Closing Thoughts

We've covered all the tools you'll need to become a bona fide “photo doctor.” Bear in mind that you don't need to limit yourself to just photographs; the tools and techniques we've covered in this chapter can be used for nonphotographic images as well. And, as with everything else in Photoshop, once you've gone around the block with these tools a few times, you'll probably think of a dozen other things you can do with them.

You'll be able to give someone a face-lift, remove your former boy- or girlfriend from a photograph, or clear-cut telephone poles from an otherwise perfect Kodak moment; but just promise me that you won't do anything underhanded for some ethically challenged dictator.

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