Comments on: Great Photoshop cloning tips you probably don’t know

By: Behold

Behold — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 01:00:00 +0000

Why in the world would you take the time to configure the Clone Source panel when you could just jump the eye to a new layer and transform it? Being able to remember multiple sources might occasionally come in handy, but the rest of the options in the CS panel are useless. [Why would it necessarily be faster or more desirable to make a selection, create a new layer from it, and then transform the results instead of simply cloning? You're entitled to your opinion, but please take it easy when dumping on others'. --J.]

By: karl

karl — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:44:25 +0000

I’m using Photoshop rarely, but know this “tricks”, because it’s placed in a good way in the GUI. The bigger problem is the silly usage of this stuff.

By: Alan Gilbertson

Alan Gilbertson — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:16:00 +0000

Weirdo. I confess. I even keep up to date with (gasp!) Dr. Brown’s videos. :-D

By: LLL

LLL — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:51:31 +0000

well.. who dont know this “tricks” should read a book about PS.

thats like telling someone the steering wheel in a car is for changing directions….

By: RUGRLN

RUGRLN — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:05:34 +0000

“Well, being the kind of weirdo who’d actually read this blog, maybe you did..”
Lol…I do know about this feature :p!

By: Nat Brown

Nat Brown — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:08:21 +0000

Are you calling me a weirdo?

["We smell our own." ;-) --J.]

I call that feature the “stroke victim” function. Have you ever tried using that damn thing flipped? Everytime my brain says move your hand this way or that way, the results come out that way and this way. Makes me feel like my brain and my hand are completely disconnected.

(And anyone who has had me as a tennis partner would agree).

:-)

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:56:49 +0000

Is that CS5? I don’t have the flip button in the clone source palette.

[I forget when we added the flip icons, but in CS3 and CS4 you can insert a negative sign in order to flip the source horizontally and/or vertically. --J.]