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Clone Stamp Tool
Options include the paint mode, opacity, aligned option, and use all layers. Ordinarily you'll use the clone stamp with the aligned option checked. When it's unchecked, your cloning is reset to the source point each time you release and click again with the mouse. Don't overlook the blend mode options. The lighten and darken blend modes can be extremely valuable in working with the clone stamp to avoid that obvious retouched appearance. Adjusting opacity can help, too. To use the clone stamp you must first define the clone source. To set the clone source, you click in your image while holding the Alt/Option key. Your cursor will change to the stamp tool and when you click, the source is set. Next move your cursor to the area where you want to copy the clone source. As you click and drag you will see a crosshair that moves along with the brush cursor, indicating the center of the clone source. You can even clone from one image to another by setting the clone source in one image, then activating the destination image, and dragging the brush cursor. If you arrange each window so you can see the source and destination, it will be easier to work this way. When using the clone stamp tool, you want to take care to align your source and destination brush carefully. It helps to find a horizon line of some sort and make sure the brush edges is aligned with it when you set the source point and when you make that initial click. As long as you have those first two clicks aligned, you know they will remain aligned until you reset the source point. |
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The clone stamp tool is probably the most often used of the retouching tools. The stamp tools share the keyboard shortcut S and Shift-S toggles between the two.