Operation Manual

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Command-click a Red Eye target overlay.
Command-click a
Red Eye target overlay
to delete it.
The Red Eye target overlay disappears.
Working with the Spot & Patch Controls
You use the Spot & Patch adjustment controls when you need to modify Spot & Patch
parameter settings that were applied using previous versions of Aperture. When using
the Spot & Patch adjustment to spot or patch your images, you can modify the appearance
of the pixels within the target overlays. You can also adjust the size of Spot & Patch target
overlays.
Which Retouching Adjustment Should You Use?
Aperture provides two sets of controls that you can use to retouch your image: Retouch
and Spot & Patch.
In the vast majority of cases, Retouch provides the controls that will best serve your
image-repair needs. The Spot & Patch controls have been included in Aperture 3 in
order to retain the integrity of images that were adjusted with earlier versions of Aperture.
In many cases, image repairs might even be improved by removing an existing Spot &
Patch repair and replacing it with a Repair or Clone adjustment performed with the
Retouch tool. For more information about the Retouch tool, see Working with the
Retouch Controls.
There are certain situations in which Spot & Patch is the adjustment of choice. For
example, an artifact on or very near a curved edge in an image may be more effectively
removed using the Angle parameter.
485Chapter 17 Making Image Adjustments