In Paint Shop Pro the Clone Brush is a brush tip that is used duplicate pixels in a graphic and copy them to another location. Two image areas are used when working with the Clone Brush.   The image areas used can be from one area of a graphic to another on the same graphic or you can clone from one graphic to another.  The Clone Brush can be applied  within a raster layer, between raster layers or, between two greyscale or 24 bit images.  In particular this Paint Shop Pro tool is very handy for touch-up work on photos and  photo enhancements.   Clone Brush Basics Image areas used with the Clone Brush: Source Area - The area containing the data that you are copying from Target Area - The area that you copy to.  It can be within the same image or from another image of equal color depth   Clone Brush Options Activate the Cloning Tool from the tool bar In Paint Shop Pro 7 the first tab of the tool palette sets the brush tip shape and other options.  With the "Build up Brush" checked, each clone stroke applies more of the copied data.  However, when it is unchecked, the cloning is applied with the first brush stroke only. (In Paint Shop Pro 6 the Build up option is on the second tab with the sample merged) In Paint Shop Pro 6 & 7 the second tab sets the Clone Mode:   Paint Shop Pro Version 7             Paint Shop Pro Version 6 Aligned Mode - The  source area moves each time the mouse is released.  The source area is the reference point for the cloning.  Each time the mouse is re-clicked, the brush clones the image relative to the distance from the source area Non-Aligned Mode - The source area does not  move when the mouse is released.  Each time the mouse is re-clicked the starting point for the cloning returns to the same source area that was selected Sample Merged - With the "Sample Merged" checked, the data on all layers will be cloned.  However, when it is unchecked, the cloning is applied to the current layer only To apply a texture: Paint Shop Pro 7 - To add a texture set the foreground texture on the  color palette Paint Shop Pro 6 - To add a texture select a texture  from the second tab of the clone brush tool palette   Applying the Clone Brush Cloning part of an image: Right click over the part of the image that you want to copy Select the layer or specific area that you want to place the cloned image Position the cursor where you want to start copying the source image Press down the Left mouse button.  Crosshairs will appear over the source area, which indicates which pixels are being copied to the target area Drag the mouse to clone from the source area to the target area Release the mouse button to end the brush stroke   Lesson Plan Now that we have covered the basics of the cloning brush you are ready to go have some fun. Here are some online tutorials. Please submit at least one tutorial result to the group or you can submit one for each tutorial.   Cloning Brush in Colors Clone Tool Removing Wrinkles   Bonus Tutorials PSP 7 Cosmetic Surgery Using Clone Tool Clone Brush Tutorial PSP 8 Face Lift Using Clone Tool   New PSP 8 Mesh Warp Tool You can do anything you like, use any image you like and you can use plugins and filters. Be creative, but, please use the basics of the tutorials   Lesson Resources There is always more to know and learn about Paint Shop Pro. Here are a few online resources that you might find helpful: Cloning Web Graphics on a Budget   Lesson Submittal Please remember to resize your final image so that it is no larger than 350 pixels on the largest/longest side. Please name your results as:  Your name - selection1 (for tutorial 1) Your name - selection2 (for tutorial 2) Your name - selection3 (for tutorial 3) Submit your results to the group at http://pspimaginairum.com/forum   ::Index:: ::Intermediate Series:: ::Glossary:: ::Short Cut Keys:: ::Resources::   Copyright © 2000-2004 PSPImaginarium All rights reserved. Unless specifically made available for download, no graphics or text may be removed from this site for any reason without express written permission from PSPImaginarium Paint Shop Pro is a registered trademark of Jasc Software, Inc.