Question for a user of Perfect Photo Suite 8

I started using the program which seems to be quite intuitive, but there is one feature that is not completely explained in either the written or video documentation, namely the Clone Stamp. What I have used it for on my Mac is to take part of a background and clone it to another part of the image. That would be fine if it were not for one aggravating detail. At least with the Mac, you select the area of the image you wish to clone after selecting and click the mouse while holding down the options key. You can then paint over other parts of the image that you want to replicate that part that you selected to be cloned. Unfortunately, in addition to the circular brush, a little "x" icon appears off at a distance and angle from the circular brush, and anything that the x happens to pass over causes a cloning to whatever it happens to pass over. I can see how that could be an advantage if one were trying to actually clone an image, but how can that little x be made inop such that no matter where I pass with the cloning burst, only the original part of the photo that I chose to clone is in fact cloned? Thanks if you can help.

It sounds like are describing normal cloning behavior. You select the source of the clone by holding down the Alt/Option key. Then move to the area to be cloned. The x you are seeing as you move around is the relative position of the original clone source to the place you are cloning over. If the x looks like it is going to pass over some part of the image that you don't want to use as a source, then you need to re-source the clone material. This Alignment (as Photoshop calls it - and I'm assuming the software you are using has the same behavior) is the default behavior.

Keith thanks, I see how it works now!