I use the clone stamp for very fine detail (using CS3). Why, when I sample one pixel, it clones four? I have six books on CS3 and can't find the answer. I am using a basic hard 1 pixel brush with 100% opacity, flow, and hardness.
In other words, when I sample one red pixel, I get four pixels in various shades of red. This frustrates me so much, that I use my son's Paint Shop Pro program when I need to do a lot of clone work.
#1
Use the pencil tool when single pixel hardness is needed.
#2
How do I clone with the pencil tool?
#3
Yes, brush results not pure color, because brush draws circle, use pencil can solve this problem
#4
If you are dealing in single pixels, you are copying the color rather than cloning; else you would not be concerned with single pixels. With one finger on the Alt key, you can easily swap between sampling and filling the pixel of choice. Or we are not understanding your question.
#5
Using the clone tool, I sample one pixel (with the Alt key), and move to another area to fill. The "fill" area becomes four pixels. I did not have this problem with CS2.
Yes, I want to clone (copy) one colored pixel to another area. Am I missing a setting? Should I reinstall CS3? Does CS4 have this problem? Returning to CS2 is not an option.
Until I can resolve this problem, I will continue to use Paint Shop Pro for detailed clone work. It just seems ridiculous that a $59 program can do what CS3 can't.
I appreciate any and all suggestions.
#6
clone one pixel? why not just paint it?
#7
I only have CS4 here, but using a square 1 pixel brush and having an image zoomed into 1600% (bringing up the pixel grid) with the eyedropper tool set to point sample - I can get one pixel successfully cloned.
I do find that the square brush has to be lined up exactly with the square on the grid. Being outside the parameters results in more than one being applied. In other words, clicking on the intersecting line between 4 boxes results in four pixels, between two, two.
#8
Thank you Harold. The square brush clones a single pixel. I assumed that a square brush would behave like a round one, so I hadn't tried it.
Thank you. Thank you.
#9
You're very welcome. I was curious after reading your post so I thought I'd try it.
I do find that I have to be accurate with the placement on the grid or I'll get more than one.
#10
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You're very welcome. I was curious after reading your post so I thought I'd try it.
I do find that I have to be accurate with the placement on the grid or I'll get more than one.
you can set guides to the grids then use>> SNAP to guides
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