Chapter 3. Retouching and Repairing

Retouching and Repairing

Adobe Photoshop includes a powerful set of cloning tools that make retouching photographs easy and intuitive. Thanks to the underlying technology supporting these features, even touch-ups of the human face appear so lifelike and natural that it is difficult to detect that a photograph has been altered.

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In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:

  • Use the Clone Stamp tool to eliminate an unwanted part of an image.

  • Use the Spot Healing Brush tool to repair part of an image.

  • Use the Healing Brush and Patch tools to blend in corrections.

  • Make corrections on a duplicate ...

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