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Technique
5 TOP RETOUCHING TOOLS
1 SpotHealing Brush
Use this to remove small blemishes
on skin, stray hairs and other
imperfections around the face. It
works like a brush, so use the ] and
[ keys to resize until it’s slightly larger than the
spot, then paint to remove it. It’s the simplest
of all the tools here, but it’s automated nature
means it occasionally slips up.
2 Clone tool
This copies pixels from one place
to another. Sample a clean area
nearby by alt-clicking then paint to
clone over any unwanted details.
The tool is often best used at a low opacity
around 20% for a more gradual change in
tones. The Lighten Brush mode can also be
effective when fixing details such as eye bags.3 Patch tool
Similar to the Healing Brush,
this allows you to sample a clean
area nearby when removing
imperfections. We begin by making
a loose selection over the problem area, then
drag the selection to a suitable sample area.
It’s useful for toning down wrinkles and lines,
stray hairs and scratches.AFTER
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