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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