VectorCat Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 when using clone tool, a message appears saying “you must press and hold to set a source” or words to that effect. I press and hold but no cloning is then enabled when I try to...clone. I know what clone/rubber stamp tools do....you need to instruct app which pixels are the source, and then you brush to deposit them elsewhere. after pressing and holding, I don’t see anything indicating, “press and hold registered. proceed with cloning.” I do see a little teensie crosshairs, indicating source, which of course moves as you move the stylus, but no cloning/rubber stamping occurs. is there a...special kind of “press and hold” that I’m not getting? Thank you! Edit: using the history tool, I swept forward and backward and it *appears* that I sources one layer, painted on another, despite having the layer I wanted to work on as the layer I was actually on (according to the layer studio). Seems like a very powerful feature, but the visual information I was given didn’t support the actual behavior that I got..curious. I’m using the latest version.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted September 14, 2018 Staff Share Posted September 14, 2018 Hi @VectorCat, Is that a Pixel Layer or Image layer? As for the actual tool, it does not give you any text feedback that you successfully picked a source spot. It does have the cross-hair showing where your source is. At the bottom, you would see an arrow to the right. Tap on that until you see "Source". That's your source layer. Make sure you have the right option selected, according to your needs. Thanks, Gabe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorCat Posted September 14, 2018 Author Share Posted September 14, 2018 yeah, the crosshairs appeared. layer says, “Pixel” above the name I gave it. initially, tho crosshairs visible, the result of painting was not; turns out I’d been painting on another layer without knowing it.. I went back in in the history to a point prior to the weird (to me) behavior and got the clone tool to behave like a scalpel..beautifully. based on my (newbie) experience, can you guess at what mistake I made? I’m new to affinity photo, not new to image editing. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted September 14, 2018 Staff Share Posted September 14, 2018 4 minutes ago, VectorCat said: turns out I’d been painting on another layer without knowing it.. You pretty much described the issue. You were painting on the wrong layer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorCat Posted September 14, 2018 Author Share Posted September 14, 2018 yeah..if it had been a snake it would’ve bit me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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