Missing clone tool

Photoshop Elements 11 which was recently purchased does not have a clone tool on the toolbar.  Where is it hiding?

First be sure you're in Expert mode. Click the word Expert at the top of the main editor window to go there, if you aren't. The clone stamp should be in the Enhance section of the toolbox, the middle icon on the right side. It shares a slot with the pattern stamp so you may see that instead. If you do, click it and then choose the clone stamp in the tool options.

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    I only have a pattern stamp tool can't seem to find a clone tool anywhere... I thought it had both.  when I click on the pattern stamp there is only that tool nothing else to select...is it a setting under the pattern tool? or is it somewhere else completely? 

    The clone stamp tool should be grouped in the same slot in the toolbox as the pattern stamp tool.
    Click and hold on the pattern stamp tool icon in the toolbox to reveal to hidden tools, the clone stamp tool in your case.
    This cs5, but cs6 is the same in regards to the clone stamp tool in the toolbox.

  • 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.
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  • 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.
     
    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.
     
    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.
     
    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.
     
    Another option to remove the wires would be to use the CC Simple Wire Removal
    tool. It works amazingly well on some shots.
    >

  • When using clone tool, the NORMAL mode has disappeared.  How can I reset to get normal back???

    I have searched and cannot find a solution for this.  The NORMAL mode for the Clone tool (at the top in options) has disappeared.  The top two are dissorve and behind.  I cannot find out how to reset and don't know what I did to make the "normal mode" option disappear from menu.  Please help!  Thanks,  Jeanne

    Sounds like the scroll bar is missing. I've seen a few posts about this happening with the brush tool. Bug?
    It can be worked around by using the blend mode shortcuts.
    Shortcut key combos to rotate through blend modes
    Select the tool (clone tool) then press alt + shift + N to get normal blend mode if on Windows. If on a Mac change that shortcut to opt + shift + N.
    Dissolve is probably also missing. The window's shortcut for that if needed is alt + shift + I. On Mac, use opt + shift + I.
    Alternately, you can rotate through the blend modes by using the shortcut key combo alt + shift + + on Windows. On Mac, that shortcut will be opt + shift + +. You can also substitute - for the + in that combo to rotate up through the  blend mode list instead of down through the blend mode list.
    The above shortcut combos work smoothest if you hold in the alt + shift (opt + shift) keys together before you press the letter or + or - key.
    These shortcut work combos with any tool that uses a blend mode settings...

  • Clone tool causing Aperture to freeze...

    Has anyone else experienced Aperture 'freezing' when trying to use the clone tool on anything (it seems) other than a black background? When I try to erase extraneous background 'stuff' by cloning a black area, it works fine. But when I try to, say, clone an area of color in order to erase a black background, Aperture freezes (and stays that way until I force quit) for as long as twenty minutes, sometimes.
    Am I missing a setting somewhere...?

    I appreciate your response very much, but I have a hard time believing it is hardware or OS related, for many reasons...
    1) It only happens when I am using the clone tool in a specific circumstance, and not across the board generally.
    2) It doesn't happen when I use the other side of the clone tool, the repair tool, of which the only difference is a radio button and software; they're both in the same control window.
    3) Something I neglected to mention in my first post was the behavior of the clone tool, when cloning a black background, accepting the first adjustment, but then claiming for the second adjustment that I hadn't option-clicked to define the point of cloning. It seems to happen every time I do this specific operation. All other adjustments, within that specific use of the clone tool, work as advertised; the second adjustment is the only one that can't remember what I selected for the first one.
    4) SInce my first post, Aperture has begun to behave quite weirdly indeed. I have some pictures of a predominately pink-ish hue, that in making adjustments, all is well until I get to noise reduction. Then, upon adding noise reduction, the preview looks great but the browser view looks like a photo negative and the version export is a photo negative. It was only through investigation that I discovered what the offending adjustment was. So FAR, it has only happened to a few pictures, and others of the same predominate hue adjusted normally.
    I don't understand what is going on, but it is disturbing, and I am becoming rather upset.
    These problems are a relatively new occurrence, within the last week or so, and I can't have my editor of choice starting to go south on me, as I'm in the middle of a large batch of editing.
    Has anyone else experienced these types of problems...?
    William

  • CS5 , the clone tool problem!

    I have noticed that in
    version 12 of CS5 that the clone tool no longer accepts negative values, so on cant clone a
    missing limb without having to copy, paste & filp. WHY?

    Sorry Im not certain I understand your point? Are you saying this
    oversight will not exist in the final release version, if you are then
    how can you Know? Otherwise my point is to highlight an issue which can be debated and corrected if need be

  • 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.
    BOILERPLATE TEXT:
    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.
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    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.
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  • Photoshop submenu is missing under tools menu in bridge

    I Have downloaded the new Photoshop CC 2014 and updated Bridge. Trying to send some pictures from Bridge to photoshop as layers is not possible because the photoshop submenu is not available under tools.
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    Today when I start Bridge it had a message asking if I want to install a "Photoshop extension”.
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    El 22-06-2014, a las 14:58, DavyAllan <[email protected]> escribió:
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    I have the same problem when trying to do a photomerge.
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  • Option button missing in tools dropdown in ubuntu

    firefox option button missing in tools dropdown
    using ubuntu 14.04,,new intall
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    add-ons
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  • Clone tool problem

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    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.
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