE 10.0

Whenever I use the clone stamp tool, it acts weird and keeps messing up my photos. Instead of correcting the photo, it puts a large streak or spot in a different area of my photo. Is there a bug in the software?

Hi,
I think, Can you verify that you are working on the correct layers?
If you have more than one layer in the layers panel of your image, Make sure, you select " Sample All Layers" option from the options bar on the top.
Also, make sure you have selected the correct layer(mostly the top layer works) while cloning the areas.
So, make sure you follow this:
while doing "Alt+Left Click" to sample area, make sure you have "Sample All Layers" selected
While painting the sampled area to another position, make sure you are on the top layer or the layer you want to clone to.

Clone Stamp Tool and smudge tool issue

iMac 21.5";   new on 12/14/2011;   OS Version 10.7.3; 2.7GHz Intel Core i5; AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512 MB.
Two and Three Layer, all layers are copies of background layer, plus two adjustment layers, 8 Bit file:
Clone Stamping directly on image layer with Background layer directly below and with copy of Background layer directly below.
Intuos 4 tablet and pen.
Clone Stamp tool Setup:
Layer Adjustment parameter set to either This Layer and Below or All Layers.
All other parameters at default.
Using simple soft brush.
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The bug: Clone Stamp too will only affect the layer selected to do the actual cloning.
Tried it in every configuation possible without adjust the tool defaults, and no layers below will get the cloning corrections or stamping.

Welcome back gang.
Made a couple new discoveries while double checking.
Again, the same four layer setup: Background-Background copy-HSB Adj layer-Levels Adj layer.
The problem replicates with the Adj layers clipped or not.
The key is any tweak in the Adj layers will cause the issue.
Any Adj layer tweak seems to get exaggerated when smudging on a layer.
For example, increasing the gamma or center slider in the Levels box will cause all bright pixels to go white and darker pixels to go black.
I do not know the threshold luminance pixel value but I would guess it is at 128/128.
Modest tweaks to the Adj layer, for example raising the gamma slider to 1.20 will cause the smudge to posterize or turn white.
Tweaking the HSB Saturation slider to +12 will cause color posterization.
Counter to what I had stated upstream, any setting of the Smudge tool will cause this to happen.
Also, as said upstream, the performance goes down such that the spinning balls appear frequently.
In other words, it does not appear to be a 1-to-1 relationship of tweaks made in the Adj layer to the effect of the Smudge tool.
My guess is that the Sample All Layers option is multiplying the color and luminance values fo the layers together.
Plus, it was probably designed to do so but I do not think it was to be so pronounced.
Still amazes me that the situation never occurred or did I notice it until now, and the issue exists in CS5 too.
When did PS add the Sample All Layers option to the Smudge tool?
Anybody else?
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Clone stamp tool disables keyboard

I'm working on an iMac, OSX (10.7.4) with CS5.1. Ever since I uploaded my new Photoshop program months ago, it disables the alphanumeric keys on my key pad when I use the clone stamp tool. I have to restart my computer in order for my keyboard to work again.
I have talked to Adobe service multiple times, had the software replaced, had a service agent work with my machine from a distance, discussed the problem with Apple (they say it's an Adobe issue), paid a professional to resolve it, reinstalled the software multiple times and ways, worked in safe mode, worked as another user, but the problem persists.
I am a full-time graphic designer with my own business and usually have Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop all open at the same time, so when I have to restart it is a major problem that I encounter multiple times during my work day.
Is there anyone that can help? I wish I had never purchased the upgrade and now fear CS6. What can I do?

The application can't disable the keyboard for other apps, or after the app has exited.
That can only happen at an OS level.
Also, I just tried using the clone stamp too, and my number key pad is still working just fine.
You probably need to talk to Apple again and ask what inside the OS could do that, even if it is triggered by an application (but it sounds like an OS or driver level bug).

Clone stamp tool on a 3D object (CS5)

I'm getting very odd color corruption, using the clone stamp tool on a 3D object. I'm using it for one of the main aspects of PS 3D, painting out UV seams on an object. And I'm getting a very odd artifact: an entirely brown texture is, when sampled with the stamp tool, producing bright cyan and purple pixels on the outside of my feathered stamp brush. I never saw this before, but then I didn't end up using 3D painting in CS4 as much as I ordinarily would have, as my workload changed a lot.
But I'm using it now, and am seeing this annoying artifact. Does anyone else see this? Any known workarounds?

I also suddenly have this problem. I am using an ATI Firepro V5800, and have had no problems with any of the painting tools when using 3D in photoshop. Now it is a real problem! For now the projection onto a new layer and merging down is helping a bit, but when i merge down the edges between the original and merged layer change...you can see a clear shift in the colour between the two.
Very annoying! Perhaps a bug that's come with a new update? My graphics card drivers are up to date, the same driver that i was using when clone stamp used to work!

Photoshop Elements 8. "Could not use Clone Stamp Tool because of a program error." Please help.

Photoshop Elements 8. "Could not use Clone Stamp Tool because of a program error." Please help.

Try this:
Open your picture file
Access the clone stamp tool
Hold down the ALT key on the keyboard and left click on the area from which you wish to clone, then release the ALT key, and click to place the pixels at the destination
TIPS:
It is a good idea to open a blank layer at the top in the layers palette, and do the cloning on this layer. Be sure that "sample all layers" at the top is checked. You can change the layer opacity if necessary
Use the bracket keys next to the letter p on the keyboard to increase & decrease the size of the cursor
Let us know how you make out with the error message now.

PS CS5 Extended on Windows - When trying to use the clone stamp and/or healing brush as soon as I move the cursor over the image I get an exact copy of the existing layer that moves around the window with the movement of the clone stamp/healing brush. W

PS CS5 Extended on Windows
When trying to use the clone stamp and/or healing brush as soon as I move the cursor from the toolbar over to the image I get an exact copy of the existing layer that moves around the window with the movement of the clone stamp/healing brush. This just started tonight. What's causing this weird behaviour?

What are the settings in Window > Clone Source?

Clone Stamp Selection Failure in CS6

I try using the clone stamp but selection fails with this error message:
Could not use the clone stamp because the area to clone has not been defined (Alt-click to define source point).
When I press Alt, I see the characteristic selection bullseye. But, afterwards, a right-click of the mouse reveals an open circle and the error message.
I note that the key works for menu selections (e.g., Alt-File) and other actions.
I have closed PS and re-opened. Reset the clone stamp tool, closed and reopened, etc., to no avail.
/Roger

Mr. Kelly,
That seems to have fixed the problem: left-super+alt. I can live with that!
Regarding the suggestions about remapping - look-and-feel, etc.: the suggested track are not avialalbe under Xubuntu 12.04. And, I would be reluctant to re-map the super-key since it has functional significance when running Win (I have both Win-7 and XP in VMs).
I've bookmarked the wine wiki link for future reference.
WINE: Do you know if CS6 / Bridge / Adobe Raw, etc., work well? I had not thought of trying Wine. I've never had luck with it in the past - a waste of time for few apps that I must run in Win. Since I've got PShop working well in a VM, I'm thinking of sticking with that and not to invite new problems.
Thanks a lot for delving into this for me.
Glad I bought PShop - I've been using The Gimp for a long time but, while taking PS classes at Montgomery College, decided to buy. I'd been looking for knowledge/tips that might help in Gimp but, during the second class, decided to make the leap.
Best regards,
/Roger

Clone Stamp not working in Elements 5

I have tried the trouble shooting sugestions on page 245 of Photoshop Elements 5, The Missing Manual by Barbara Brundage. However, I have been unable to get my clone stamp to work. Previously the clone stamp was working o.k. Do you have any other suggestions that I might try?
Also, are there some good editing advantages/improvements by upgrading to Elements 7 ?

I held the keys down while starting the editor from the welcome screen and
got the box to delete the preferences. However I have not been able to get
the clone stamp to work. The delete preferences must have worked because my
brushes were changed back to the original setting. I normally use a
different setting to show the brushes as circles. I have been trying to
clone with the Size: 21 ps; Mode: Normal; Opacity: 100% and Aligned checked.
I have tried both checking and unchecking Aligned and Sample All Layers. I
tried a different photo but with the same results. When I Alt click to clone
I get a small circle with something similar to a plus sign in the circle.
The Edit shows an "Undo clone stamp" each time I Alt Click and try to clone
but nothing was cloned.
This is the first time that I've encountered this problem.

Is there a Clone Stamp overlay facility in CS2?

Hi - I've got two versions of Photoshop: CS2 version 9, and Elements 9. I've been using Elements for a couple of years for tweaking and cropping photos but have become interested in the restoration and retouching. So I downloaded the (now, free) CS2 from the Adobe website. With its enhanced features, it can work magic but I notice that when using the clone stamp tool, unlike Elements, I don't see an overly within the clone circle, meaning that it's not as easy to match up edges etc before committing with a click. I can't find any reference to a clone stamp overlay option in CS2. Have I missed something? If not, I guess I'll switch between programs.
Thanks

Thanks for this. I thought the difference was about 5 years but I take on board that clone stamp overlay didn't exist with CS2.
As for 'freeness' I downloaded CS2 from the Adobe website for no money, which satisfies my criteria :-)
Thanks again for taking the time to answer my question.

My Photoshop CS 5 has some strange actions when I copy a portion of a photo using the clone stamp to transfer to another part of the image. It carries the entire layer (not just the stamps selection) across the screen and I cannot place it where I need t

My Photoshop CS 5 has some strange actions when I copy a portion of a photo using the clone stamp to transfer to another part of the image. It carries the entire layer (not just the stamps selection) across the screen and I cannot place it where I need to. It appears as if I selected the entire layer on purpose (which I did not)
The below items appeared when I opened Photoshop CS 5:
“Photoshop has encountered a problem with the display driver and has temporarily disabled G & U enhancements. Check the video card malfunctions website for latest software. GPU enhancements can be enabled in the performance panel of preferences.”
(I believe this started after the automatically updated Windows was applied. It was coincident with the before mentioned problem . . . but I don’t really know if it had anything to do with it. )

For the Clone Stamp problem, check the Clone Source panel and Clipped is probably unchecked.
If so, check Clipped and see if that makes a difference.
(Window>Clone Source)
As to the video card problem:
Which version of windows are you using?
What is the make and model of your graphics card?
Do you know which update windows installed?

Is there anyone having problem with Clone Stamp in CS4?

Good Morning, I am using Photoshop CS4 Extended with Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit. My computer is a Dell XPS 430, WITH 8GB of ram, 1.5TB of disk space, ATI Radean HD 4800 Series adapter with 512MB memory. When I bring up an image in Photoshop and click on Clone stamp I get the error message "could not use the clone stamp because of a program error." I can still use Clone Stamp, but with some wied reults. Sometime the middle of the brush turns bright white and do nothing. Again it will clone the item clicked on, but would move the spot being cloned. Other times when the brush is move from the spot being cloned it will clone other area without cliking on them.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled Photoshop 4 times. I have created a new account with administrative rights, which I unistalled and reinstalled Photoshop. Two of the times that I uninstalled Photoshop I also used the Photoshop script to make sure all of Photoshop were uninstalled. I have also cleaned the register of Photoshop before reinstalling Photoshop. Another item used to make sure there was no error with Vista was Windows cleanup installed tool.
Yesterday I checked my laptop and I am getting the same results as my PC. The most recent thing that has been updated on both the PC and Laptop was Windows updates and Camera Ram 5.4. Attached is a copy of a wierd result using clone tool. I just clicked on the image and the orange spot appeared. Is there anyone else who is having similar problems with Clone Stamp?

Have you applied the Photoshop 11.0.1 Patch?
Have you updated the video drivers?
If that doesn't help, try resetting your preferences as described in the FAQ.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/375776?tstart=0
You either have to physically delete (or rename) the preference files or, if using the Alt, Ctrl, and Shift method, be sure that you get a confirmation dialog.
This resets all settings in Photoshop to factory defaults.
(A complete uninstall/re-install will not affect the preferences and a corrupt file there may be causing the problem.)

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