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.

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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

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 in Elements 10

I thought I would have a 'normal' mode for the clone tool - it is available with the Pattern Clone Tool, but not for the 'plain' clone tool. Is this correct? I thought it would have a normal mode?

Wonderful!! Thank you very much, it was causing me much frustration!

Using the Tools - PhotoShop Elements 6

Software is PhotoShop Elements 6
My Tools functions seem to have stopped working. The HAND selection stays present no matter what function I select. I tried to use the earser function but the HAND selection is still there. No matter what other selection I choose, the HAND will NOT switch to my chosen function.
Everything used to work just fine as I am used to working with Photoshop Elements.

You could try reset all tools - click the down pointing arrow on the left of the tools options bar.
file:///C:/Program%20Files/Common%20Files/Adobe/Help/en_US/PhotoshopElements/6.0/help.html ?content=PHOTOSHOPELEMENTS_HOMEPAGE.html

Using text tool in elements 9

Why am I now getting ____ for a letter now while using the text tool? Was using it earlier with no problem, started working on a new photo & this has happened,and I don`t know how to fix.

When the Text tool is selected, click on the down arrow at the far left of the Options Bar and select "Reset Tool".
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Help with on mac screen keyboard function option key - for using clone tool in photoshop

Help please
can someone help me
i am teaching people with disability photoshop and need to use the on screen keyboard
when using sticky keys and holding down the option key this does not work to select the
source point ie option click to select a source point

Are you familiar with Ink on mac os x?
Normally one needs to have a tablet or device that supports Ink to use all the features such as hand writing recognition and such, but
one can enable parts of it without the proper device.
Anyway, if Ink is not shown in the system preferences, you can go to /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras and double click on Ink.menu
That puts the Ink icon on the Menu Bar where you can access the Ink preferences from the drop-down menu and then turn Ink on and Show Ink Window
The small window has symbols for the Cmd, Shift, Option and Control keys and then one can press, for example, the Option symbol and set the clone source point in photoshop.
Don't know whether it will work for your students, but thought it was worth a mention.

Text tool in elements 10 has taken to locking up computer

Any attempt to use text tool in elements 10 has taken to locking up computer. I do not want to pay for an upgrade until I know that one of two things will happen: 1) the upgrade will fix this situation, OR 2) there is a way to repair the problem so that the upgrade will install properly

Select the T tool and try a reset - see image below:

I am using photoshop cc on windows 8 all latest updates done when trying to crop photo or use clone

I am using photoshop 6cc on windows 8 all latest updates done when trying to crop photo or use clone stamp tool the photo's disappear which makes it impossible to use, photo's do comes back if I stop trying to crop or use clone tool but need to see the photo to use them

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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.

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.

After I upgraded my Mac with Yosemite, Photoshop Elements 12 stops responding when you use editing tools like eraser, clone stamp.

After I upgraded my Mac with Yosemite, Photoshop Elements 12 Editor stops responding when you use some tools like eraser, clone stamp.

This should help. Photoshop Elements doesn't respond when you use editing tools in Mac OS X 10.10
~ Arpit

Why does the clone tool not work? I just installed elements 9.

I bought photoshop elements through an online vendor and just trying to put it to use. The clone tool does not work at all. I have photoshop elements 5 on my computer, which I kept even after installing version 9. It works.

Try selecting the clone tool and doing a tool reset.

Using the clone tool on a picture I have pasted in another background?

I have photoshop elements 9, and took a photo that I wanted to change the background on. I erased all the picture except for my husband and I, then used the lasso tool to outline our photo and I copied it, and pasted it on another picture with a better backround. Now I am unable to use the clone tool on my husband and I, but can on the background. Maybe there is a better way to extract a photo and post it to a new background. But everytime I try to see how to do it on google, I see all these other tools that people use that I don't have. I have only elements 9, so am limited. Any suggestions?

I'm not at all sure I understand how elements 9 is limited in terms of the clone stamp compared to whatever you're googling, but I think your problem is most likely that you are either not targeting a portion of a layer with something in it (trying to clone from the empty area of the layer surrounding the pasted in image of you and your husband, for example) or trying to clone from a layer that isn't active (trying to clone from the background layer when the pasted in layer is the active layer).
You might want to turn on the Sample all Layers checkbox and see if that helps any.

When I use the Alt key and the clone tool, I get a message that I did not use the Alt key to define

Whe I use the Alt key with the clone tool, I get a message that I have to use the Alt key to define the area to be copied. What am I doing wrong?

I tried to check the alined box, but it would not work. I was able to check
the Sample box, but they they give you about 5 choices to check and I have
no idea what they are all about. I appreciate your help.
Dino
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Re: When I use the Alt key and the clone tool, I get a message that I did
not use the Alt key to define
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