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Alfred's Serif Users' Forums → PhotoPlus → Cloning
I'm sure that I used to clone by putting the cursor on, say, a head then alt/click and reposition the circle and click. This would paste the head in the new position. But this doesn't work now. I can put the cursor on the head, alt/click, move the mouse, click to insert the image in the new position, but it won't insert. What am I doing wrong?
Alt-clicking defines the source origin (i.e. the starting point) but you need to make brush strokes to create the clone. If you want to stamp a copy of a particular area onto the destination image — which can be the original image or another (new or existing) one — you should make a selection with one or more of the Selection tools, copy that selected area, and then paste to the desired destination.
But how do I make a copy of my selection without moving the mouse?
I’m not sure why you’re worried about moving the mouse, but you can right-click and choose ‘Copy’ to put a copy of the selected region on the Windows clipboard.
But right clicking does not bring up the choice of copy.
Ctrl+C will copy the selection. Or use the Edit menu both to Copy and to Paste (as new Layer). The new Layer can be move to wherever you want it.
One problem is that when I move the mouse, and therefore the clone, the clone disappears within a couple of seconds. I can get it back by moving the clone slightly, but again, it's transient. I thought that when I did this before I could move the clone and it would paste into the pic when I right clicked. Am I remembering wrongly? I don't remember having to faff around with copy-and-paste.
I thought that when I did this before I could move the clone and it would paste into the pic when I right clicked.
What do you mean by ‘move the clone’? The idea is to make brush strokes as you would with the Paintbrush Tool, but instead of getting a solid colour (the current Foreground colour) you get a copy of the pixels under the source crosshair.
Thanks for all your help. However, I have reinstalled the software and it now works as I expected. No more cut and paste, just make the clone (alt & click) then move the mouse so the clone is where you want it, and click. Simples!
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