Dry PS image Repair and modification tool usage

We often encounter photos do not need to repair, photographic post-processing, the need to use others to make posters modified to suit their needs of the poster, then master the image repair and modification of PS is self-evident.

Copy Image clone Stamp tool pattern Stamp tool repair image spot repair Brush tool repair brush Tool Patch Tool content aware move tool red eye tool History Brush history brush Tool History Art Brush tool retouch image blur tool sharpen tool smudge tool retouch image Dodge tool deepen tool sea Sponge Tool Erase Image eraser Tool background Eraser tool Magic Eraser Tool

1. Copying images

There are many ways to copy images, and in addition to the most common "copy" commands, you can copy them with the Clone Stamp tool and the pattern Stamp tool to fix the image. Clone Stamp Tool

The tool copies the pixels in the image to other images or other parts of the same image, and can be copied between different layers of the same image, which is important for copying images or overwriting defects in an image.

How to use

Select the appropriate soft brush, hold down the ALT key to sample the image, and apply it where it needs to be repaired.
Note: the "crosshair" Mark appears on the sampling point at the time of smear, which is the sample position marker, and the change in the position of the marker age is observed to guide what image content will be applied.

Tool Options Bar Introduction

Toggle Clone Source Panel button: Open Clone source Panel

Alignment: After checking the pixel for continuous sampling, in the imitation process, the sampling point with the location of the imitation changes; The clone process always takes a sampling point as the starting point after the cancellation.

Sample: Layer pattern Stamp tool with selectable sampling

It can be painted using a pattern provided by PS or a custom pattern.

How to use

Use the Create selected tool to select the pattern you want to customize, define it as a pattern, select the pattern Stamp tool, and choose the pattern you just created in the pattern picker in the selection bar. Randomly adjusts the size of the brush and spreads it from different directions in the image.

Tool Options Bar Introduction

Pattern: Opens the pattern that comes with the selection system.

Impressionist effect: Can add blur effect to fill pattern, simulate impressionist effect. The pattern that is drawn after the check is unchecked is clearly visible. 2. Repairing Images

Use the repair image tool to quickly fix blemishes and blemishes in an image. Spot Healing Brush Tool

Stains, scratches, and other undesirable portions of the image can be quickly removed. It can be used to paint with sample pixels in an image or pattern, and to match the texture, illumination, transparency, and shading of the sampled pixels with the fixed pixels, and to automatically sample from around the decorated area.

How to use

Select the tool, select the appropriate soft brush, and click to remove the stain where it needs to be repaired.

Tool Options Bar Description Type: The method used to set the fix
Approximate match option, you can use pixels around the edge of the selection to find the area of the image that you want to patch for the selected region.
Create texture option, you can use all the pixels in the selection to create a texture to repair the area.
The "Content-aware" option, when an area of an image is overwritten, the feature of the surrounding image is automatically analyzed by the software, and the image is stitched together and populated in that area.

Note: The most powerful feature is the "Content-aware" option, which is commonly used by individuals. Healing Brush Tool

As with the Clone Stamp tool, you can also draw with sample pixels from an image or pattern. However, the tool can sample from around the modified area, use the sample pixels in the image or pattern to paint, and match the texture, transparency, and shadow of the sample with the repaired pixels, thereby removing the stains and scratches from the photo, and the repaired effect will not result in artificial repair.

How to use

Select the tool, select the appropriate brush, press and hold the ALT key near the image where you need to fix, click Sample, and click to remove the stain where you need to fix it.

Tool Options Bar Introduction
Ditto. Patching Tools

It can use pixels from other areas or patterns to fix the selected area. Like the repair brush tool, the patch tool matches the texture, illumination, and shading of the sample pixels with the source pixels. But the patch tool needs to be selected to locate the patch range, which is special.

How to use

After you select the tool, drag the mouse to create a selection, drag the selection to the repair source area, release the mouse, and deselect the selection.

The Tool options Bar describes how selections are created: Consistent with the use of the Create selection. Patching: Patching methods include "normal" and "content aware." Source: After selection, drag the selection to the area you want to patch, and the original area will be patched. Target: Select to drag the selection to another area to copy the image from the original area to the region. Transparency: Select to make the patch area transparent to the original image. Use patterns: After you select a pattern in the drop-down menu, click the button to use the pattern to patch the image within the selection. Content-aware mobility tool

The tool can move objects in the image to other locations in the image, and automatically populate nearby images where the objects are originally located.

How to use

After you select the tool, create a selection for the area you want to repair, click and drag an object within the selection to the appropriate position in the image, and deselect the selection.

Tool Options Bar describes modes: used to set how objects within a selection are moved, including the move and extend modes. Adaptation: including very strict, strict, medium, loose and very loose. The higher the selection requirement, the more natural the object and background are to be fused.
Note: This is a matter of course to choose very strict.

Tip: Patching tools not only fix images, they can also create selections themselves, and knowledge needs to be created manually by the user. When you want to patch a specific part of an image or a rule area, you can use other tools that create the selection, and then use the Patch tool to patch the image within the selection. Red Eye Tool

The tool is used to correct red-eye, is very simple to use, and can also adjust the pupil size and dimming amount.

How to use

After selecting the tool, set the appropriate pupil size and darken amount in the Options bar, and click on the person's eyes to remove the red eye of the person. 3. History brushes History Brush Tool

The tool can restore an image to a step state during the editing process, or restore some of the images as is. The tool needs to be used with the history panel.

Portrait Scrubs Open Portrait photos, perform ctrl+j copy layers, perform "filter →\rightarrow noise →\rightarrow dust and scratches" on portraits, and set appropriate parameters. Open the History panel and click the square in front of the copy layers step to set it as the recovery source. Select the history Brush tool, set the brush size and opacity appropriately, and apply parts such as people's eyes, beauty, and lips to restore them to their original shape. History Art Brush Tool

Paints with a stylized stroke using the source data from the specified history or snapshot. By using different drawing styles, sizes, and tolerances, you can simulate the texture of a painting with different colors and art segments.

Tool Options Bar describes styles: The shape you use to set a paint stroke. Area: Used to set the area covered by a paint stroke. The larger the value, the larger the area covered, and the more the number of strokes. Tolerance: Used to order the area where the paint stroke can be applied. The tolerance can be used to draw an infinite number of strokes in the image; Hypervolemic hemodilution to the painting. Strokes are limited to areas that differ significantly from the color in the source state or snapshot. retouch Image Blur Tool

It can smooth the edges of the image and reduce the detail in the image. It is often used to correct scanned images, because some of the clutter or creases in the scanned image are easy to make, and if used with a little modification, the clutter can be combined with the surrounding pixels to look smoother.

How to use

The operation is very simple, set the size and intensity, just click on the smudge in the place of the noise or crease. Sharpening Tools

The contrast between neighboring pixels in the image can be enhanced to improve the sharpness of the image.

How to use

Ditto.

Tip: When using the Blur tool, hold down the ALT key to temporarily switch to the sharpening tool's usage state, and temporarily convert the sharpening tool to the Blur tool similarly.
Note: Blurring and sharpening are suitable for handling small-scale image details, using both tools appropriately. Repeated use of the blur tool to smear the image will be blurred, repeated use of the sharpening tool will cause image distortion. Smudge Tool

You can pick the color of the mouse stand-alone point and expand it in the direction of the drag to simulate the effect similar to when your finger drags over wet paint.

How to use

Ditto.

The Tool options bar describes finger painting: You can add a foreground color when you apply it, and when you uncheck it, you smear it with the colour of the cursor at the beginning of each stroke. Retouching Images Dodge Tool

The Dodge tool increases the exposure of specific areas of the image and lightens the image.

The Tool options Bar describes the scope: You can select different shades to modify, including Shadows, midtones, and highlights 3 options in the drop-down list. Exposure: You can specify an exposure for it. The larger the value, the more noticeable the effect. Deepen Tools

You can reduce the exposure to specific areas of the image and darken the image.

Note: The Brightness/contrast command controls the brightness of the entire image, and the Dodge and burn tool can control the brightness of the specified area of the image according to the user's needs. Sponge Tools

It can be used to increase or decrease the saturation of the image very precisely. In a grayscale mode image, it increases or decreases the contrast by the gray level of the principle or near the middle Gray.

The Tool options Bar describes the mode: You can choose how to change the color, including the "Reduce contrast" and "saturation" two options in the drop-down list. Natural saturation: After the check can increase saturation, the color over saturation and overflow color. Erase Image Eraser Tool

Used to erase image colors. If you use the tool in a background layer or an image that has a transparent area locked, the erased portion is displayed as a background color, and any pixels of the smudge area can be erased when working with other layers.

Tool Options Bar Description Erase to History: Select a state or snapshot in the history panel and the image can be restored to the specified state when erased. Background Eraser Tool

It is a smart eraser with the ability to automatically identify the edges of objects, capture the color swatch in the center of the brush, and remove the color that appears in the brush, making the erase area a transparent area.

How to use

Set the appropriate tolerance, and you can erase the background by clicking and dragging Shibiao around the image you want to keep.

Tip: To avoid accidentally wiping the area you want to keep, try not to let the crosshair of the cursor touch the area you want to keep. A better erase effect can be achieved by properly adjusting the size and hardness of the strokes during the erase process.

The Tool options Bar describes sampling: used to set the sampling method.
Continuous sampling button: When you drag the mouse, you can continuously sample the color, and if the crosshair in the center of the cursor touches the object you want to keep, it will also erase it.
One-time sampling button: Erases only the area containing the first single point color.
Background swatch button: Erases only the area that contains the background color. Restriction: Used to set the throttling mode when erasing.
Discontinuous: Erases the color of any position under the cursor
Continuous: Values erase areas that contain sample colors and are connected to each other.
Find edges: You can erase the connection area that contains the sample color, while preserving the sharpness of the shape's edges better. Tolerance: Used to set the tolerance range for the color. The larger the number, the greater the range of colors that can be erased. Protect foreground color: If the color you want to erase is the same as the foreground, it will be protected when the check is erased. Magic Eraser Tool

Can be used to erase colors in an image, but the tool has its own unique features that allow you to erase adjacent colors within a certain tolerance value. Erasing a color does not replace the erase color with the background color, but instead becomes a transparent layer. The function is equivalent to the Magic wand tool + background eraser tool.