The Clone Stamp Tool

[georgiabrat1978]

I have seen this on the "tools" window, but I don't know what it does. What is this tool for?

[ecptime]

You can duplicate one area from an image into another area of the same image, check under help tab from within Paint.net it has a pretty good explantation of how to use this feature.

hope this helps

Dan

[Ash]

http://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/en/CloneStamp.html

But try to start from http://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/en/index.html

It will be good to learn the whole thing.

[MegaMamaTX]

I wrote a tutorial for my CafeMom group. Perhaps it will help you understand the Clone Stamp tool better.

http://www.cafemom.com/group/14125/boards/read.php?post_id=1166271

[UFWHOA]

this following information was mentioned in another topic I found when I did a search to understand more of what the clone stamp tool was capable of:

If you change the transparency of the primary color, by clicking on the "more" option in the color wheel window and adjusting the alpha value anywhere from 0-255, you affect the alpha value (transparency/opacity) of the cloning.

here's the topic I found it in.

http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=21190

one of of the many joys of using the search function hehe

Edit: I just realized that the transparency only works with anti-aliasing enabled, if you disable that, then the fill of the clone stamp brush will be opaque (solid).

[ecptime]

How did they select that whole area to be cloned, when I use the cloning tool I am able to just clone by the size of the dot, it looks like they used some sort of outlining tool to select a area to be loned

Dan

[Myrddin]

How did they select that whole area to be cloned, when I use the cloning tool I am able to just clone by the size of the dot, it looks like they used some sort of outlining tool to select a area to be loned

Dan

Where, in the example picture at the top of the linked topic? If so, then that was just a larger brush width, it's perfectly possible. Try it yourself: select a larger brush size*, Alt + Click on part of the image, and start 'painting'.

It took me a day or two to get accustomed to how the Clone Stamp is used, but has been invaluable since.

*actually, I say to use a larger size, yet you can do that with any size, even on a width of one, it just might take longer.