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March 23, 2024
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Clone stamp / bit depth issue

  • March 23, 2024
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Hope I can find help here.  I need to copy between 2 pics.  Clone stamp says my 2 images have different bit depth but they don't.  Same photo session, same camera, same lens, etc.  Photos were taken within minutes of each other.  I need to copy sky from one pic to the other.  How can I get my clone stamp to work?  Photoshop has been updated 25.6.0 version.

 

Thanks for (simple) answers please 🙂 

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Correct answer D Fosse

The question is how the raw file has been processed, not how it was originally shot. That it's the same camera is irrelevant.

 

The bit depth is set in ACR's workflow options. The default used to be 8 bits per channel, this was fairly recently changed to 16 bits per channel. If it comes from Lightroom, this is set in Lightroom Preferences > External Editing, where the default has always been 16 bits per channel.

 

All that said - this is a somewhat awkward way to do it. It's much simpler to just stack them and use layer masks.

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c.pfaffenbichler
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March 23, 2024

Please set the Status Bar to »Document Profile« and post meaningful screenshots with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Options Bar, …) visible.

D Fosse
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D FosseCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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March 23, 2024

The question is how the raw file has been processed, not how it was originally shot. That it's the same camera is irrelevant.

 

The bit depth is set in ACR's workflow options. The default used to be 8 bits per channel, this was fairly recently changed to 16 bits per channel. If it comes from Lightroom, this is set in Lightroom Preferences > External Editing, where the default has always been 16 bits per channel.

 

All that said - this is a somewhat awkward way to do it. It's much simpler to just stack them and use layer masks.

PhiliciaEAuthor
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March 23, 2024

You were so right.  When I process both files in ACR all was fine.  The problem was when only one file was processed and other left untouched.  Many thanks!

Bojan Živković11378569
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March 23, 2024

I am still running the previous update, so I cannot check on my end. If that's not a bug, then try to reset the tool; if that doesn't work, attempt a preference reset.