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Retouching Tools

editing tools allow us to manipulate our image. We have the following:

Concealer Brush

The Brush tool lets you correct imperfections to disappear from the image. Like the cloning tools, the Healing Brush is used to paint with sampled pixels from an image or pattern. However, the Healing Brush also matches the texture, lighting, transparency and shading of the sampled pixels to the pixels being corrected. As a result, the repaired pixels blend seamlessly into the rest of the image.

Spot Healing Brush

Spot Healing Brush tool removes blemishes and other imperfections in your photos. Spot Healing Brush tool works like the Healing Brush: it paints with sampled pixels from an image or pattern and matches the texture, lighting, transparency, and shading of the sampled pixels to the pixels being healed. Unlike the Healing Brush, the Spot Healing Brush does not need to specify a sample point. The Spot Healing Brush automatically samples the area around the retouched.

Patch The Patch tool lets you repair a selected area with pixels from another area or pattern. Like the Healing Brush tool, Patch tool matches the texture, lighting and shading of the sampled pixels to the source pixels. You can also use the Patch tool to clone isolated areas of an image.

Repair

an area using sampled pixels

1. Select the Patch tool.
2. Do one of the following:

   • Drag the image to select the area you want to repair and select Source in the options bar.

   • Drag the image to select the area to sample and select Destination in the options bar.

   Note: can also make a selection before selecting the Patch tool.
3. To adjust the selection, do one of the following:

   • Shift-drag in the image to add to the existing selection.

   • Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and drag the image to subtract from the existing selection.

   • Press Alt + Shift (Windows) or Option + Shift (Mac OS) and drag the image to select an area that intersects with the existing selection.

4. Place the pointer inside the selection and do one of the following:

   • If the Source option is selected in the options bar, drag the selection border to the area to be sampled. When you release the mouse button, the selected area initially patched with the sampled pixels.

   • If the Destination option is selected in the options bar, drag the selection border to the area to be patched. When you release the mouse button, the newly selected area is patched with the sampled pixels.

Clone Stamp

The Clone Stamp tool paints a portion of an image on the other hand of the same image or on another part of any open document that has the same color mode. You can also paint part of one layer over another layer. The Clone Stamp tool is useful to duplicate objects or eliminate defects in an image.

To use the clone stamp tool, set a sample point in the area you want to copy (clone) the pixels and paint in another area. To paint with the most current sampling point whenever you stop and re-paint, select Alignment. Deselect the Aligned option to paint from the initial sampling point, regardless of the time that has stopped and resumed painting.

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use any brush tip with this tool, which gives you precise control over the size of the area of \u200b\u200bcloning. You can also use the opacity settings to control the flow and how they apply the paint to the cloned area.

Alteration of an image with the Clone Stamp tool

1. Select the Clone Stamp tool .
2. Select a brush tip and brush options select blending mode, opacity and flow in the options bar.
3. To specify how to align the pixels sample and how to sample data layers in your document, set any of the following options in the options bar:

   Aligned Samples pixels continuously, without losing the current sampling point, even if you release the button mouse. Deselect Aligned to continue using the sampled pixels of the initial sampling point each time you stop and resume painting. Show

   Samples data from the layers you specify. To sample from the active layer and the underlying visible layers, select Current and underlying causes. To sample only from the active layer, choose Current Layer. To sample from all layers visible, select All Layers. To sample from all visible layers except adjustment, select All Layers and click on the icon to skip the adjustment layers to the right of pop samples.

4. To define the sample point, hold the pointer in any open image, press the Alt key (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and click.
5. (Optional) In the Clone Source panel, click the button of the same name and define an additional sample point.

   can define up to five different sample sources. The Clone Source panel keeps the roots sampled until you close the document.

6. (Optional) To select the sampled source you want, then click the Clone Source panel of the same name.
7. (Optional) Do one of the following actions in the Clone Source panel:

   • To scale or rotate the source image that you're cloning, enter a width (W) or height (H) or degrees rotation. (Negative values \u200b\u200bof width and height of the source image flip).

   • To display an overlay of the source image is cloning, select Show Overlay and specify options overlay.

     Note: can cut overlapping the brush size if cut option is selected.
8. Drag the pointer over the image area to be corrected.

Pattern Stamp

pattern stamp tool lets you paint with a pattern. You can select a reason for the pattern libraries or create your own motives.

1. Select the Pattern Stamp tool.
2. Select a brush tip and select the brush options (blending mode, opacity and flow) in the options bar.
3. In the options bar, select Aligned to sample pixels continuously, without losing the current sampling point even if you release the mouse button. Deselect Aligned to continue using the pixels sampled from the initial sampling point each time you stop and resume painting.
4. Select a pattern from the Pattern pop-up palette in the options bar. 5 To apply the pattern with an impressionistic effect, choose Print. 6 Drag the pointer on the image to paint with the pattern.