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Hi
I want to select an irregular area to be cloned, but I cannot get the Spot removal's click-and-drag option to work. The tool only give me circles. Have read that SHIFT should be pressed before mouse click, but still only circles.
Any ideas? I tried removing the preferences file, as suggested somewhere on a forum, but that did not solve the problem
Dagfinn
System: Mac Mini with macOS Sierra. Software LR4.
This form of irregular shape cloning was only introduced in more recent versions: Lightroom version 4 can only do circles.
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Did you choose Clone after selecting the tool?
See image below:
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The Spot removal tool should work in HEAL or CLONE modes by either-
1. A single L-Click to Heal one spot.
2. Hold the Left-mouse button and draw (drag) over any shaped area.
3. L-Click one spot, release the mouse button, then re-position the cursor, hold [Shift] and click the mouse a second time- draws a straight line between the two clicks. (Great for cloning out power-lines on skies!)
4. Relocate the 'Source' area to choose the effect for Heal or Clone.
Both Heal and Clone modes work by providing two circles/shapes-
1. The spot/area where clicked/drawn is the 'Destination'
2. The secondary spot is the 'Source' for the Heal/Clone. (Hit / key to try an auto-locate of the 'Source' )
If you system is not working like this, then maybe resetting the Preference file will correct it.
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This form of irregular shape cloning was only introduced in more recent versions: Lightroom version 4 can only do circles.
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Thank you richardplondon - that answered my question.