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maciejk88927879
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April 1, 2020
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Paint on Transparent not working in Clone Stamp Tool

  • April 1, 2020
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Hi there. I've got a layer of video where I want to paint out an object using clone stamp tool, and I'm using a layer below (of the same video) as background. I only want to use the top layer as a paintout. Everything is okay until I tick Paint on Transparent. Then my clone stamp disappears, revealing the object I want to paint out. When I solo the layer, it is just a transparent grid, so no information on it...

Anything I'm doing wrong?

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    Rick GerardCommunity Expert
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    April 1, 2020

    If you are using the clone tool and you want to use Paint On Transparent you will need a copy of the layer to use as a source for clone source and you will have to have RGBA selected as channels. 

     

    The easiest way to do this is to duplicate the footage layer, name the copy and turn off the visibility of the copy, open up the Paint Workspace, select the original layer, select the Clone tool (CTRL/CMND + b) Select the Source and source options in the Paint Panel, and start painting. You will have to have Paint On Transparent turned to be able to see what you are doing in the layer panel but you will be able to turn it on after you have painted the new strokes. 

     

    If you think about it the requirement for a Source layer makes sense because you need the pixels to sample to come from somewhere. 

     

    If you want to do all of your clone work first you can duplicate the layer later and just point to it in the options in the timeline later.

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    oskarmatzerath
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    April 23, 2022

    I'm going to add to this, because for a couple of years now I've tried these steps and they haven't worked, but I just figured out the part that none of these solutions I've seen have mentioned that got it working for me.

    First off, you can't just add paint by clicking the clone brush and starting to paint. (Maybe you can, but it hasn't worked for me.) Instead, if you're painting on transparent, you have to first apply the paint effect by going to Effect-->Paint.

    Next: When you alt-click to choose your source area for the clone brush, it automatically changes the "source" in the paint options back to your clone layer--so alt-click, reset your source layer to be the source footage, and paint. (You have to do this every time you alt-click another layer.) This is the part that has stymied me for years!

    Once that's done, then you can choose "paint on transparent" and only your clone strokes will remain.

    Whew!

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