Clone stamp no longer making sharp edges

[aworonow]

I need to paint a sharp-edged circle to guide DefectMap to an area in need of repair. I used to do this all the time using clone stamp to make the circle on a copy of the image (as per attached image) then manipulating that into a template for the defect map. But it stopped making sharp-edged circles. See attached.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong or what has changed?

[oldwexi]

In case this issue persists i recommend to use the script
GAME
It allows drawing of geometric figures with soft and/or hard edges by using the
mouse. The result can be used inverted as input for DefectMap

Gerald

[aworonow]

Thanks Gerald, GAME would work for most of the images. But on some, a clone stamp to pull green circles from one image and post them to another (with subsequent conversion of the green to black on white for a defect map) is so much easier if a large number of spots must be corrected (or stars removed).
A.