Heal and Clone source

[PeterH01]

With both the heal and clone tools I can't set a source. The message says ' Ctrl-Click to set a new source' but this does not work. I'm using Linux Mint 21.2 Cinnamon.

[zeuspaul]

Are you clicking within an active layer?  Is there a current selection set outside your working area?  Try select/none before using the clone/heal tool.

[PeterH01]

This has been happening for some time. I've tried with a newly opened photo - nothing selected and the only layer. I can draw on it with 'pencil' and 'fill' with a color. But it is not responding to the control key. (Control key works in other programs)

[rich2005]

Well, I have a Mint 21 (VM) and clone tool works there.

Some things to check.
Alignment - a single layer and clone in Registered mode does nothing.
Dynamics setting - some of those produce unexpected results.

Otherwise, don't know. Please post a screenshot of the clone tool options dock.

[PixLab]

(08-23-2023, 07:36 AM)PeterH01 Wrote: This has been happening for some time. I've tried with a newly opened photo - nothing selected and the only layer. I can draw on it with 'pencil' and 'fill' with a color. But it is not responding to the control key. (Control key works in other programs)

We are just biting our tail trying to guess, give us a screenshot with the clone tool activated and the Tool options in full view as well as the layer's stack in the screenshot.

[PeterH01]

(08-23-2023, 10:04 AM)PixLab Wrote:

(08-23-2023, 07:36 AM)PeterH01 Wrote: This has been happening for some time. I've tried with a newly opened photo - nothing selected and the only layer. I can draw on it with 'pencil' and 'fill' with a color. But it is not responding to the control key. (Control key works in other programs)

We are just biting our tail trying to guess, give us a screenshot with the clone tool activated and the Tool options in full view as well as the layer's stack in the screenshot.

Hope this helps.

[Ofnuts]

On my Linux, the Alt-key is hijacked by the desktop so hitting the Alt-key alone isn't seen by Gimp. I can often circumvent this by using Alt-Shif or Alt-Ctrl. The combo is not intercepted and Gimp only cares about the Alt. Are there other place in Gimp where you can't use Ctrl, for instance to put a selection tool in subtract mode, or using Ctrl-click with a paint tool to sample a color?

[PeterH01]

(08-23-2023, 08:27 PM)Ofnuts Wrote: On my Linux, the Alt-key is hijacked by the desktop so hitting the Alt-key alone isn't seen by Gimp. I can often circumvent this by using Alt-Shif or Alt-Ctrl. The combo is not intercepted and Gimp only cares about the Alt. Are there other place in Gimp where you can't use Ctrl, for instance to put a selection tool in subtract mode, or using Ctrl-click with a paint tool to sample a color?

Most work OK -   but I don't think sample color does. I've never used it so not sure what it is supposed to do but it doesn't seem to pick the color the cursor is on.

[PeterH01]

By shear chance I tried the other Ctrl key (on my laptop - the one to the right of the space bar ) and it works, so I guess it's something Mint has done. I'll post on the Mint forum and see if anyone has any ideas.

[PixLab]

(08-26-2023, 04:20 PM)PeterH01 Wrote: By shear chance I tried the other Ctrl key (on my laptop - the one to the right of the space bar ) and it works, so I guess it's something Mint has done. I'll post on the Mint forum and see if anyone has any ideas.

(08-26-2023, 04:20 PM)PeterH01 Wrote: Most work OK

if most work ok, but not all or irregularly -> Might be your keyboard as well, how old is your laptop? dust? some time ago some liquid on the keyboard?