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July 3, 2020
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Option/Alt Key doesn't work to define a source point.

  • July 3, 2020
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 I tried researching this in Adobe Support and haven't yer found an answer that worked, even though there were answers given to my prbolem on the site. Whenever I use the Clone Stamp or Healing Brush Tool the curser doesn't not change nor does else anything happen when I click on the Alt/Option key in order to define a source point. I am using Photoshop 2020 but I have had this same problem in my Photoshop CS5 before. I have tried everything including restoring everything back to it's original defaults and restarting the Photoshop. NOTHING works....I really would like an answer to this problem because these are key features of Photoshop that I need to use.

Thanks, Wesley Wong

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    Ronald Keller
    Legend
    July 3, 2020

    Wesley,

    A long time ago I had this same problem. It took me a while to find the culprit. It was another program that steeled the Alt key. The problem is that I cannot remember if it was a program or a Windows setting somewhere.

    Is it only with the clone stamp or healing brush or everywhere in Photoshop? As an example: does Alt + Backspace fills with the foreground color. Another example: with the brush tool active does Alt click shows the color picker?

    graceful_Enchantment15C2
    graceful_Enchantment15C2Author
    Participating Frequently
    July 4, 2020

    Ronald,

    I don't really understand what you were trying to ask me in your examples.

    1) Alt + Backpace ? What do mean by Backspace ?  

    2) When my brush tool is active and I Alt click it doesn't show the color picker burt it doesn't affect my using the brush so I don't understand what your saying. 

    Regarding whether this happens only with the clone stamp and the healing brush....yes it only happens when I need to choose another source point using the alt/option button. I use Mac by the way. 

     

    Thanks, Wesley

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    walterfullick
    Participant
    July 3, 2020

     

    hello, my name is Walter, I too have this problem why is this happening and nothing happening about it ????

    graceful_Enchantment15C2
    graceful_Enchantment15C2Author
    Participating Frequently
    July 4, 2020

    Walter, 

    Thank you, it's nice to know I'm not going crazy and that you have not found a solution for it as well. You'd think somebody from Adobe would figure this problem out.........

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