Canon Photo Retouch - Techniques

1.	Crop to print size

2.	Print original image

3.	Decide on the areas to be retouched

4.	Restore highlight separations, adjust tone

5.	Fix blue tint

6.	Remove extraneous elements

7.	Unsharp mask

8.	Print retouched photo


	Now, we will erase extraneous elements. There are a number of tools that we could use. For this purpose, we will use the History Brush and Patch Tools, which are new in Photoshop 7.0. These tools compare portions of an image that have extraneous elements with those that do not. Photoshop then computes these portions, and these tools automatically remove only the extraneous elements, making the tools very handy indeed. The History Brush controls are similar to the Stamp Tools, and the Patch Tool is similar to the Marquee Tools. In this example, we will use the Patch Tool, because both it and the History Brush work the same way in Photoshop, even though they have different controls.

Select Patch from the Toolbar, or choose Source in the Option Bar, as shown in the figure below.

*The Patch Tool Option Bar

The first step is to use the Patch Tool to make a selection. Drag it around the extraneous element to select it.

			Next, drag the selection around an area of similar size that does not have the extraneous element in it.

Immediately, the selection will snap back to the initial position, neatly erasing the extraneous element.