5.8. Clone Tool

The Clone tool uses the current brush to copy from a source point. The source point can be in an image or pattern.

Activate Tool

  • The Clone Tool can be called in the following order, from the image-menu: Tools/ Paint Tools/Clone .

  • The Tool can also be called by clicking the tool icon:

Key modifiers (Defaults)

Shortcut

The c key will change the active tool to Clone Tool.

Shift

Shift places the Clone Tool into straight line mode. Holding Shift while clicking Button1 will clone in a straight line. Consecutive clicks will continue cloning in straight lines that originate from the end of the last line.

Shift-Ctrl

Shift-Ctrl is used to create straight lines that are constrained to 15 degree absolute angles.

Options

Overview

The available tool options for the Clone Tool can be accessed by double clicking the Clone Tool icon.

Opacity

The Opacity slider sets the transparency level for the fill. A higher opacity setting results in a more opaque fill and a lower setting results in a more transparent fill.

Mode

The Mode dropdown list provides a selection of paint application modes. A list of these modes can be found in the glossary.

Brush

Indicates the active brush. Clicking on the brush icon opens the brush selection dialog.

Pattern

The selected pattern for the next fill. Clicking on the fill icon opens the fill selection dialog.

Hard Edge

By default the Convolver softens the edges of an area blurred or sharpened. The Hard Edge toggle changes this behavior. Any area convolved while this option is active will be convolved with no softening of the edge of the brush used.

Pressure Sensitivity, Druckempfindlichkeit

The Pressure Sensitivity section sets whether hardness, rate, or size will be affected by pressure for input devices that support this option.

Fade Out

With this option selected, the brush fades to transparent over a distance set in the Length field.

Source

You can choose a part of an image or a pattern to be used as source.

Alignment

The alignment mode sets how the source position is offset from each brush stroke. The Screenshots show the mouse cursor as a red rectangle and the source point as a black crosshair.

  • The Non Aligned mode takes the offset between the source point and the start of each new stroke.

  • The Aligned mode takes the offset between the source point and the start of the first stroke, and uses it as the offset for all subsequent strokes.

  • The Registered mode has no offset. If the source image is a different size to the destination image, the two will be aligned at the top left corner.