ironman6626 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Hello, any help and guidance would be very much appreciated. After installing the liquify plugin an smudge..the clone stamp no longer works. V3.5.10 uninstalled and reloaded again..the installer grabbed the two plugins and put back into tools..Still doesn't function.. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdnnoob Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Just a wild shot in the dark... Make sure you downloaded the plugins from this forum and not from an outside source. If you downloaded from elsewhere, the plugins are likely out of date. My clone tool works great, and I have both plugins installed. No, Paint.NET is not spyware...but, installing it is an IQ test. ~BoltBait Blend modes are like the filling in your sandwich. It's the filling that can change your experience of the sandwich. ~Ego Eram Reputo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 With all due respect - are you using the clone stamp correctly? You need to define the source point FIRST by clicking with the CTRL key held down, THEN you use the stamp like a repositioning paintbrush. More>> http://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/CloneStamp.html ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironman6626 Posted June 21, 2013 Author Share Posted June 21, 2013 yes,...i've been usung it for almost two years without any problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 OK. Go through the steps you're using. Be as specific as you can, because we'll be trying to reproduce what you're doing. Edit: One last thought - are you trying to use the clone stamp tool from a layer which is transparent? ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironman6626 Posted June 23, 2013 Author Share Posted June 23, 2013 Thank you guys for your assisting me. I got it straightened out. i went so far as to load an earlier version with the same result of nothing happening. All along I had been trying to use the left control key. (which is how I have always done it) Today I slid over and tried the right side control key and it worked! Don't know why but something had triggered the left control key not to work with paint, as this control key worked for everything else.Once the clone tool responded to the right control key..no problem works fine now on the left key...So strange!...a hic up of some kind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Glad you got it sorted. Maybe your keyboard is wearing out? ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindshift Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 I also couldn't get the clone tool to work, and would get the message: "Could not use the Clone Stamp because the area to clone has not been set. Use Ctrl+Click to set the anchor point." My problem was definitely caused by a worn out keyboard. Thanks EER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Glad you got things figured out, but please note that this is a very old thread, and any software fixes would probably be obsolete after almost three years. :-) Next time you have an issue, feel free to open a new thread. Thank you! The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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