Graphics Programs Reference
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The selection changes to match the area around it. The boy is gone, and where he
stood is a section of the bridge wall, and a building.
5.
Choose Select > Deselect.
The effect was pretty impressive, but not quite perfect. You'll touch up the results
next.
Repairing areas with the Clone Stamp tool
The Clone Stamp tool uses pixels from one area of an image to replace the pixels
in another part of the image. Using this tool, you can not only remove unwanted
objects from your images, but you can also fill in missing areas in photographs
you scan from damaged originals.
You'll use the Clone Stamp tool to smooth out some irregularities in the height of
the bridge wall and the windows on the building.
1.
Select the Clone Stamp tool ( ) in the Tools panel, and select a
60 px
brush with
30%
hardness. Make sure that the Aligned option is selected.
2.
Move the Clone Stamp tool to an area where the top of the bridge wall is
smooth. That's the area you want to copy to smooth out the area that was
patched.
3.
Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) to start sampling that part
of the image. (When you press Alt or Option, the pointer appears as target
cross-hairs.)
4.
Drag the Clone Stamp tool across the top of the bridge wall in the patched
area to even it out, and then release the mouse button.
