Hhello everyone, if the stamp tool is driving you crazy
or it works sometime and sometime it doesn't? then this quick video is worth your time,
especially if you are new to Photoshop. I'm going to share some simple but very
effective tips on clone stamp in photoshop. So, without any further do let's jump into it.
So, here I have got this beautiful image of some swan and seagull there. Let's suppose if I
have select the stamp tool and I want to erase this seagull from here for some reasons,
so if I create a new layer from here and I select the stamp tool and I sample this area from here
and I start painting on this area, and you see nothing is happening. Because what we are
sampling from the layer there is nothing there. If i turn this layer off and you see
there's nothing here and you can't see nothing so the sample area is empty. So, the targeted area is
empty and whatever you're painting that would be empty too. So, here the first problem comes in,
especially for the beginners they know how to use the stamp tool but when they create a new layer
the stamp tool doesn't work because they take the sample area from the new layer and actually
there's nothing on the new layer. So, the solution lies here. You see this option bars on the top. If
you can't see this bar here, you can go to windows and then you can select this option bar from here.
Here we need to select current and below, I have seen so many people they get stuck here. They say
my stem stool is not working or it works sometime and sometime it doesn't that's the reason why!
Especially when you create a new layer where there's nothing on it so you need to select this
option from the options bar which says current and below all layers, but I recommend current and
below should be fine. Now this is selected, our new layer is selected, I select the stamp tool
from there, I press Alt from the keyboard and I sample the area, I define the sample area. Now if
I start painting you see what is happening here? now the seagull is getting removed.
like this let me remove this layer again and let me show you another situation.
Now in this situation what I'm going to do? I'm going to select the stamp
tool from there and I create a new layer again and I have already selected current and below.
I sample the area and I start painting on this part, but you can see nothing is happening you
know what, even if I select the brush tool from here and I start painting let's suppose I get this
color here and I reduce the paint size like here and if i start painting
you see nothing is happening here you know why? if I zoom in you can see,
you can see this small dot here? So, basically this small selection area is active. You can't
see it because it is hidden and is very tiny. You won't be able to notice it, if I zoom out
you can see the small dot is right here. So, basically this area is active. So, whatever your
stamp tool or brush tool or any other tool you're using outside of this selection area,
nothing will be done or nothing will be achieved!
It may seem like my tool is not working or something wrong with my tool or maybe I need
to reset my photoshop! The problem lies here. You can see if you zoom in, there's a little active
selection on my image. So, that small area right there, is active so just to ensure that little dot
is not the scenario in your case. If that is the case and if you are not sure if that is the case
in your artwork that maybe that is the reason the tool is not working. So I suggest, go to select
and deselect. When you press deselect and you select the brush tool and you see, its start
working again. Press ctrl+z again and this time i'm going to select stamp tool from here and new
layer, current and below, Alt click, sample the area and I start painting. You see my tool is
working fine so basically if there any selection area is active on the artwork, this tool only
work in the active selection area. Sometimes the active selection area may not be visible
and you may be think there is no selection area. So always check or go to select and deselect…
sorry the deselect. The shortcut is ctrl+d or command+d for the mac users.
If you have tried everything I just mentioned and the stamp tool is still not working!
So I suggest, go to this small icon here, click on it and you see this small setting icon here,
click on this icon and reset the tool. So, whatever edits or settings you have performed
or you have select any option by mistake, you don't know about it! Just simply
reset the tool and it will all reset the options and hopefully your tool will start working again
and finally let me show you another situation here. Let's suppose I select the stamp tool
back again and current and below, a new layer is there and I click and I start painting on
this area. You see what is happening here? so instead of being removing the subject or
sampling the area so basically what happening? whenever i start painting you can see,
it is doing something opposite. So, you see if you apply this to any tool in photoshop and you see
something is happening which not supposed to happen, there might be a strong chance the these
options may be disturbed. This blending option if you see something's not coming right, make sure
you check these blending options are normal. So, that's it my friend I hope you have learn
something out of this tutorial today and if you have any question feel free to drop
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