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September 27, 2018
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Cloning question

  • September 27, 2018
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I was shooting some photos next to a lake on a windy day and found when I processed those images that there were spots where some water drops had landed on the lens and I ended up having to use the clone tool to try to clean those up. In some cases there was not much source image to use to try to fix the bad spots and I had to reset the source spot after every replacement, and that made me wonder if there was some way to tell PS to always use the same source location for each subsequent replacement strip. As it is now if I don't return to the same starting point (say horizontally), then a subsequent clone strip will start off where the old one stopped.

Is there any way to do this?

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Correct answer Eugenio.NYC

Hi there

Deselect the aligned setting

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Muqqarib Hassan
Inspiring
September 27, 2018

Hi, Try to use this Spot healing tool. It will help you to solve your issue.

Thanks.

Known Participant
September 27, 2018

> Hi, Try to use this Spot healing tool. It will help you to solve your issue.

Thanks for the suggestion, but the area to be fixed is too large for the spot healing brush and the only tool that seems appropriate is the clone tool.

c.pfaffenbichler
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Community Expert
September 27, 2018

Do you mean the »Aligned« setting in the Options Bar?

Eugenio.NYC
Eugenio.NYCCorrect answer
Participating Frequently
September 27, 2018

Hi there

Deselect the aligned setting

Known Participant
September 27, 2018

Thank you. That seems to do exactly what I wanted.