Using Quick Clone

Quick links to procedures on this page:

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Using Quick Clone

You can use Quick Clone to automatically set up everything you need to clone an image. When you use Quick Clone, it automatically:

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creates the clone document

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embeds the clone source

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closes the source image

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clears the canvas

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enables tracing paper

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selects a cloner brush

You can also change the Quick Clone preferences, which lets you customize the cloning process. For example, you can choose to always use the last selected cloner brush variant or leave the source image open.

To clone an image using Quick Clone

Open the image that you want to clone.

Choose File

Quick Clone.

Apply brushstrokes to the canvas by using the selected cloner brush.

If you enabled the Switch to Cloner Brushes check box in the Preferences dialog box, the last Cloner brush that you used is automatically selected.

To customize Quick Clone behavior

Do one of the following:

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(Mac OS) Choose Corel Painter 12

Preferences

Quick Clone.

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(Windows) Choose Edit

Preferences

Quick Clone.

Perform a task from the following table.


To	Do the following
Close the image that was used as the clone source	Enable the Close Source Image check box.
Open the Clone Source panel automatically	Enable the Open Clone Source panel check box.
Start painting in the clone colors on a clear canvas	Enable the Clear Canvas check box.
Activate tracing paper	Enable the Turn On Tracing Paper check box.
Activate the last Cloner brush variant	Enable the Switch To Cloner Brushes check box.
Use the current brush variant to clone the underlying color	Enable the Clone Color check box. To enable the Clone Color check box, you must disable the Switch to Cloner Brushes check box.

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