Retouching An Image - Adobe PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS Manual

CHAPTER 6
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Transforming and Retouching
Modifying the preview image
Use the zoom and hand tools in the 3D Transform
dialog box to change your preview of an image.
These actions do not modify the transformation
itself, only your view of it.
To magnify or shrink the preview image:
Select the zoom tool ( ) in the 3D Transform
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dialog box.
Click the image to zoom in, or Alt-click
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(Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) to
zoom out.
To move the view of the preview image:
Select the hand tool ( ) in the 3D Transform
dialog box, and drag the preview image. This
works only if you are zoomed in on the image.
Setting 3D rendering options
You can set the resolution and anti-aliasing of
rendered images and specify whether to show
the background from the original image in the
3D preview.
To set 3D rendering options:
Click Options in the 3D Transform dialog box.
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Do any of the following:
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For Resolution, choose the quality of the
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rendered image. The setting has little effect on the
image quality of cubes, but will produce smoother
curved surfaces in cylinders and spheres.
For Anti-aliasing, choose the level of anti-
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aliasing to apply to the rendered image.
• Select Display Background to include the
portions of the original image outside of the wire
frame in the preview and with the rendered image.
Turn this option off to separate the transformed
object from the original background.
3 Click OK.

Retouching an image

You can retouch images using the clone stamp,
pattern stamp, red eye brush, smudge, focus,
toning, and sponge tools.
Note: These tools cannot be used with Bitmap or
Indexed Color mode.
Using the clone stamp tool
The clone stamp tool takes a sample of an image,
which you can then apply over another image or
part of the same image. Each stroke of the tool
paints on more of the sample. Cross hairs mark the
original sampling point.
To use the clone stamp tool:
1 Select the clone stamp tool ( ).
2 Choose a brush size from the pop-up palette in
the options bar. To learn more about using pop-up
palettes, see "Using pop-up palettes" on page 35.
3 Specify a blending mode and opacity.
(See "Setting options for painting and editing
tools" on page 147.)