Adobe 65045315 - Photoshop Elements Use Manual page 162

USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 10
Crop an image Cropping, resizing, retouching, and transforming photos
Remove spots and unwanted objects
Remove spots and small imperfections
The Spot Healing Brush quickly removes blemishes and other imperfections from your photos. You can either click
once on a blemish, or click and drag to smooth away imperfections in an area.
Easily remove spots or imperfections using the Spot Healing Brush tool.
In the Edit workspace, select the Spot Healing Brush tool
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2 Choose a brush size. A brush that is slightly larger than the area you want to fix works best so that you can cover
the entire area with one click.
3 Choose one of the following Type options in the options bar.
Uses the pixels around the edge of the selection to find an image area to use as a patch for the selected
Proximity Match
area. If this option doesn't provide a satisfactory fix, choose Edit > Undo, and try the Create Texture option.
Uses all the pixels in the selection to create a texture with which to fix the area. If the texture doesn't
Create Texture
work, try dragging through the area a second time.
Note: Click Sample All Layers to apply your change to all layers of the image.
4 Click the area you want to fix in the image, or click and drag over a larger area.
More Help topics
"Adjust the color of skin tone" on page 136
Remove unwanted objects with content-aware healing
For a video about this process, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid911_pse_en.
Many a time, you need to remove unwanted objects or figures from your photos without destroying the photos. Using
the Content-Aware option with the Spot Healing Brush tool, you can remove selected objects constructively from one
photo. Photoshop Elements compares nearby image content to seamlessly fill the selection, realistically maintaining
key details such as shadows and object edges.
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