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heatherm59177256
heatherm59177256
Participant
May 4, 2017
Question

After Effects Clone Stamp Tool

Having an issue with the clone stamp.

I've got the layer I want to work with. I've made sure I am in the layer, not the composition. I've selected the clone tool. I hold down the Option key and click where I want to clone from. I see the crosshairs come up. After clicking I let go of the option key. I click where I want to clone to and drag my curser. I see the crosshairs moving where I previously clicked, but nothing is copying over to where I am dragging my curser around. My brush opacity and flow are at 100%. I go down to my timeline. I can see that a "Clone 1" was made in the effects on my current layer. I check my stroke options again there. Opacity and flow are at 100%. I can see the path my stroke has just taken. But nothing has coped over. I am left with my original image.

Any ideas as to what setting I am missing? I've searched through many tutorials and forums and have not found an answer that has worked yet.

Thanks!

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    ammrk21987759
    Participant
    February 12, 2024

    Came across this issue, and considering the responses below don't present this solution.

    The issue is most likely due to Channels set to Alpha and not RGB, RGBA. Hopefully this helps anyone coming across this in the future.

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      Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
      Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
      Legend
      July 18, 2017

      Hi Heather M,

      Still having trouble with this effect? Please let us know so that we can assist you further.

      Thanks,
      Kevin

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      Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
      Jakob J Dominguez
      Jakob J Dominguez
      Participant
      October 24, 2020

      I'm having the same problem as well. The layer I am trying to clone stamp won't work. Weirdly enough another layer that I used the clone stamp for worked great. It's just that one layer. 

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      Mike_Abbott
      Mike_Abbott
      Legend
      June 16, 2017

      Check your paint panel settings - particularly things like channels, mode...

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        netlunacy
        Participant
        June 19, 2017

        Hi Mike,

        Thank you for your suggestion. Actually I found out the problem was on the "Brushes" settings, under Brush Dynamics> Size. The default was set to pen pressure and once turned of, it gave the regular results of the Roto Brush tool.

        I hope it helps the others too.

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        netlunacy
        Participant
        June 16, 2017

        Hi all,

        I'm also having the same problem and I'm sending a screen to see if someone can help us. The red "crosshairs" in the yellow rectangle are the ones mentioned by heatherm59177256.​ I've tried using the roto brush, but instead of copying the blood from the top, it only gives me those thin lines as the brush size was ridiculously small. My brush size it at 28px at the moment. Also paling opacity and flow at 100%.

        Any help would be must appreciated.

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        tracyh96351036
        tracyh96351036
        Participant
        May 13, 2017

        I'm having the same problem. But if I open the photo directly in Photoshop from my desktop (vs. opening Photoshop when my photo is in Lightroom), the clone tool works.

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        Mylenium
        Mylenium
        Legend
        May 4, 2017

        Show us screenshots of the result and your clone brush settings as well as your timeline.


        Mylenium

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