B06 Brush Out or Retouch Problem Areas 1:30

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Brush out or Retouch problem areas

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If a great photo has a spot, blemish,

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or other small flaw,

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you can easily remove it with the retouch tool.

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Select the photo

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and click "Edit".

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Place your pointer over the spot

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and then press 1 to zoom in so that you have

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a better view and finer control.

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Now click "Retouch",

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you can drag the slider
to change the size of the brush.

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Position the brush over the mark
that you want to remove.

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If it is a small mark

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try clicking a few times over the spot.

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If that isn't enough,
or the mark is larger

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dragging short strokes to blend the mark

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into its surrounding colors.

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When you're finished, click
the X to close the retouch tool,

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press zero to zoom out

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and click "Done".

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iPhoto automatically detects hard edges

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and tries to keep them intact to avoid blurring,

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so it can easily remove flaws from tricky spots.

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At any time you can press the Shift key

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to quickly compare the edited photo
to its original version.

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With iPhoto ’09 you can easily brush out

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and retouch problem areas in your photos.
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