Retouching tools
Tool
How it works
Spot Healing Brush
Click to quickly remove imperfections in image.
Healing Brush
Option-click to select source. Click to apply selection to new area.
Patch
Click and drag to create area to correct. Click and drag from within selected area to new source area. Selected area will fill with content from new source area.
Content-Aware Move Tool
Click and drag to create self-closing selection. Click and drag from within selected area to place it in a new position. Upon pressing Return, original selection will attempt to match sourounding area. Moved selection will attempt to match its new sourounding area.
Red Eye
Click and drag square selection area over pupil to remove red eye.
Clone Stamp
Option-click to select source. Click to apply selection to new area.
Pattern Stamp
Select pattern in Options bar. Click and drag to apply pattern on image.
Eraser
Click and drag to remove portions of layer.
Background Eraser
Select Sampling: Once in Options bar. Click and drag to erase areas of image that match intial click point.
Magic Eraser
Click to erase large area based on initial color selection.
Blur
Click and drag to soften areas of image.
Sharpen
Click and drag to harden soft areas of image.
Smudge
Click and drag to push pixels from one area of image into another area.
Dodge
Cick and drag to lighten area of image.
Burn
Click and drag to darken area of image.
Sponge
Select Saturate or Desaturate in Options bar. Click and drag to add or remove saturation.
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