(New topic text goes here.)This tool allows you to "clone" a part of an image and then paste it elsewhere. It is useful if you have an image that needs retouching and it would be appropriate to use a similar color and pattern from elsewhere in the image.
Click on Duplicate on the Tools bar.
Select a brush mode from the "Texture Brush Options" dialog (see Brushes). This will determine the shape of the area to be cloned.
Select a mode in Mode (see Brush modes).
Change the degree of transparency in Opacity.
Next, press Alt on the keyboard and click once on the area that you want to clone.
Move the pointer to the area you want to paste to and press on the mouse button for a couple of seconds. The clone will be pasted in the shape of the brushstroke you chose. Drag the mouse if you wish to duplicate over a larger area.
Note that cloning can duplicate every part of an image window, starting from the paste point and copying everything that the cross moves over. The original position of the cross coincides with the copy point. If you wish to clone within a selected area you can use one of the selection tools first (see Selections).
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