Cloning a Region of an Image

The Clone tool lets you copy a region of the layer and paint it on a destination area. For example, if your clone source includes a sailboat, when you paint on the destination area, the sailboat will be replicated. The clone source and destination occupy the same layer. To clone part of one layer on a different layer, use the Reveal tool—see Revealing Parts of an Image.

To clone part of a layer and paint it on the same layer:

1. Under Stroke, select the Clone operation.

   The brush changes from green to red.

2. Set Pressure and Blend attributes—see Blend Modes.
3. Set the brush attributes—see Paint Brush Controls and Attributes.
4. To clone the contents of a different frame than the one you are currently viewing, enter its frame number in the Slip field.

   In this example, the sailboat will be cloned to a location further to the right.

   
5. Set the source area of the clone and the target destination for the clone by pressing Ctrl and clicking once. When you click the canvas, the red brush is anchored and the green brush reappears.
   
   NoteThe Preview option offers a more intuitive way of previewing the effects of the reveal. When you enable Preview, the layer is superimposed over itself, and the Opacity field is activated to allow for transparency adjustments. This allows you to see exactly what your brush strokes will clone.
6. Position the green brush over the destination area, then click + drag the canvas to create the clone stroke. The offsets are made and immediately shown in the X and Y Offset fields.

   The green and red brushes are now locked into positions relative to each other and move in tandem.

   
7. To set precise coordinates for the reveal offset, use the X and Y Offset fields.
   
   

   Cloning of a sailboat in preview mode.

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