Re: Clone brush problem

Barry Katcher wrote:
> 
> Hello, people.
> 
> Can anyone tell me why I'm suddenly getting these squiggly non-cloned
> diagonal strokes when I use the clone brush.  You can see from the
settings
> that the mode is Normal, hardness 100%, etc., etc., but it's not cloning
> properly.

It is cloning properly. However, I suspect you haven't set it
up correctly for you application. If you look in the Material
Palette you will most likely find you have a Texture set for
the foreground material. In PSP the material texture controls
the transparency of brush impressions, including among the
brush tools the Clone tool. Where the texture is black the
impression is transparent and where the texture is white the
impression is opaque. Grey gives intermediate transparency.

Duh!  Let me repeat that.  Duh!

I had just used that texture on another photo - stupid of me not to 
recogonize it.

Thanks.

"Spandex Rutabaga" <SpRu@agabatur.xednaps> wrote in message 
news:47D1751D.322724EF@agabatur.xednaps...
>
> Barry Katcher wrote:
>>
>> Hello, people.
>>
>> Can anyone tell me why I'm suddenly getting these squiggly non-cloned
>> diagonal strokes when I use the clone brush.  You can see from the 
>> settings
>> that the mode is Normal, hardness 100%, etc., etc., but it's not
cloning
>> properly.
>
> It is cloning properly. However, I suspect you haven't set it
> up correctly for you application. If you look in the Material
> Palette you will most likely find you have a Texture set for
> the foreground material. In PSP the material texture controls
> the transparency of brush impressions, including among the
> brush tools the Clone tool. Where the texture is black the
> impression is transparent and where the texture is white the
> impression is opaque. Grey gives intermediate transparency.
> 

Barry Katcher wrote:
> 
> Duh!  Let me repeat that.  Duh!
> 
> I had just used that texture on another photo - stupid of me not to
> recogonize it.

Whenever brushes seem to go weird check four things:
1. Tool Options settings. Press Reset in the Presets droplist
   when in doubt.
2. Brush Variance settings. Press Reset in the Brush Variance
   Palette and then make sure tablet pressure is not enabled
   for any setting.
3. Make sure your material doesn't have a texture associated
   with it.
4. Make sure there is no selection in your image controlling
   where you can paint. If there is one then Selections >
   Select None will not be greyed out and you should apply it.
In the case of the Clone Brush also make sure that the active
layer is not transparent where you are clicking to establish
the source. If it is then change the active layer or check
Sample Merged in the Tool Options. The various gotchas can be
unobvious.