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If you mean the stamp ool (any tool, really), then show tool options and set opacity to 100%. Or just type a nubmer with he tool active. 0 for 100%, 1 for 10%, etc.
I’ve tried both Source and Destination. I have also looked it up in help. As far as I can tell, it should not even have an opacity setting. But, I know when I use it, it is not doing what it has formerly done when I used it for changes. So, I’m at a loss. Thanks for the suggestions though.
I’m using 6. I’ve been paying some attentiopn o added features, but since I am due to get upgraded to CS (anytime now), I figure I’ll see it when I see it. That’s why Patch isn’t familiar to me.
I’m having a similar problem. I’ve searched Adobe support and the forums but didn’t find any comment other than to make sure you’ve deselected a previous selection or ensuring the correct layer is targetted. In my case I’m trying to use the patch tool to fill a transparent area in the layer.
Here’s my process: – target the layer I’m trying to fix – make sure there is no selection active – choose patch tool and click "source" in option bar – drag a selection around the area I want to repair (transparent area) – drag the selection to the the area I want to sample from (non-transparent area) – the preview shows the sample area, but when I release the mouse button, the preview disappears and the selection remains unpatched!
Ann, I just tried using "Destination" instead of "Source" and got the same result: As long as I continue holding the mouse button, the preview is visible, but as soon as I release the mouse button, the preview disappears and the image is left unpatched…
Hmm. It’s starting to look like the patch tool simply won’t work on a transparent area — which doesn’t make any sense to me…
Using Destination, draw a marquee with the Patch tool over the image area and pull the marquee into the transparent area. Cmd. D to drop the Selection.
The patch will be 100% solid as there is nothing in the transparent area with which to blend.
It behaves totally differently if there is the slightest hint of color in the "transparent" area; and also if you pull the Patch to overlap both filled pixels and transparent ones.
Ann; I’m not doubting your process — I’m just saying that for whatever reason, it’s not working for me. When I drag the patch tool selection (destination mode) to the transparent area and release the mouse button, the transparent area remains unchanged. Interestingly, if I drag the selection partly over a transparent area and partly over an image area, only the image area is affected by the patch.
If it works for you and not for me, maybe it’s a preferences/tool configuration problem on my part. I’d just like to know what that might be.
In any case, I’ve done what Buko suggested as a work around and moved on.
From the results that you were getting, I am certain that your "transparent" area actually contained partially filled pixels (even a 1% fill, which would LOOK transparent,) will cause the Patch tool to work in the way that yours did.
To see the difference make a new layer by copying an unfeathered Selection (Cmd. J). Turn off visibility in all other layers. Now you will have a truly transparent background and the Patch tool will behave in the way that I described.
