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— Fast Mask: Eliminates the source patch, doing instead a quick neighboring pixel blend that works well with small patches but can betray a grid pattern on larger patches. Region Shape and Blur Shape Edges are both adjustable.
— Blend Mask: Eliminates the source patch, and essentially does the Blend Clone operation but without the source. Works well on small patches, but can become too blurred on larger patch sizes. Gives you access to the Variability slider of the Blend Clone.
Patch Positions
Source X and Y, Target X and Y, and Target Width and Height are provided as explicit controls both for numeric adjustment, should that be necessary, and also to allow for keyframing in case you need to change the position and/or size of the source and fill patches over time.
Keep in mind that the source and target patches can be motion tracked using the FX tracker, although two checkboxes, Source Follows Track and Target Follows Track, let you disable FX tracker match moving when necessary.
The Align Source to Target button moves the source patch directly over the target patch, allowing you to quickly reset and iterate the location of the source patch.
Onscreen Controls
The Control Visibility pop-up menu lets you choose whether the source and target onscreen controls are visible as you work. Show (the default) leaves all onscreen controls visible all the time. Auto Hide hides all onscreen controls whenever you’re dragging one, letting you see the image as you adjust it without having these controls in the way. Hide makes all onscreen controls invisible, so you can see a clean version of the image with the effect, however you can still edit the effect if you remember where the controls are.