Using Other Retouching Tools - Adobe PHOTOSHOP 5.0 User Manual

With the pattern stamp tool, deselect Aligned to
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center the pattern on the pointer each time you
stop and resume painting.
5 Set the sampling point or pattern:
For the rubber stamp tool, position the pointer
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on the part of any open image you want to sample,
and Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click
(Mac OS). This sample point is the location from
which the image is duplicated as you paint.
Sampling point, and with cross hairs marking the part
of the original being applied
For the pattern stamp tool, use the rectangle
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marquee tool ( ) on any open image to select an
area to use as a pattern. Then choose Edit > Define
Pattern. Reselect the pattern stamp tool.
Area defined for pattern, and painted
Note: If you are sampling or using a pattern from
one image and applying to another, both images
must be in the same color mode.
Drag to paint with the tool.
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Using other retouching tools

You can also retouch images using the smudge,
focus, and toning tools.
Note: The smudge, focus, and toning tools can't be
used with Bitmap or Indexed color mode images.
The tools work in the following ways:
The smudge tool simulates the actions of
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dragging a finger through wet paint. The tool picks
up color where the stroke begins and pushes it in
the direction you drag.
Original image, and smudging an image
The focus tools consist of the blur tool and the
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sharpen tool. The blur tool softens hard edges or
areas in an image to reduce detail. The sharpen
tool focuses soft edges to increase clarity or focus.
For other ways to adjust image sharpness, see
"Step 6: Sharpen the image" on page 128, or
"Choosing a filter effect" on page 306.
Blurring an image, and sharpening an image
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