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Commercial Art

Lesson 7 - The Clone Stamp Tool

The Clone Stamp Tool

Learn to CLONE something and paste is somewhere else!

All video clips and images on this page courtesy of digitalartanddesign.org. 2014.

STEP #1

Take a snapshot of your face with Photo Booth

  • Open Photo Booth (NOT Photoshop!) by pressing
    Command (⌘) + the spacebar.

  • Type in the letters "photo" and you will see Photo Booth appear as an option.

  • Click on Photo Booth

  • Take a picture of your face by looking at the screen and clicking the red button near the bottom of the screen. There will be a 3 second countdown before your picture is taken.

  • Drag the picture you like from the bottom of Photo Booth into Photoshop.

  • Hit the RETURN (ENTER) key when the picture is in Photoshop to set it for editing.

Get the Clone Stamp             or hit the keyboard shortcut letter (s) …

STEP #2

Set the Brush Size

 

Click the Brush Preset Picker in the menu bar and choose a soft round brush. Set the size to about 45.

STEP #3

What Do You Want To Copy?

 

Hold down the OPTION (alt) button

and click on the spot you want to copy.

STEP #4

Let Go Of The OPTION KEY

 

Once you have chosen what you want to copy and have let go of the Option Key, "paint" where you want the copy to go.

The CLONE STAMP TOOL copies from one area to another.

STEP #5

Change the Copy Point

 

Hold the OPTION KEY and click on a new copy point.

Let go of the Option Key and paint a copy somewhere else on your face.

Last Step

Save Your Work

Go to File > Save As

Save your files to the desktop named as: PeriodNumber-LastName-FirstName-Lesson7.psd

Make sure you have the ".psd" at the end or you will not be able to open your file next time.

Log into Moodle and upload your file from the desktop to Moodle under Lesson7 - The Clone Stamp Tool..

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