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Clone Stamp tool

Clone Stamp tool - Photoshop Tutorial

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Clone Stamp tool

- [Instructor] The next tool I'd like to show you is normally used in photo retouch, but we can achieve some interesting effects with it in our digital painting, too. So let's have a look at the Clone Stamp tool. We find it over here in the toolbar, and when we have the Clone Stamp tool active, the first thing that we have to do is we have to define a clone source point. We do that by clicking and holding the alt key. Our cursor becomes these cross hairs, and now we can click where we want the clone source to be located. Let's say over here. Now if I paint with the Clone Stamp tool, the clone source will be copied to the point where I start my painting. And if I move away, the clone source will be moved accordingly. You can see the little white plus icon that indicates the location of our clone source. We can change this behavior by unchecking the aligned option up here in the options bar. Now whenever ever we start a stroke with the Clone Stamp tool, it will always be using the…

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