Filling an area with a sampled image


You can apply a transformed sample by filling, instead of using a brush. Filling allows you to cover a large area evenly, without much effort. Filling is supported only when you use perspective or bilinear sampling, with or without tiling.

To apply a transformed sample as a fill, you need to set both sample source and destination reference points, as you would when applying a sample with a brush. For information, see Multi-point cloning.

If you want to save the sample source reference area as a pattern for future use, you can capture the pattern. For more information, see Creating and editing patterns.

To fill with a transformed source image

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1 In the Brush Selector, choose the Painter 2015 brushes library from the Brush library list box.
2 Click the Cloners brush category, and click a brush variant that allows you to select four sample source and four destination points:
XPerspective 4P
XPerspective Tiling 4P
XBilinear 4P
3 In the Clone Color panel (Window Brush Controls Panels Brush Media Clone Color), enable the Clone Color check box.
4 Do one of the following:
If you chose the XPerspective 4P or XPerspective Tiling 4P variant, choose Perspective from the Clone Type list box.
If you chose the XBilinear 4P variant, choose Bilinear from the Clone Type list box.
5 Hold down Option (macOS) or Alt (Windows), and click to set the four sample source reference points.
6 Hold down Option + Shift (macOS) or Alt + Shift (Windows), and click to set the four destination reference points.
7 Click the Paint Bucket tool in the toolbox.
8 Choose Source Image from the Fill list box on the property bar.
9 Click in the destination area to apply the fill.
You can disable offset sampling by clicking the Clone Color button in the Color panel or by choosing a non-Cloner brush variant in the Brush Selector.

The destination points determine where the transformation occurs.

You can use transformed clone information to make a brick pattern become a steep wall.

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