Operation Manual

3 In the Spot & Patch area of the Adjustments inspector or the Adjustments pane of the
Inspector HUD, adjust the Radius parameter by doing one of the following:
• Drag the Radius slider.
• Click the left or right arrow in the Radius value slider to change the radius of the Spot
& Patch target overlay by single-pixel increments, or drag in the value field.
• Double-click the number in the Radius value slider, then enter a value from 3 to 400
and press Return.
Use the Radius slider and
value slider to adjust the
size of previously placed
Spot & Patch target overlays.
The size of the Spot & Patch target overlay increases as the parameter value increases.
Adjusting the Softness Within Spot & Patch Target Overlays
You can also change the “softness” of cloned pixels within Spot & Patch target overlays.
Softness describes how well the area within the target overlay blends in with the
surrounding image area. The Softness parameter controls the blending of pixels between
the center of the Spot & Patch target overlay and the circumference. The higher the
Softness parameter value, the closer to the center the pixel blending occurs. The lower
the parameter value, the less pixel blending occurs, resulting in a “hard edge.”
You can adjust
the softness of
the cloned pixels.
To adjust the softness of pixels within a Spot & Patch target overlay
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In the Spot & Patch area of the Adjustments inspector or the Adjustments pane of the
Inspector HUD, adjust the Softness parameter by doing one of the following:
• Drag the Softness slider.
• Click the left or right arrow in the Softness value slider, or drag in the value field.
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