Expert: Dyllian Rancharan - 1/30/2008

Question
this clone stamp is really hard i can't do nothin with it can you give me a hint please

Answer
Hi Steven,

The clone stamp is one of the coolest and one of the mostly used tools in photoshop, it is also one of my favorites along with the lasso tool. I have found a nice tutorial to help you with the tool.

You can find a nice tutorial here: http://iit.bloomu.edu/vthc/Photoshop/enhancing/cloningstamp.htm
or you can also visit here:
http://www.arraich.com/ref/aatool_clone6.htm

There are infinite possibilities with the clone stamp. Some of the uses i give the clone stamp is to make objects disappear, to duplicate and object, to extend (bleed) a certain project, to imitate a pattern, to blend, and many other uses. As I mentioned before, the clone stamp is one of the mostly used tools.

I will now give you some examples on how to accomplish certain projects. Lets say you found this really cool dessert picture and u want to use it as wall paper, but there is an ugly dead carcas on the sand dunes. Well with the magic of the clone tool you can clone the near by sand and cover the carcas with the sand using the right radius and brush. Thats one example of making objects disappear. ANother sample is to duplicate objects, lets say you have a project where you want to create a corn field but only have a patch of corn, well with the clone tool you can "CLONE" the corn as many times as you want.

Now lets go into detail, to accomplish this and many other amazing tricks first you need to select the clone tool, on the top left of your screen you should see some options, depending on the size of the object you want to clone you should select the radius of your brush. My favorite is the 45 and from there i reduce or enlarge the size using the Master Diameter. Once you have chosen the right size you can practice using the tool. Remember that practice is key. To undo if you make a mistake you can go back to the menu>edit>undo or shortcut keys are control+z if you are using a PC or command+z if you're using a Mac.

Let me know if you need any further help.
Regards,
Dyllian