Using the Clone Tool:
The Clone Tool is the best tool for fixing imperfections in a picture. It basically lets you edit out things in your photos that you don’t want there or are distracting.
This is a picture I took this morning of the clouds as the sun was coming up. The problem is, for my picture, I wanted that bright sunlight shown in the pictures. To get that means I had to get part of the house tops and the power lines in my picture. But I can use the Clone Tool to edit these out.
Find the tool that looks like a stamp. You actually have 2 that look like stamps but one will have what looks like a box under it. This is not the one you want. You want the one that is just the stamp. (FYI: there is a Tool that looks like 2 band aids crossing over each other. This is the Heal Tool. It works just like the Clone Tool and is better suited for fixing blemishes on skin and what not because it is a less hash tool)
Once you have the tool selected, go to the setting (bottom half of the Toolbox) and click on the square next to “Brushes”. Select the largest, fuzzy brush available (it looks like a circle where the outer rim is fuzzy).
Right underneath this is the “Scale”. Use the slider to adjust the size of the brush until you have your desired size. Now go to your picture.
Find a spot on your picture that you want to copy (this part of the picture should be as close to the spot you want to edit out as possible only with out the infringement in it). Hit CTRL and you should see a little cross appear on your image where you mouse is. This is how you will select that spot.
Let go of the CTRL button and your mouse will return to your circle. Then simply click and drag over the imperfection spot and they will be replaced with the spot in your image you previously selected.
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