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Repairing fold lines
You will now repair the fold lines in the upper-right corner of the image.
1
Select the Zoom tool from the Tools panel, and if it is not already selected, check
the Resize Windows To Fit
checkbox in the Options bar. By checking this box, the
window will automatically resize when you zoom.
2
Click approximately three times in the upper-right corner of the image. There you see
fold marks that you will repair using the Clone Stamp tool.
Fold marks that you will repair.
3
Select the Clone Stamp tool (
) from the Tools panel.
4
Right-click (Windows) or Ctrl+click (Mac OS) on the image area to open the Brush
Preset picker. Click on the Soft Round brush and change the Size to 13 pixels. Press
Enter or the Return key.
Select a soft round brush.
5
Position your cursor to the left of the fold mark, approximately in the center of the
fold. Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and click to dei ne that area as
the source.
6
Position the Clone Stamp tool over the middle of the fold line itself, and click and
release. Depending upon what you are cloning, it is usually wise to apply a clone
source in small applications, rather than painting with long brush strokes.
7
Press Shift+[ (left bracket) several times to make your brush softer. This way, you can
better disguise the edges of your cloning.