can you clone selection in the viewport (bodypaint)?

[Cameo]

It's definitely possible because I remember doing it myself earlier this year. May just be that you need to be in projection painting mode or something? Or if you have multiple layers to your texture, you need to check/uncheck all visible layers in the clone brush attributes depending on the approach you intend to take.

[mister3d]

It's definitely possible because I remember doing it myself earlier this year. May just be that you need to be in projection painting mode or something? Or if you have multiple layers to your texture, you need to check/uncheck all visible layers in the clone brush attributes depending on the approach you intend to take.
Thanks. Clone brush works, I thought I can do it with a selection and alt+move to duplicate. But clone brush will work as a workaround.

[Cameo]

Oh sorry I misread your question, if you make your selection in the viewport and then choose the move layer tool you can hold down shift to dupe/move the selection. You could also dupe multiple layers and merge them as another workaround I guess.

[mister3d]

Oh sorry I misread your question, if you make your selection in the viewport and then choose the move layer tool you can hold down shift to dupe/move the selection. You could also dupe multiple layers and merge them as another workaround I guess.

Hmm, doesn't work here. :) What version of bodypaint are you using?

[PhuongDPh]

Cloned Selection works fine, both in normal 3D Painting Mode and in Projection Mode.
You can hold Ctrl to set a new reference point.

[StompTheGlomp]

The best way of doing it without having to follow the UV layout is to turn on paint as a projection and then you will be painting directly on the surface from your camera. You can rotate and paint and such but once you rotate your camera it locks it in and I don't think you can delete it. But it will paint the texture in your UV layout as well so It's nice to paint and clone over seams that way. Just be careful to turn it off when you don't want it otherwise it will mess you up.

[mister3d]

Thank you guys. I'm not sure, are you talking about "clone tool"? I was thinking about selection tool and then moving it with ctrl, if you know what I mean. Like in potatoshop.

[PhuongDPh]

ah, you can switch to Projection Mode and make a selection, hold Ctrl to move and copy selection
is that right?

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