MacLife UK – August 2019

Merge layers

Hold the Up–arrow key and click on the

two layers in the Layers panel to select both.

Ctrl–click one of the layers and choose Merge

Visible from the contextual menu to create a

flattened layer with the image and white edges.

Manual cloning

The Inpainting tool can’t hide the

remaining bit of blue bin while preserving the

fence behind it. Select the Clone Brush tool,

then Alt–click on a clean bit of fence. Brush

over the blue bin to replace it with fence pixels.

Change persona

After straightening and cropping the

raw file in the Develop Persona, switch to the

Photo Persona (top left) for retouching tools

such as the Inpainting Brush. Choose Window

> Studio > Layers to open the Layers panel.

Fill in the edges

In the Layers panel, click on the merged

top layer. Then click and hold on the Healing

Brush in the Tools panel, select the Inpainting

Brush, and run it over the white edges. It will

automatically fill them with sky and tree pixels.

Remove unwanted

objects

You can also remove unwanted objects. Brush

over the cyclist to replace him with road and

plants. Then brush over holes in the castle to

fill them with adjacent bricks.

Replace edges with white

Choose Layer > New Fill Layer, and fill

with solid white. In the Layers panel, drag the

white layer below the one with your photo. This

replaces the transparent edges with white, so it’s

easier for the Inpainting Brush to do its thing.

GENIUS TIP

The Inpainting Brush won’t

always work first time.

Sometimes it may sample

and relocate inappropriate

pixels. Press Cmd+Z and

then brush over the object

to try again.

Create

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