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How to use Patch Tool in Photoshop

If you are photographer, designer who always use Photoshop technique to create best photos, certainly, you don’t feel of unfamiliarity with Patch tool. Patch tool is one of the best tools Photoshop has to offer. It is popular and nice tool, so, why should you use and choose Patch tool in Photoshop.

This tool is easy to use and with each version of Photoshop, it has gotten ever better. As far as we know, Patch tool is part of the headling brush set of tools. The Patch tool is used to repair larger area of an image or get rid of any distractions and blemishes. In addition, you can also use it to duplicate parts of your photos. Using the Patch tool, you can save your time when trying to make some adjustment to your image.

The Patch Tool was introduced into Photoshop at the same time as the Healing Brush. Like that Healing Brush, it matches the texture, lighting and shading of the sampled pixel to the source area. But instead of brushing like Healing Brush, it is used to choose defined areas. Therefore, the Path Tool will help you create a photos more natural than the other tools.

In today’s subject, we will show you:

How to use an amazing Patch Tool in Photoshop.

  • Step 1: Choose your image what you need to the aim of Patch Tool: Open-> Image File.
  • Step 2: Select The Patch Tool and draw an area around your selection. After dragging mouse over to better skin and let’s go.
  • Step 3: Move the cursor over the selected area and drag it to the left, right or in any direction. If you don’t feel happy with your previous done step, you can use Ctrl+Z or use Layer Mask to hidden them.
  • Step 4: Reduce circles under eyes

Having shadows round one’s eyes is one of basic disadvantages that have directly affected to the result of images.  To fix this issue, you can choose area – the circles under eyes and replace it with beautiful skin area.

However, you should use Fade patch tool to increase the effect of image, this will make your photos more natural and more truly.

Click Edit-> Fade patch selection. This window will pop up and move the slider to fade the patch selection. Let’s press Ok when you research your desired result.

  • Step 5: Keep your eyes bright

After removing the circles under eyes, you can keep your eyes bright to make your photos more stunning. First, let’s create a new layer and add Layer Mask. Then, choosing Dodge tool and make sure your exposure that is set between 30-35%. Then, take a large brush and sweep over the eyes just, including the brow area. In other words, if you want to duplicate your layer, it’s simply that add a layer mask in case you want to tweak your dodging.

In the case, the part of eyes or eyebrow are too bright, you can adjust them by using Layer opacity or Layer mask to balance.

  • Step 6: Check out and layer transplant

You should check out your images after finishing. If you want to add the other details for image, you can create back-up layer by click History->Layer Palette and create a new snapshot for your images. After, you can join layer in the effective way.

You are interested in: Fotosolution.com/How to use the Patch Tool in Photoshop

How to Use the Patch Tool in Photoshop – Video Tutorial from Yanik Chauvin on Vimeo.

Finally, The Patch tool is one of the perfect tool in Photoshop. It support your digital image in the most amazing way.  We hope you found this article useful. Do you use the Patch Tool in Photoshop?. Please let me know in the comments below.