User's Manual

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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2
User Guide
To repair an area using a pattern
1 Select the Patch tool
2 Drag in the image to select the area you want to repair.
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Note: You can also make a selection prior to selecting the Patch tool.
3 To adjust the selection, do one of the following:
• Shift-drag in the image to add to the existing selection.
• Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) in the image to subtract from the existing selection.
• Alt-Shift-drag (Windows) or Option-Shift-drag (Mac OS) in the image to select an area intersected by the existing
selection.
4 Select a pattern from the Pattern palette in the options bar, and click Use Pattern.
To remove red eye
TheRed Eyetoolremoves redeye in flashphotosofpeopleand whiteorgreen reflectionsinflash photos of animals.
1 Select the Red Eye tool .
2 Click in the red eye. If you are not satisfied with the result, undo the correction, set one or more of the following
options in the options bar, and click the red eye again:
Pupil Size Sets the size of the pupil (dark center of the eye).
Darken Pupil Sets the darkness of the pupil.
Red eye is caused by a reflection of the camera flash in the subject’s retina. You’ll see it more often when taking
pictures in a darkened room because the subject’s iris is wide open. To avoid red eye, use the camera’s red eye
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eduction feature. Or, better yet, use a separate flash unit that you can mount on the camera farther away from the
camera’s lens.
To use the Color Replacement tool
The Color Replacement tool simplifies replacing specific colors in your image. You can paint over a targeted color
with a corrective color. The Color Replacement tool doesn’t work in images in Bitmap, Indexed, or Multichannel
color modes.
1 Select the Color Replacement tool
2 Choose a brush tip in the options bar. Generally, you should keep the blending mode set to Color.
3 For the Sampling option, choose one of the following:
Continuous Samples colors continuously as you drag.
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Once Replaces the targeted color only in areas containing the color that you first click
Background Swatch Replaces only areas containing the current background color.
4 For the Limits option, select one of the following:
Discontiguous Replaces the sampled color wherever it occurs under the pointer.
Contiguous Replaces colors that are contiguous with the color immediately under the pointer
Find Edges Replaces connected areas containing the sampled color while better preserving the sharpness of
shape edges.