Plus Sign Follows Clone Stamp Tool

[abhijit_sarkar]

PS CC 21.1.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.4. Using the Clone Stamp tool, I see a plus sign following the cursor that makes it difficult to see the area I'm working om. I expect the plus sign to show up while sampling, but not afterwards. See screenshot below:

Clone Stamp Settings are:
Custom brush, size 20 px, hardness 0%. Mode: Normal, Opacity: 100%, Flow: 80%, Aligned: Checked, Sample: Current Layer

Video: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9kwq06qocpyzxiw/Clone%20Stamp%20480p.mov?dl=0

[Barbara Ash · Accepted solution]

Try the keyboard shortcut Command-H. That should hide the crosshair. You can use that keyboard shortcut to toggle it on and off.

[abhijit_sarkar]

What is the crosshair supposed to do when I'm working (not sampling)? I'm guessing if it's there, someone had a use for it in their mind.

[gener7 · Accepted solution]

The crosshair shows where the sample point is. As you move your brush to clone, it follows your brush. If it's too close, sample (alt-click) then move your brush far enough from where you sampled, so the sample point won't get in the way when you begin cloning.

[gener7]

Glad to have helped. Two things I should never do before bedtime: Eat food and answer forum questions. 😐

[*sabra]

I don't understand how using Command+H resolved this issue. Command+H hides the current program on a mac, hence, it hid Photoshop. I tried just H and that just switched tools. Is there any other way to turn off the crosshair?

This just started happening out of the blue and its really annoying... I know where I sampled and don't need that crosshair in my way

[gener7]

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[gener7]

Caps Lock toggles the crosshairs on/off for the painting tools. Did you check?

If this still persists, you may need to reset Preferences

[*sabra]

Hi,

The cap lock did not make a difference.

I'll try resetting the prefs - thanks for the suggestion.