I haven't really used PhotoShop LE very much, but in PhotoShop 5.02 and 6.0, the clone tool is represented in the shape of a rubber stamp with an arrow at the bottom. The arrow is the center of your "cloned" area. How much it picks up depends on the size of the brush. But I like the fact that the tool identifies the center. Once you take your finger off the option key (on a Mac) and prepare to place the coned area, a circle indicates the dimension. Recalling where the center of my clone was located, I can then easily place the circle of cloned material. Of course you can easily undo your placement if you miss the spot. Paul
Richard Seaman wrote: > > Jody, > > The PhotoDeluxe "save" or "save as" options under the "file" menu save > the file in PDD format, as you mention. It's (perhaps deliberately) > obscure, but to save in JPEG, BMP, TIFF or any of the common formats, you > need to choose "file", "send to", "file format", and choose the file type > from the "save as" pull-down menu. Personally, I think this is Adobe's way > of getting everyone to use PDD format, and tie them to their products. > > Incidentally, I've been using PhotoShop 5.0 LE, but went back to > PhotoDeluxe. I found it awkward to do things like rotate a photo an > arbitrary amount (which in PhotoDeluxe is simple), and the "rubber stamp" > tool, which I believe is equivalent to the PhotoDeluxe "clone" tool is > useless, because you can't see where the tool is cloning from. I certainly > did like the lack of borders and the resulting amount of viewing area in > PhotoShop. > > If I've misunderstood the rubber stamp tool, will someone please tell me > how it should be used? > > While I'm still on the topic of photo manipulation software, I've found > that the boring old MicroSoft PhotoDeluxe editor seems to do the best job of > compressing JPEGs while keeping the quality high. > > Richard. > > home page: www.richard-seaman.com > > --- original message --- > > From: Jody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: OT - Photoshop sucks (IMHO) > > The big problem I have is saving as a JPEG file. I > have Adobe Photo Deluxe which came with my printer, > but it just don't work for this. Actually it seems to > be pretty much useless, and creates it's own file type > (*.PDF or *.PSF), which can't be opened with anything > else, and occasionally can't even be opened by Photo > Deluxe. > > PSP will do it, but I am now on day 97, and don't have > a credit card to purchase the full version. A lot of > features have disappeared, and the unsharp mask is far > less customisable than it was. Dunno what to get now. > Am considering buying something from the local store. > > Jody. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
