Alteration Tools

Alteration Tools

 Healing Brush

Corrects small blemishes in scanned photos.

Select the tool, hold down the ALT key and left-click on the base color you need to heal. Then left-click over the blemish.

Brush 

Draws brush strokes of different thicknesses and colors.

Select the tool. Then click on the selected area, drag to draw lines. Use the Options bar to change the brush, mode, opacity and Z.

Clone Stamp

 

Takes a sample of an image and applies over another image, or a part of the same image.

Select the tool. Hold down the ALT key and left-click on a certain point of the docu-
ment where you want to start your copy point. Then, put your mouse over whatever part of the new document you want the picture to go to. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse across the page to copy the picture.

Art History Brush 

Select the tool, specify the brush, blending mode, opacity, style, area and tolerance.

Eraser

Removes part of an existing path or stroke. You can use the Erase tool on paths, but not on text.

Select the tool, click on the part of the image you wish to erase. Drag to erase pixels.

Blurs

Blurs the sharp edges of an image.

Select an area where you wish to apply the tool. Click the tool button and choose the brush, mode, and strength. Drag the brush along the edges.

Gradient Tools

You can click the Options bar, click on the starting point, and hold the mouse down and drag to the end point.