Chapter 5: Corel PHOTO-PAINT Basics | 61One common problem in photos is red-eye,
which occurs when light from a flash reflects
off the back of a person’s eye.
To remove red-eye, start by zooming in on
the eye. Then, click the Red-eye removal
tool, adjust the brush size to match the size
of the eye, and click the eye.The Red-eye removal tool has been used on the photo
subject to correct the right eye and select the left eye.
Dust and scratch marks are another common
problem in images. You can remove dust and
scratch marks by applying a filter to the entire
image. If an image has one or more scratches
in a specific area, you can create a mask
around the scratches and apply the filter to the
editable area.
To remove dust and scratch marks, click
Image ` Correction ` Dust and scratch.Left: The dust marks reduce image quality. Right: Dust
marks have been removed in the retouched image.
If a scratch or blemish is fairly large or is located
in an area with varied color and texture (such
as leaves on a tree), you can achieve better
results by cloning image areas. When you
clone, you copy pixels from one image area to
another.To clone image areas, click the Clone tool,
and choose Clone from the Brush
category: Clone picker on the property
bar. Next, click to set the source point, and
drag where you want to apply the pixels
from the source point. To reset the source
point, right-click the area that you want to
clone.Left: The source point is set to clone areas of the sky.
Middle: Cloned sky areas are copied on top of the post.
Right: Retouched image.If you use a soft-edge brush and a greater
transparency value, the cloned areas blend
seamlessly in the image.Photos from digital cameras may often contain
specks of random colors, which are collectively
referred to as “noise.” These specks are caused
by poor lighting conditions or limitations of the
camera sensor. You can remove noise from
digital photos or scanned images by clicking
Effects ` Noise ` Remove noise.