Photoshop_User_June_2017

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>^ JUNE 2017

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Before

After

Step Five: Create a new layer and name it

“power line clean up.” Zoom farther into

the image and activate the Clone Stamp

tool (S). Since this tool doesn’t perform

any blending, you won’t create blurry

areas near the building’s hard edges. In

the Options Bar, click on the brush pre-

view on the left to open the Brush Preset

Picker and set the brush Size to around

20 pixels and brush Hardness to around

75%. Then, choose All Layers from the

Sample drop-down menu in the Options

Bar. Set a sample point by Option-clicking

(PC: Alt-clicking) the area of the sky from

which you want to copy pixels. Release

the modifier key and brush down the side

of the building to remove the remaining

plants. Reset the sample point as needed

as you go.

Tip: If the sky within the area you fixed

looks blotchy in color, use the Spot Heal-

ing Brush as described later in this column.

Note: The Healing Brush tool works the

same way in that you need to set a sample

point first; however, it does automatically

blend pixels.

The photo looks a lot better without

the distracting power lines and plants,

as illustrated in this before and after.