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Healing Brush

Tool
Cs,Cs2,Cs3 Shift+J

File:retouc1.gifThe Healing Brush Tool, helps you removing and correcting imperfections and defects in an image. It functions as a re-modifying tool for the spot you apply the Healing Brush tool on. It copies from surrounding pixels with perseverance of light, transparency, and texture of the original image. To give a final result of new pixels blending with what's around them in a smooth way. Same time you would need to define a source point before applying it to a new spot.

 



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Spot Healing

Brush Tool
Cs,Cs2,Cs3 Shift+J

File:retouc2.gif In general the Spot Healing Brush Tool works in the similar approach of the Healing Brush Tool. The difference is that while working with it, you don't have to define a source spot to copy from.

 


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Patch Tool Cs,Cs2,Cs3 Shift+J

File:retouc3.gif The Patch Tools work for repairing selected areas while copying the new pixels applied to the area from a source (that you define) from another area with perseverance of light, transparency, and texture of the original image.

 


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red eye Tool Cs,Cs2,Cs3 Shift+J

File:retouc4.gifThe Red Eye Tool, as it's name suggests, gives you the option of correcting the red eye that appear because of flash photography .  error that may produced by using electronic flash.

 


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Clone Stamp

Tool
Cs,Cs2,Cs3 Shift+S
File:retouc5.gif The Clone Stamp Tool

is there to fix Images, It works as a brush that fills with the same image structure that you're cloning from "Defining as your source", The source could be from the same image, another image, or even

another layer.


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Pattern Stamp

Tool
Cs,Cs2,Cs3 Shift+S
File:retouc6.gif The Pattern Stamp

Tool takes samples from the patterns available on your Photoshop presets "that you define which". You can select a pattern from the pattern libraries or create your own patterns.

 


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eraser Tool Cs,Cs2,Cs3 Shift+E

File:retouc7.gifThe Eraser tool erases (deletes) the pixels that you drag over with the Eraser tool, and transform them to transparent areas. Except if you are working on the Background layer.

 


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background

eraser Tool
Cs,Cs2,Cs3 Shift+E

File:retouc8.gif The Background Eraser Tool Deletes the background color but preserves the edges of an object in the foreground even when working on (Transparency Locked Layer)

 


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MAGIC ERASER

Tool
Cs,Cs2,Cs3 Shift+E

File:retouc9.gifThe Magic Eraser Tool

Performs differently with the cases below.

1. Working on a layer: when clicking, automatically changes all similar pixels to transparent pixels.

2. Working on the background layer: When clicking, the pixels change to the background color.

3. Working on layer with Locked Transparency: the pixels change to the background color.
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blur Tool</td>

Cs,Cs2,Cs3</td> Shift+R<p> </td>

File:retouc10.gifThe Blur Tool smoothes the hard edges on the area where you drag by lessening the contrast between the area you are working on and it's surrounding area.

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SHARPEN Tool</td>

Cs,Cs2,Cs3</td>


Shift+R<p> </td>

File:retouc11.gifThe Sharpen Tool, as it's name suggests, add to the clarity and sharpness of the area you're working on by increasing the contrast between the area you're working on and it's surrounding.</td>


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SMUDGE Tool</td>

Cs,Cs2,Cs3</td> Shift+R<p> </td>

File:retouc12.gifThe Smudge Tool works by pushing the color of the beginning point (where you start dragging) to the direction of the final point of drag. color where the stroke begins and pushes it in the direction you drag.
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Smudge Tool

DODGE Tool</td>

Cs,Cs2,Cs3</td> Shift+O</td>

File:retouc13.gifDodge Tool is used to lighten certain areas of an image (the dragged on areas).
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Dodge Tool

BURN Tool</td>

Cs,Cs2,Cs3</td> Shift+O</td>

File:retouc14.gifThe Burn Tool is used to lighten certain areas of n image (the dragged on areas).
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sponge Tool</td>

Cs,Cs2,Cs3</td>


Shift+O<p> </td>


File:retouc15.gifThe Sponge Tools modifies the saturation of an area depending on the mode defined in the option bar.

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