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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2

User Guide

Retouching and repairing images

The Clone Stamp tool

The Clone Stamp tool takes a sample of an image, which you can then apply over another image or part of the

same image. You can also clone part of one layer over another layer. Each stroke of the tool paints on more of the

sample. The Clone Stamp tool is useful for duplicating an object or removing a defect in an image.

When you use the Clone Stamp tool, you set a sampling point on the area you want to apply over another area. By

selecting Aligned in the options bar, you can reuse the most current sampling point, no matter how many times you

stop and resume painting. When Aligned is deselected, you’ll reuse the same sampled pixels each time you paint.

Because you can use any brush tip with the Clone Stamp tool, you have a lot of control over the size of the area you

lone. You can also use opacity and flow settings in the options bar to finesse the way you apply the cloned area. You

cansamplefromone imageand applythe cloneinanother image, as long as both images areinthe same colormode.

Altering an image with the Clone Stamp tool

To use the Clone Stamp tool

.1 Select the Clone Stamp tool

2 Choose a brush tip and set brush options for the blending mode, opacity, and flow in the options bar.

3 Next, determine how you want to align the sampled pixels. Select Aligned in the options bar to sample pixels

continuously, without losing the current sampling point, even if you release the mouse button. Deselect Aligned to

ntinue to use the sampled pixels from the initial sampling point each time you stop and resume painting.

4 Select Use All Layers in the options bar to sample data from all visible layers; deselect Use All Layers to sample

only from the active layer.

5 Set the sampling point by positioning the pointer in any open image and Alt-clicking (Windows) or Option-

clicking (Mac OS).

6 Drag over the area of the image you want to correct.