SonOfBenway Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 I used to be able to select an area to be cloned, and then see that selected area in the clone tool when I moved the cursor to the destination. Has this feature been removed, or are my settings wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Hello @SonOfBenway and welcome to the forum I just tested it in the brand new version of paint.net v.5.0.13 and it is working for me. Whilst using this tool takes a bit of time to get the hang of it, it seems to work. Remember you have to hold down the Ctrl. key when you click/anchor on the area you want to copy. Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tactilis Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 2 hours ago, SonOfBenway said: I used to be able to select an area to be cloned, and then see that selected area in the clone tool when I moved the cursor to the destination. Are you talking about paint.net or have you mixed it up with a different image editing app? What you have described is not how the Clone Stamp tool works. See https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/CloneStamp.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonOfBenway Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 I've been using Paint.NET for 19 years - here's what I mean. I could swear you used to be able to see the selection area inside the clone stamp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 That looks like how the 'ellipse selection' tool works when it's selected, then moved? Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution SonOfBenway Posted March 6 Author Solution Share Posted March 6 Jeez, I'm an idiot. It's Photoshop that does that. Sorry to waste everyone's time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 I dunno that might be an interesting thing to add though Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 1 hour ago, Rick Brewster said: I dunno that might be an interesting thing to add though I was just about to suggest that 😁 Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tactilis Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 1 hour ago, Rick Brewster said: I dunno that might be an interesting thing to add though I'm not sure I understand how this would work: a. You'd see an exact copy of the 'Clone-from' area in the 'Clone-to' brush circle? Or would what you see be adjusted according to the Hardness setting? or b. You'd see an exact copy of the 'Clone-from' area in the 'Clone-to' brush circle - but only while the mouse button is up? When you hold the mouse button down, you get to see the cloned image applied to the layer, just like you do now, based on Hardness setting, Blending Mode, etc? If b) then what happens when you let go of the mouse button, so it's now up again? Does the 'Clone-to' area go back to showing a copy of the 'Clone-from' area? If so, then this will obscure the piece of image that you just applied. I don't get it. But then I don't know how Photoshop's clone stamp works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonOfBenway Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 It looks like this - https://imgur.com/a/ld0TRxr IDK why the selection circle isn't showing up with the ShareX screen recording, but you get the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tactilis Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 @SonOfBenway In paint.net you can already do exactly what your video shows. Read the Tools -> Move Tools documentation. Specifically here: 'Move or Rotate a copy of a selection' https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/MoveTools.html#12 Hold down Ctrl as you do the move to move a copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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