Operation Manual

• Double-click the number in the Softness value slider, then enter a value from 3 to 400
and press Return.
Use the Softness slider and
value slider to make the
edges of the Spot & Patch
overlay blend better with
the surrounding image area.
A low value decreases the softness of pixels within the Spot & Patch target overlay, and
a high value increases the softness.
Adjusting the Opacity Within Spot & Patch Target Overlays
Another method of modifying Spot & Patch target overlays to make cloned pixels blend
in better with surrounding pixels is to adjust the opacity of pixels in the target overlay.
The higher the Opacity parameter value, the more the cloned pixels obscure the original
pixels they cover.
You can adjust
the opacity of the
cloned pixels.
To adjust the opacity of cloned pixels in 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 Opacity parameter by doing one of the following:
• Drag the Opacity slider.
• Click the left or right arrow in the Opacity value slider, or drag in the value field.
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