Clone Stamp

The clone stamp paints with pixels from somewhere else on your canvas. Use it to repeat a texture, extend a pattern, or paint something out.

Using it

1. Tap the clone stamp tool. A loupe appears on the canvas.
2. Drag the loupe over the area you want to copy from. It shows you exactly what is underneath it.
3. Paint somewhere else. What comes out of the brush is the area under the loupe.
4. The source moves with your stroke, keeping the same offset, so a texture continues naturally instead of repeating one identical patch.

With an Apple Pencil

Hover the Pencil above the canvas before touching down and you get a preview of what the stamp will lay there. It saves the usual cycle of stamping, undoing and repositioning.

Getting good results

• Use a soft-edged brush. A hard round leaves a visible seam where the cloned patch meets the original.
• Lower the fill slider and build the clone up in passes, so it blends instead of sitting on top.
• Reposition the loupe often. Sampling from the same spot repeatedly is what makes cloning look obviously cloned.
• The clone stamp respects an active selection, which is the cleanest way to keep it from spilling over an edge.