Clone tool

OK, I need help. I just can't use the clone tool. I had a big blob of mold in a complicated place so I needed to use multiple clonings. After 2 or 3 I got totally confused with a mess of circles of various sorts everywhere. I can get rid of them by going to loupe view, but as soon as I click on clone, they are all there again. I can't work in this mess. Heal won't work because it's in a complicated area. Am I missing something here?
So back to PS for me!

I don't see any remove spots button. I can see that I can use delete but it seems to undo the action. I want the action performed, I just want to be able to see the area to do more.
It also looks like heal works quite differently from the Photoshop CS2 spot healing brush. PS says: "The Spot Healing Brush automatically samples from around the retouched area." In LR, I see a circle that it's going to copy from with both clone and heal. In fact, I can't see any difference between them in LR. Did I screw up my LR?
Here's what LR says:
Clone Applies the sampled area of the photo to the selected area.
Heal Matches the texture, lighting, and shading of the sampled area to the selected area.
What's the difference? They look the same when I use them.

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I am using Lightroom 5 and am hapy about it, but recently I hav encountered a problem when trying to edit an image in another program, i.e. Elements. I used the clone tool, saved the result and went back to Lightroom to open the image there. I did find a

I am using Lightroom 5 and am hapy about it, but recently I hav encountered a problem when trying to edit an image in another program, i.e. Elements. I used the clone tool, saved the result and went back to Lightroom to open the image there. I did find a second copy, but this is identic with the one I already had in Lightroom, and I can see noe result of the clone process.

At the moment I would say it is uncertain whether Acrobat is completely ignoring the change, or whether the changes you are making aren't affecting the ink density. I have a suggestion for a test you could make to see which is the case.
When editing in Photoshop just add a box or mark on the image, for your tests.
- If this box does not appear in Acrobat, you know Acrobat is not seeing the edit
- If this box does appear in Acrobat, you know the problem is that your tool for changing ink densities is not taking effect.

Problems With Clone Tool on Windows 7 and Elements 8

The clone tool is exhibiting strange behavior on a friends installation of Elements 8 on Windows 7.
Sometimes the clone tool refuses to clone, other times it will clone in over dark areas but not light areas. We tried resetting to factrory settings. This worked for a while be reverted to the strange behavior after a couple of days.
It's on the correct layer and the mode setting for the clone tool is Normal and when it works in a darker area it will make it even darker but will not darken a very light (white?) area.
Anyone know what's happening?

I guess you have some blending mode other than 'Normal' selected.Click on the top-left corner of tool option bar and choose "Reset Tool".

My husband uses adobe cs5. The clone tool isn't working and after resetting the tools adobe bridge now goes to picasa. How can we make the clone tool work and have bridge go to cs5 not picasa?

My husband uses adobe cs5. The clone tool isn't working and after resetting the tools adobe bridge now goes to picasa. How can we make the clone tool work and have bridge go to cs5 not picasa?

A lot more information about your hardware and software is needed.
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If you give complete and detailed information about your setup and the issue at hand,
such as your platform (Mac or Win),
exact versions of your OS, of Photoshop (not just "CC", but something like CC2014.v.2.2) and of Bridge,
your settings in Photoshop > Preference > Performance
the type of file you were working on,
machine specs, such as total installed RAM, scratch file HDs, total available HD space, video card specs, including total VRAM installed,
what troubleshooting steps you have taken so far,
what error message(s) you receive,
if having issues opening raw files also the exact camera make and model that generated them,
if you're having printing issues, indicate the exact make and model of your printer, paper size, image dimensions in pixels (so many pixels wide by so many pixels high). if going through a RIP, specify that too.
a screen shot of your settings or of the image could be very helpful too,
etc.,
someone may be able to help you (not necessarily this poster, who is not a Windows user).
Please read this FAQ for advice on how to ask your questions correctly for quicker and better answers:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/419981?tstart=0
Thanks!

Using Clone tool in Photoshop CS causes F9 to randomly activate

I'm not sure if this is a Photoshop problem or an OSX problem. I have posted on the Adobe site, but there was only one response and that didn't tell me much. And then I thought: it might actually be an OSX problem.
When using the clone tool in Photoshop CS, after an hour or so, under circumstances that I have not been able to replicate, PS starts to activate F9 on a continuing basis. Sometimes only once (all open windows appear separated); sometimes twice in quick succession; sometimes three or four times. The effect is exactly the same as pressing F9 1, 2, 3 or 4 times every couple of minutes.
I get around the problem by shutting all other windows (then the PS window I'm working in doesn't get changed - I just click on it to bring it back if it has been F9ed); or if the F9s get too annoying I shut down PS and start again.
Is this activation of F9 likely to be:
* a PS bug (somehow it is activating F9)?; or
* an OSX bug (PS does something and OSX triggers F9)?
I have not had the problem occur anytime except cloning in PS. I doubt it has anything to do with Expose (as the PS poster thought) because I do not use Expose.
The problem appears to me to be almost random. It might be in my particular setup, but I suspect that PS and/or OSX are going slightly haywire in a very esoteric way under certain vague circumstances. How's that for a non-specific description of the behaviour

This is an issue seen from time to time with Photoshop. The Photoshop team has said they're going to take another look at it, over on the Photoshop bugfix / feature request forum (http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/_adobe_community_help_keeps_popping_ open).
Not everyone sees this, so take heart, it can work well.
One source of random corruption seen with Photoshop can be from buggy display drivers. OpenGL implementations in display drivers are changing to this very minute.
You can try disabling OpenGL Drawing for a while, do some editing and watch to see if it still happens. You'd do this via Edit - Preference - Performance, and remember to restart Photoshop after making the change and before testing.
Or you can visit the web site of the maker of your video card and download/install their latest drivers. I recommend this, no matter what else you do.
-Noel

Clone tool problem

I had an image open with four layers. On the fourth layer I was using the clone tool and I was having problems with it. As I was cloning out a section, the clone tool started to make odd pixels on the image. I had to flatten the layers and create a new layer for the clone tool to work right.

Yes this question pops up quite regularly. Its a feature that is hidden away in a panel that should probably never have been introduced. These very basic options do not appear duplicated as they should, in the Options Bar.
The answer is - if you show your Clone Source Panel, there is a checkbox called "Show Overlay" that you need to uncheck. Experiment with "Clipped" as well.

CS2 Eye dropper and clone tool not picking up correct colour from image.

Hello everyone, Can anyone help me please. I have an iMac with 0SX 10.4.4.
Plenty of Ram and hard drive space. In using CS2 the eyedropper and clone tools will not pick up the exact same colour from the image that I require. It is always lighter in shade and has on occasion been white. Any help in solving this problem will be much appreciated.
Yours in anticipation, Geoff Walter.

>The eyedropper is picking-up the color as rendered in RGB on your Monitor...
Really? Not from the pixels in the file? So the same pixels are reported with different values depending on monitor setup? This is about how the eyedropper reports pixel values, not about how they are rendered to the screen, is that correct?
Just to be sure here, this is so even with the eyedropper set to point sample?
Al
Edit: Or do you mean that this is a known problem with 0SX 10.4.4. and Photoshop, in which the values are picked up from the monitor and not from the file data?

Where is the Clone Tool?

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lorraine
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Right-click on the tool directly below the red-eye and then you can choose either the clone tool or the pattern tool.

Non-functioning Clone Tool

Running Photoshop CS3 on Windows XP Professional 160GB; 77GB Free
All of a sudden after more than a year functioning fine my clone stamp tool stopped working. Everything else is working fine. I reinstalled CS3 and the tool worked fine then, after a reboot, it stopped working again.
I am not supertech knowledgeable, so other than running a complete scan with my anti-virus program and a Windows Defender scan, neither of which identified any problems, I'm at a loss.
I'd be grateful for any ideas.

So, an artist here just encountered this problem on a Mac running 10.4.11. None of the suggested fixes seemed to help her, but I was able to "reboot" the clone tool by launching the System Prefs->Wacom Tablet and tinkering around in there a bit.
To be honest, I am not sure exactly which part of my tinkering was successful. She had 2 tablets listed, even though one is the an old one that she no longer uses and also 2 grip pens listed. I deleted the extra copy of each, clicked with the grip pen a couple times to make sure the tablet that was hooked up was still functional and then quit system prefs. Upon returning to PS, everything was running smoothly again...
At any rate, it might be something to check.
BTW, disconnecting/reconnecting the Wacom from the USB chain had no effect. Tried that first.

Using clone tool in Elements 12

When I use clone tool, after sampling the area with alt key when I try to apply it the photo moves around so that I cannot not clone. How can I fix?

Your probably are seeing the Clone Source Overlay.
If you click on Tool Options and then Clone Overlay you can set different options, but you might try Clipped and see how that is.

Lightroom 5.2 my clone tool is stuck with the scissors and won't clone a spot. How do I get rid of the scissors?   HELP!!!!!

My clone tool in Lr is stuck in the scissors mode. How do I get it back to normal clone function.
Spending hours with this FRUSTRATION.
CAN SOMEONE HELP ME?

DOWNLOADED 5.7 CAN'T POST CLIP BECAUSE WHEN i LET GO OF THE ALT KEY THEY DISAPPEAR.
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Subject: lightroom 5.2 my clone tool is stuck with the scissors and won't clone a spot. How do I get rid of the scissors?   HELP!!!!!
lightroom 5.2 my clone tool is stuck with the scissors and won't clone a spot. How do I get rid of the scissors?   HELP!!!!!
created by Bob Somrak in Photoshop Lightroom - View the full discussionFirst thing to do is update to LR 5.7.1.     No use trying to solve a problem on an outdated version. BTW, could you post a screen clip of these SCISSORS? If the reply above answers your question, please take a moment to mark this answer as correct by visiting: https://forums.adobe.com/message/7197183#7197183 and clicking ‘Correct’ below the answer Replies to this message go to everyone subscribed to this thread, not directly to the person who posted the message. To post a reply, either reply to this email or visit the message page: Please note that the Adobe Forums do not accept email attachments. If you want to embed an image in your message please visit the thread in the forum and click the camera icon: https://forums.adobe.com/message/7197183#7197183 To unsubscribe from this thread, please visit the message page at , click "Following" at the top right, & "Stop Following" Start a new discussion in Photoshop Lightroom by email or at Adobe Community For more information about maintaining your forum email notifications please go to https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1516624.

Clone Tool Opacity

After a long break away from Photoshop, I have returned. I now have CS3 running on Mac OS 10.4.11. When I use the clone tool, even though I set the opacity to 100%, the cloned image is substantially lighter than the original. I have tried altering all of the other options in the palette, layers etc. but nothing seems to work. If I clone and reclone, the image gets nearer in density to the original.
Could some kind person suggest what I am doing wrong please?
Thanks
Dennis

Mike,
Thanks very much. When I last used Photoshop 3 there wasn't a flow control!
Many thanks!
regards
Dennis

Can't find how to adjust quality of clone tool

I can't figure out how to adjust the quality of the clone tool, it has very large pixels now - can anyone help?

Noel, Nancy,
Here is an enlarged example of a cloned image showing the problem I'm having. I was on the phone for 1/1/2 hours, and even shared the screen with Adobe, they were useless!
Hopefully you can see the very large pixels around the edge of the cloned area. I can't figure out how to make them smooth (smaller) like the image I cloned from.
I just bought CS6, new and unregistered. It's installed on a MacBook Pro, OS 10.8.5. I've been using Photoshop Elements 11 with no similar problems for a while, but I wanted to upgrade my capabilities to the full version of Photoshop.
Maybe you could also suggest a good Photoshop tutorial to get me up and running?
Thanks for any help you can offer, Mike

How do I keep the paint and clone tools from removing the background on the composition?

I am trying to remove handling wires from a Muppet video. I double click on the composition (mov file) and open the layer panel. I can get the brush, clone and eraser to work just fine and everything looks great until I play the preview. I can see all my strokes on the original movie composition. For example, the white showing in the frame below.
Since I am very new to AE, I would imagine that I am missing a setting, but it seems like I have tried all of them and nothing is working.
I am using CS5, version 10. Using the normal mode and the RGBA channel on single frame. I appreciate any help you can provide. Thanks!

Hi Rick,
I am trying to remove handler wires that can be seen on Elmo. This is an
assignment for an online class. Unfortunately, I asked this question early
last week of the instructor and he has not responded. We are required to use
the clone, paint or eraser for the exercise. Thanks for the tip regarding the
CC Simple Wire Removal tool. That will come in handy in the future. The
original clip of the Muppets does have a black transparent background. I
changed the composition settings so that I could better see the wires. Some
of the wires are just over the background and some are over a part of his
clothes. I can see my strokes when I toggle the transparency grid. I will
try the clone tool on the alpha channel and see if that works. If that is not
what I should be doing, please let me know. Thanks for your help.
I'm not really clear on what you are trying to do. If you're painting on RGBA
and you paint with a white brush you will end up with a white stroke on the
layer. All channels will be white.
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If you're painting with a white stroke using Alpha then you will paint white
on the alpha channel so there will be nothing changed on the layer.
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If you are painting with a black stroke using Alpha then you will paint a hole
in the layer which will allow the layer below to show through, but if you're
painting on RGB or RGBA then you'll end up with a black stroke on the image.
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If you want to paint out the wires then you must either use the clone tool or
make the brush the same color as your background. It looks like you have a
cream colored background so your paint tool must be the same color. If you
have wires over any other color, say over the body of one of the Muppets, then
you must carefully use the clone tool. Your screenshot looks like you're just
painting with a white brush. I'm assuming that your Comp BC color is white
(not usually a good idea) and that there is really no hole in your footage.
You can check that out by clicking on the Toggle Transparency Grid or by
dropping another layer below your footage.
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Another option to remove the wires would be to use the CC Simple Wire Removal
tool. It works amazingly well on some shots.
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Clone tool has stopped working properly, the sample area doesn't follow the target area?

Clone tool has stopped working properly, the sample area doesn't follow the target area?

I understand. I was very unhappy with Adobe when my PSE 11 stoped working properly. I had it for only about 6-7months before I updated my software on my imac and it all went downhill.... Then to add to that my Adobe account was hacked. Adobe never informed me of this situation. I heard through a friend that I should check to see if I was one of the very many who's online accounts were tampered with. I had to reset every single password and username for nearly 30 online accounts to avoid any further tampering with the hackers. And all Adobe suggested was for me to pay for an upgrade to PSE 12 which I did but wasnt very impressed to say the least ( i was on an online chat with them for over 2hours trying to get my PSE 11 issues solved to no avail). Then this sluggish performance starts happening again using the new version PSE 12?. I'm going to stay clear of adobe if I have the option to purchase similiar software from another supplier. I would and will encourage anyone else who has problems with there software to do the same. Older versions should work perfectly fine for ages. I wonder If Adobe is trying to get us all to pay for the monthly subscription option(s) to avoid having issues with older versions of their software. As the subscription option keeps you ontop of all the latest versions... I wouldn't put it past them.
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