Fixing your photos with the retouching tools

Question 1

How can you zoom in? (3)

Answer 1

1. Initial click does a one-step zoom in and then:
2. CTRL (hold) + mouse wheel
   OR
3. CTRL and +/-
4. Use navigator

Question 2

Where do you find the red eye correction tool?

Answer 2

In the Tool Strip in the right hand panel of the Develop module.

Question 3

Adjustment brush – where do you find it?

And give a great example of how to use it?

Answer 3

at end of Tool Strip.

RE: This is amazing. Have a face too in the shadows? Use this to increase exposure just over the face and perhaps other areas like hands and feet to bring out the subject.

Question 4

How does the Adjustment Brush differ from spot removal tool?

Answer 4

You use a control to change the existing pixels vs using source pixels to modify the destination area.

Re: ie the later samples/borrows other pixels, the former just edits the existing in situ pixels.

Question 5

The spot removal tool allows you to remove blemishes and **** .

Answer 5

distractions

Question 6

Where can you find the spot removal tool?

Answer 6

2nd item on the Tool Strip TR of Develop Module.

Question 7

The Spot Removal Brush is how you apply a correction - what size should you pick?

Answer 7

Aim for a brush size of just a bit larger than the blemish (or distraction).

Question 8

What does ‘feather’ on the spot removal tool specify?

Answer 8

The blend amount of the correction with the surrounding pixels

Question 9

What does the ‘opacity’ setting of the ‘spot removal tool’ determine?

Answer 9

The transparency of the correction.

RE: or blend between original pixels and the corrective ones.

Question 10

Differentiate when you would use the ‘clone’ vs ‘heal’ options when using the ‘Spot Removal Tool’?

Answer 10

Clone is a definite copy and paste type of action from source pixels to destination.

Heal aims to blend the source pixels with destination.

Question 11

How can you compare before and after using the Spot Removal Tool?

Answer 11

Toggle on/off the spot removal (at bottom of the open tool panel) to compare your work with pre-edited pic.

Question 12

Where is the ‘Spot Removal Tools’ Tool overlay feature?

And how can it help you?

Answer 12

Tool overlay feature sits below the pic. It marks where you have made spot removal adjustments, so you can review and re-do if necessary.

Question 13

To the right of the Tool overlay feature is the ‘Visualise spots’ feature - how can this help?

Answer 13

This can help you identify spots you may wish to treat. You can also work in this view.
RE: I actually found working in this view helpful.

Spot removal tool great for identifying dust on lens using the ‘Visualise spots’, then remove them all easily.

Removing spots from dust on lens - often a problem with clear blue skies.

Question 14

Removing linear objects using the ‘Spot Removal Tool’- how?

Answer 14

Click on one end of the straight lined object + Shift and click on the other end.

Reduce and simplify – a good approach to landscape pics. Focus on the pristine beauty of the scene, without distraction from too much detail.

Remember to use the navigator and the zoom ratios.

Question 15

Reducing Shadows under the eyes using the ‘Spot Removal Tool’ - what are Chris Orwig’s 2 instructions?

Answer 15

1. This typically needs a lot of feather (e.g. 77). Viz, feather on face, dipped in cake.
2. It may look fake, so reduce the opacity (e.g. 58) so that you blend with the original pixels and some of the eye shadow comes through, so you are softening the shadow (RE: rather than removing it completely).

Re: so I guess feather is how well the correction dovetails with that surrounding pixels, whereas opacity is how the corrective pixels blend with the underlying original pixels.

Question 16

What does the Graduated Filter do?

And where is this tool?

Answer 16

Use when you want to make a gradual adjustment over a large area of your photo, e.g. a seascape, sky.

In the Tool Strip (4th along)

Question 17

A ‘**’ is one instance of applying an effect or process.

Add more ‘****’ to one photo via the ‘new’ button.

Answer 17

mask

masks

Question 18

How do you apply the graduated filter?

Answer 18

Add a mask by clicking and dragging (before you let go).

Question 19

Graduated Filter : Whilst the pin is ****, it’s active, and any settings you change will be applied to the mask. When it’s **** it’s not; so when you add a 2nd mask you’ll see the first pin is ** .

Answer 19

black

white

white

Question 20

How can you see what area an existing Graduated Filter mask is affecting?

and how is the affected area shown?

Answer 20

Hover over the pin for a second to see the areas affected by the mask(s).

The amount of the affect is shown in a red tint – it’s a graduated filter, so the red tint gradually goes from deeper to lighter as the applied affects diminishes to the far side of the filter area.

Question 21

If you have multiple settings in place on a mask, you can increase/ decrease all of the values simultaneously - how?

Answer 21

By collapsing the controls via a black triangle TR, and using the master slider that appears.

RE: This is very helpful.