Jodie Williams

Not the exact behaviour as I do clone on a low opacity but where I select the part of the image to be cloned with the ALT key and I start to clone the cross hair that it is cloning from is no where near the selection it can come from, it randomly selects any where near the cloning circle.

no worries, I will do that.

The numbers are 255 255 255. I have been having issues with my PC for a little while now, I seriously think it is time for it to go to retirement.

Yes, I reset the brush tool earlier

I will Check shortly, I have school pick up.

Yes I did press D, even twice after you mentioned it.

sending now

Happening to another image, using mouse or pen. when I brush away it wont brush back 100%. the layer is 100% solid to start with

it is my brush. When I put gradient layer it is solid but once I use my brush and brush on and off it wont brush back on solid, or my wacom pen

No, Still the issue with gradient or colour fill. But together I get a solid fill. I have no other work around until I know what is causing the issue I have. the only option I see is to reload Photoshop but I don't want to loose any of my brushes or actions I have

No, only fixed if I add another layer of colour fill or gradient on top of the first. The first mask is still like the image above.

The Gradient layer was even more transparent with the back ground then the Colour fill

The gradient is doing the same thing as the colour fill so I was trying to fill with colour then add a gradient, which has made the mask now non transparent.

Content aware is not working to extend the background. I also tried to copy and paste the back ground and could not get it to blend correctly.

Yes, Black is solid and then I can use a gradient layer next in grey, this is working