# Retouching tools

| Tool                    | How it works                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| 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.                                                                                                                                                                                 |