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specifies the location of the image to be copied, and copies it by dragging. The function
of the Copy Stamp tool is simply to copy an image. When retouching images, it
is often used to erase dust or dirt. To erase dust or dirt and to make the image look
more natural, change the brush size, opacity, or the drawing mode to suit the parts you wish
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If you look at the sky in the
image carefully, you will see black marks in three locations. Let's erase them. |
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Select the Stamp tool from the
toolbox, and set the details of the Stamp tool in the Tool Option bar. You can set the size of the
stamp, the drawing mode and the opacity, and you can check or uncheck the adjustments, etc. Make
settings as shown in the figure. These settings may make the copy destination look unnatural, depending
on the details of the image. In this case, change the mode and opacity. |
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Specifying the location of the
image to be copied. To specify it, click the mouse while pressing the Alt key. Specify a pattern
that is similar to the area that you wish to erase (dirt or black lines in this example). Usually,
specify a location close to the areas that you wish to erase. In this image, there is a black line
in the cloud areas, so specify the cloud areas to be copied as well. |
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After you specify the areas to
be copied, move the pointer to the portion where there is dirt, and click and drag. When you click
and drag, the image to be copied is copied to the location of the pointer. In other words, the dust
or dirt is hidden by copying and pasting a portion of the image from another location. |
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Take the above steps to erase
the areas that you want using the Copy Stamp tool. |
The Copy Stamp tool is convenient
for erasing unnecessary parts. If you do not look carefully at the areas of the image
that you wish to erase, and specify an area to be copied that has a different color and
pattern to the destination, the process may not go well.
In the example below, a portion of the sky with a slightly different color was specified for the area to be copied.
Please note that the result might look unnatural like this if the color and pattern of the area to be copied is not carefully
matched with the copy destination. |
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| Even if the difference is not so conspicuous
on the screen, it may be visible when the image is printed or it is enlarged and printed
out. |
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![These supplementary functions are used during retouching.]](../../images/reference/function/menu_photo_e.jpg)
