Clone Stamp Tool
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How to Use the Online Clone Stamp Tool
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Adjust the settings. Press 'Alt' and click the image to define the clone starting point and area.
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1. About the clone stamp tool
Get rid of blemishes, spots or replace objects in your image with the online clone stamp tool. The clone stamp tool allows you to duplicate a part of an image and apply it to another area. It is useful for removing unwanted elements, repairing images, or creating artistic effects by copying pixels from one part of the image to another.
The tool works by sampling pixels from a source area and painting them onto a target area. You can set the sample point by holding a specific key (usually Alt or Option) and clicking on the source area, then painting over the target area to clone the pixels.
2. How the clone stamp works
The clone stamp is an indispensable tool for retouching and repairing images. Though the name may give the impression of a complex tool only fit for advanced users, the clone stamp is surprisingly easy to work with, once you get the hang of it. Understanding the clone stamp will be simpler if you think of it as copying and pasting with brush strokes. The tool copies from one part of the image and pastes into another as it strokes. The area outside of the brush stroke is ignored when the copied portion is pasted into the image.
2.1 Setting the Sample Point
You will notice that when you select the clone stamp tool and make a stroke, nothing happens. This is because just like in any copying and pasting routine, you first have to set or select the region you're going to copy. To begin 'cloning' with the clone stamp you have to set a starting point in the image for the clone stamp brush to clone from. This is called the clone point or sample point. You set the sample point by pressing the Alt key and clicking the image at the point you want to start copying from. When the starting point is set a brush profile outline will surround the starting point to show the area you are cloning from.
2.2 Cloning with Strokes
After you set the sample point you can begin cloning areas in your image. If you do a simple click of the image in another location the area around the copy point and within the boundary of the brush profile will be copied to the new location. This is how the clone stamp tool copies. If you drag the mouse in the image the area around the clone point covered by the stroke will be copied to the new location. How the clone stamp copies from stroke to stroke is determined by the alignment.
2.3 Alignment
The alignment is set by the aligned checkbox in the tool options bar. By default the checkbox is unset and clone stamp tool is not aligned. In this mode the sample point will always remain the same from stroke to stroke. When unaligned every time you stroke the image at a different point the copy will start from the same unchanged sample point This is useful when you have a sample point area that you would like to clone in multiple points. For example, if you have a face that has multiple pimples and you find a suitable part of the skin that is blemish free, it is likely that you will want to duplicate it over the other areas repeatedly. In the aligned mode the sample point will be at a constant offset distance. This offset distance is set when you make the first mousedown after you set the sample point.
3. Clone Stamp Tool Settings
- Size: Sets the diameter of the clone stamp brush stroke.
- Blur: Sets the blur of the clone stamp brush strokes. The lower the blur the harder the brush strokes.
- Opacity: Determines the opacity of the the clone stamp in a range of zero for completely transparent to one hundred for fully opaque. A high opacity causes the strokes to completely hide the image behind it. Setting low to medium opacity allows the clone stamp strokes to blend with the part of the image it is brushing over.
- Blend Mode: Determines the blend mode of the stroke when applied to the image.
- Aligned: When checked, clones a part of the image at a set offset from the cursor.
