The Clone Stamp Tool is one of the most commonly used tools in Photoshop for retouching photos. Clone Stamp allows you to adjust areas of the image by copying pixels from the selected source over them.
Necessary
Photoshop program
Instructions
Step 1
To work with the Clone Stamp tool, turn it on by pressing the S key or by clicking on the tool icon in the tool palette.
Step 2
Place the cursor on the fragment of the photo, which will serve as the source for copying pixels, and click the left mouse button while pressing the Alt key.
Step 3
Move the cursor to the area of the picture, over which you want to superimpose the copied pixels, and click the left mouse button. If you need to copy a large area of the image, hold down the left mouse button and paint with a stamp like a regular brush. A cross moving across the photo will indicate which area the pixels are copied from.
Step 4
You can adjust the brush size of the Clone Stamp tool in the same way as any other brush. Click on the arrow in the Brush panel under the main menu and adjust the Master Diameter and Hardness parameters. The value of the first parameter determines the diameter of the stamp you are working with, and the second parameter controls the hardness of the edges of the brush. By setting the Hardness value to maximum, you will get a print with sharp edges. If the value is low, the brush marks will be feathered at the edges.
Step 5
The Clone Stamp tool can be shaped to any shape. To do this, select a brush shape from the list in the Brush panel or on the Brush Tip Shape tab of the Brushes palette. Of course, it is hardly worth using a brush in the shape of a flower or old film to correct skin imperfections in a picture; it is wiser to use a regular round brush for this. However, there is a choice of the shape of the brush for this tool.
Step 6
The Mode list allows you to set the blending mode of the copied pixels. The Opacity setting allows you to adjust the opacity of the print, and the Flow parameter allows you to adjust its intensity. When retouching portraits, this parameter is assigned a value of about twenty-five to thirty percent in order to preserve the texture of the edited image.
Step 7
By default, the Clone Stamp only copies pixels from the active layer. If an open document has more than one layer with different opacity settings, you can use all visible pixels on different layers to copy. To do this, check the Sample All Layers checkbox.
