In Adobe Photoshop it is important to configure each tool appropriately. We cannot forget that it is the oldest of the cloning tools but it allows many things if we use it correctly. Or maybe you have to go to any other tool.
A setting for one image may not work at all for another. We can find a multitude of problems if we do not configure the tool correctly. It is almost like cutting and pasting.īut I wish everything was so simple. It does not make any changes in color or light to adapt to the new environment.
The fundamental difference from more advanced cloning tools is that it directly copies what we ask of you. The Clone Stamp tool is useful for duplicating objects or removing defects in an image. You can also paint part of one layer on another layer. The Clone Stamp tool paints one part of an image over another part of the same image or over another part of any open document that has the same color mode. We just have to mark the area we want to copy and click the space we want to hide: The Clone Stamp tool appeared in the first version of Adobe Photoshop when it was only supported by Apple Macintoshs.
In this article we are going to explain how to handle the Clone Stamp in the most efficient way possible. With the passage of time others have appeared, such as a Correction Brush, but it has always remained there, on the front line. But the original has always worked better. All programs that want to get closer to it must have it within their codes. The Clone Stamp tool is one of the enduring gems of Adobe Photoshop. The clone stamp tool is an easy and versatile tool to use and it also has an advanced feature: the offset in time.The Clone Stamp tool is one of the enduring gems of Adobe Photoshop.
If needed, we can bring down the hardness but not too much as the feather effect might expose parts of the designated area. Now the clone stamp tool is attached to the tracker so it will move accordingly, perfectly covering the designated area in the footage Next, we need to go back in the layer track panel and in the view section, we’ll switch back to Paint. It’s important to notice that keyframes are being pasted on the current position of the time indicator so it’s vital to bring the cursor to the beginning of the composition in the timeline area Then we’ll move down to the position property of the Clone Stamp tool and we’re going to paste the keyframes. Next, we need to bring down the properties of the footage layer by pressing on the little arrow next to the layer and we’ll select the “Attach Point” of the track point and we’ll copy the keyframes by pressing Ctrl+C (Command+C) and macOS. We’ll click “track motion” and move the tracking point on top of the tracking point from the scene In the layer panel we’ll choose the view to “none”, and we’ll bring up the tracker by choosing window-tracker. We’ll need to animate the position of the paint stroke Now, scrubbing through the video, we see that our paint stroke stays in the same area and it doesn’t move. This will result in pixels from the sample area being painted on top of the designated painting area Once the sampling has been done, position the brush tool over the tracking point and click. We now need to alt-click on option-click on macs on a clean area to select a sample area to paint on the top of the motion tracker Next, we’ll bring down the hardness property a bit, so we can have a bit of feather on the edges We’ll choose the brush panel and extend the window if needed, so we can see better Choose the clone stamp tool from the panel and if the panel doesn’t automatically open you can bring it up by pressing the “Toggle the Paint panels” button. We’ll replace the motion tracking points with green from the rest of the background and for this example we’ll choose this point. In this example we’ll remove the motion tracking points from this scene, so we can then obtain a perfect chroma key To use the clone stamp tool we need to open the layer panel so double-click on the footage to do that First, select import-file and choose your video and create a new composition by dragging it onto the new comp button at the bottom of the Project Panel. Let go ahead and take a look at this tool in action This tool works similarly with the clone stamp tool from Adobe Photoshop and it’s usually used to remove objects from different shots. In After Effects you can replace pixels from a scene with pixels from another scene by using the Clone Stamp tool.