Photoshop Idea
I often have the problem of wanting to sample an area with the clone tool (stamp tool) or the healing brush in one direction but draw in a different direction. I run into this problem a lot when having to fill in areas in images. Wouldn't it be nice if you could create like a path or if Photoshop let you set the direction of where to sample? It would still move the same amount of space as you do, but you could control the direction.
Did I explain myself well enough? Good idea? Bad idea?
Did I explain myself well enough? Good idea? Bad idea?
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I don't necessarily mean inverse, but say you are coloring a glasses frame from one area of the glasses to another. No part of the glasses are the same. So if you could chose a direction or quickly draw the path you want the sampling to follow, and then start drawing in the blown out area of the glasses you could easily fill it in without having to do a dot at a time.
Worst example yet?
Which version are you asking about?
And I'm not sure I'm understanding your glasses example.
Care to post a pic that has such a challenge?
You can sample onto a bland transparent layer (tick "use all layers" box in options bar)
transforming the grain or rotating patterns or shifting perspective on the new layer ought to help.
Click the Path (pen) tool
Make your path shapes
Open the Paths palette
Keep the path layer you just made selected
Click the rubber stamp tool and set its size and shape to what you want
Sample the image to clone from
Go back to the path document
Click the "Stoke Path with brush" button at the bottom of the Paths palette
It should stroke using the currently selected brush, in this case a clone from the other document.
Originally posted by johnq
if I understand correctly, you want to use the rubber stamp to clone along specific paths?
Click the Path (pen) tool
Make your path shapes
Open the Paths palette
Keep the path layer you just made selected
Click the rubber stamp tool and set its size and shape to what you want
Sample the image to clone from
Go back to the path document
Click the "Stoke Path with brush" button at the bottom of the Paths palette
It should stroke using the currently selected brush, in this case a clone from the other document.
I'll try this today, it sounds like what I want. Although it seems clumsy compared to how I wanted it to work. My main concern was a way to increase speed. I guess this would be good for certain things, but too much of an extended process for little jobs. Thanks though