Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
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Clone Overlay
. The Clone Stamp starts out using a clipped overlay, the same way the
Healing Brush does. Your options for adjusting the overlay are the same, too (
The Heal-
settings you choose here apply when you use the Healing Brush and vice versa.
The Clone Stamp is a powerful tool, but it's crotchety, too. The box on
Keeping the Clone
Stamp Under Control
suggests some ways to make it behave.
Content-Aware Fill
Few things that Adobe has come up with in the past few years have caused as much buzz as
Photoshop's Content-Aware Fill command, which makes fixing problem areas in your photos
as easy as making a selection. And now it's available in Elements, too.
TROUBLESHOOTING MOMENT: KEEPING THE CLONE STAMP UNDER
CONTROL
The Clone Stamp is a great tool, but it sometimes has a mind of its own.
If you suddenly see spots of a different shade appearing as you clone, take a look at the Tool Op-
tions area's Aligned checkbox, which has a tendency to insist on staying turned on. Even if you
turn it off, it can turn itself back on when you aren't looking.
Once in a great while, the Clone Stamp just won't reset itself when you try to select a new sample
point. In that case, try clicking the little four-line square at the right end of the Tool Options area
and choosing Reset Tool, as shown in
Figure 9-7
. If that doesn't do it, quit the Editor and then re-
launch it and delete Elements' preferences file. Here's how: Go to Edit→Preferences→General/
Photoshop Elements Editor→Preferences→General, click the button labeled “Reset Preferences
on next launch,” and then restart the Editor. This returns all the Editor's settings to where they
were the first time you launched the program, and usually cures about 80 percent of the problems
you may run into in Elements.
