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Graphic Tools

Notes The following illustration shows the arrangement of these tools in the toolbar.
Figure 4.32: Retouching Tools

Source: http://akvis.com/en/photoshop-tips/retouch-tools.php
If two or more tools occupy the same cell (the icon for the tool last used is always shown), in
order to choose another tool, right-click the mouse on the arrow next to the icon and choose
another tool from the menu that appears. This menu will also appear if you click on the icon and
press it for some time.

Clone Stamp

The Clone Stamp tool and Healing Brush clone (copy) pixels from one part of an image to
another, to another layer or even to another image. The difference between the Healing Brush
and the Clone Stamp tool is, the Healing Brush in Photoshop takes into account the texture,
illumination and shadows of the processed image. As a result, the fragment processed by the
Healing Brush blends more easily into the rest of the image.
To clone an area with the Clone Stamp or Healing Brush, follow these steps:
z Step 1. Choose the tool from the Toolbar.

z Step 2. Set the parameters for the tool in the Options panel: size, blending mode, the
amount of opacity and others.
z Step 3. Check Use All Layers, if you need to work with several layers at once.

z Step 4. Check Aligned to create one clone selected from the area around a starting point.
The mouse button can be released and new fragments selected. Also, the mode and size of
the tool can be changed. If Align is unchecked, then each application of the tool will create
a clone from the same starting point.
z Step 5. Set a starting point. Do this by holding ALT, and then left-clicking on the point
from which the clone will be taken.
z Step 6. Move the cursor to the location where you want to copy the fragment.
z Step 7. Press the left mouse button and the clone will be applied. If the Healing Brush is
used, then the cloned fragments, texture, luminance, and shadows, will be processed in
relation to the pixels of the background image.

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