Adobe Photoshop CS6 User Manual page 374

Remove all distortions
Click Restore All in the Reconstruct Option area of the dialog box. This removes distortions even in frozen areas.
Reconstruct part of a distorted image
1. Freeze areas you want to keep distorted.
2. Select the Reconstruct tool
3. (CS5 only) Choose an option from the Reconstruct Mode menu in the Tool Options area of the dialog box.
4. Drag over the area you want to reconstruct. Pixels move more quickly at the brush center. Shift-click to reconstruct in a straight line between
the current point and the previously clicked point.
(CS5 only) Repeat distortions sampled from a starting point
1. After distorting the preview image, choose one of these reconstruction modes from the Mode menu in the Tool Options area of the
dialog box.
2. Select the Reconstruct tool
This creates a copy of the distortion sampled at the starting point, much as the Clone tool does when you use it to paint a copy of an area. If
there is no distortion, the effect is the same as using Revert mode. You can set new starting points and use the Reconstruct tool repeatedly
to create a variety of effects.
(CS 5 only) Reconstruction modes
You can choose one of the following reconstruction modes:
Revert Scales back distortions uniformly without any kind of smoothing.
Rigid Maintains right angles in the pixel grid (as shown by the mesh) at the edges between frozen and unfrozen areas, sometimes producing near-
discontinuities at the edges. This restores the unfrozen areas so that they approximate their original appearance. (To restore their original
appearance, use Revert reconstruction mode.)
Stiff Acts like a weak magnetic field. At the edges between frozen and unfrozen areas, the unfrozen areas take on the distortions of the frozen
areas. As the distance from frozen areas increases, the distortions lessen.
Smooth Propagates the distortions in frozen areas throughout unfrozen areas, with smoothly continuous distortions.
Loose Produces effects similar to Smooth, with even greater continuity between distortions in frozen and unfrozen areas.
To adjust the intensity of a reconstruction mode, select it from the unlabeled pop-up menu above the Mode menu. As you adjust intensity, the
image previews your changes.
(CS5 only) Additional modes for the Reconstruct tool
The Reconstruct tool has three additional modes that use the distortion at the point where you first clicked the tool (start point) to reconstruct the
area over which you use the tool. Every time you click, you set a new start point; so, if you want to extend an effect from one start point, don't
release the mouse button until you finish using the Reconstruct tool.
Displace Reconstructs unfrozen areas to match the displacement at the start point for the reconstruction. You can use Displace to move all or
part of the preview image to a different location. If you click and gradually spiral out from the start point, you displace or move a portion of the
image to the area you brush over.
Amplitwist Reconstructs unfrozen areas to match the displacement, rotation, and overall scaling that exist at the start point.
Affine Reconstructs unfrozen areas to match all distortions that exist at the start point, including displacement, rotation, horizontal and vertical
scaling, and skew.
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and specify brush options in the Tool Options area of the dialog box.
, and drag from a starting point in the preview image.