Make a frame, Retouching and repairing images, About the clone source panel – Adobe Photoshop CS4 User Manual
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Retouching and transforming
Last updated 1/10/2010
Make a frame
You can make a photo frame by increasing the canvas size and filling it with a color.
You can also use one of the prerecorded actions to make a styled photo frame. It’s best to do this on a copy of your
photo.
1
Open the Actions panel. Choose Window
> Actions.
2
Choose Frames from the Actions panel menu.
3
Choose one of the frame actions from the list.
4
Click the Play Selection button.
The action plays, creating the frame around your photo.
Retouching and repairing images
About the Clone Source panel
The Clone Source panel (Window
> Clone Source) has options for the Clone Stamp tools or Healing Brush tools. You
can set up to five different sample sources and quickly select the one you need without re-sampling each time you need
to change to a different source. You can view an overlay of your sample source to make it easier to clone the source in
a specific location. You can also scale or rotate the sample source to better match the size and orientation of the cloning
destination.
(Photoshop Extended) For timeline-based animations, the Clone Source panel also has options for specifying the
frame relationship between the sample source video/animation frame and the target video/animation frame. See also
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Cloning content in video and animation frames (Photoshop Extended)
For a video on repairing images, see
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Retouch with the Clone Stamp tool
The Clone Stamp tool
paints one part of an image over another part of the same image or over another part of any
open document that has the same color mode. You can also paint part of one layer over another layer. The Clone Stamp
tool is useful for duplicating objects or removing a defect in an image.
(Photoshop Extended) You can also use the Clone Stamp tool to paint content on video or animation frames. See also
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Cloning content in video and animation frames (Photoshop Extended)
To use the Clone Stamp tool, you set a sampling point on the area you want to copy (clone) the pixels from and paint
over another area. To paint with the most current sampling point whenever you stop and resume painting, select the
Aligned option. Deselect the Aligned option to paint starting from the initial sampling point no matter how many
times you stop and resume painting.
You can use any brush tip with the Clone Stamp tool, which gives you precise control over the size of the clone area.
You can also use opacity and flow settings to control how paint will be applied to the cloned area.