Alt Key Problem for the Clone Stamp tool - It Doesn't Work In My Environment

[ph889888]

Hello,

I have a PC laptop with Window OS Vista and Photoshop CS6. I could not make Alt key + Click to work for the Clone Stamp tool.

I used Alt+Click an area to define the source point and then I use the clone stamp to pain a different area. When I tried to paint, I got a message - "could not use the clone stamp because the area to clone has not been defined (Alt+Click to define a source point)". When I used Alt+click to pick up source area, I saw a double cycles with crosshair in the center, I thought it took the sample source. Apparently, it was not.

Please advise what I can do to fix this problem.

Phoebe

 

[Dom]

Someone else was having this problem.

I had a problem with the clone tool always displaying "could not use the clone stamp because the area to clone has not been defined" whatever I did - I even reinstalled PS.

The problem turned out to be a window resizing utility that I was running (KDE-SizerXP - an otherwise really nice little prog) that hooks the 'Alt' key.

Suspended the utility and.. sorted :¬)

Do you have any programs like that by any chance? It could be causing you the problem.

 

[ph889888]

Dom - Thanks for the reply.

No. I don't have KDE-SizerXP installed in my laptop. I opened control panel/programs & features. I did not see anything suspicious.

Phoebe

 

[ph889888]

:naughty::naughty:

I uninstalled several pieces of software from control panel/Programs features. Now, the Alt key works but don't know which uninstalled software made it work.

Phoebe

 

[MikeMc]

reinstall one at a time...check your alt key. unless all programs were unused.