![]() As was mentioned above, you can use any selection tool method you like to define the selection as you prepare an image for patching.Ģ Having defined the area I wanted to patch, I made sure that the patch tool was now selected in the Tools panel and dragged inside the selection to locate an area of the image that could be used to ‘patch over’ the original area (i.e. When you select the patch tool you can use it just like the lasso tool to draw around the outline of the area you wish to ‘patch’, and loosely define a selection area. Using the picture here, I can show you how the patch tool can be used in Source mode to cover up the tattoo on this model’s body. To see examples of the healing brush and the patch tool in action, check out some of the repairing and retouching tutorials shown in Chapter 8.ġ The patch tool works in a way that is similar to the healing brush. One of the nice features of the patch tool is the way that the Selection area in Source and Destination mode will preview the image as you drag to define the patch selection. As with the healing brushes, the patch tool has to work with either the Background layer or a copied pixel layer. The patch tool Options bar is shown below in Figure 1. Once you have made a selection, select the patch tool to proceed to the next stage. However, you don’t actually need the patch tool to define the selection, because any selection tool or selection method can be used to prepare a patch selection. For example, you can hold down the Option/Alt key to temporarily convert the patch tool to become a polygonal lasso tool with which to draw straight line selection edges. ![]() When the patch tool is selected, it initially operates in a lasso selection mode that can be used to define the area to patch from or patch to. The patch tool uses the same complex algorithm as the healing brush to carry out its blend calculations, but the patch tool works with selection-defined areas instead of a brush.
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