Photoshop Tutorial – Content Aware

The Patch Tool – a little brother to Content-Aware

Photoshop quick tip

Here’s a quick video for you to expand your Photoshop ‘tool box’.

  • In the toolbar, hold down the Spot Healing Brush  and select the Patch tool .

    The Patch tool is used to remove unwanted image elements. The Content-Aware option in the Patch tool synthesizes nearby content for seamless blending with the surrounding content.

    The results are similar to Content-Aware Fill, but using this tool gives you the flexibility to choose the source area.

For creatives that may not be familiar with the Patch Tool here’s a how to.

The Clone Brush is powerful but for non-repeating brush strokes this tool is very effective.

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And this is a Wrap!

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