Patch Tool in Photoshop

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Patch Tool in Photoshop
How to use Patch Tool in Photoshop?

Ans: The Patch tool lets you repair a selected area with pixels from another area or a pattern. Like the Healing Brush tool, the Patch tool matches the texture, lighting, and shading of the sampled pixels to the source pixels. You can also use the Patch tool to clone isolated areas of an image. The Patch tool works with 8‑bits or 16‑bits-per-channel images

1.Select the Patch tool 

2.Do one of the following:

.Drag in the image to select the area you want to repair, and select Source in the options bar.

.Drag in the image to select the area from which you want to sample, and select Destination in the options bar.

Note:You can also make a selection prior to selecting the Patch tool.

3 .To adjust the selection, do one of the following:
       .Shift-drag in the image to add to the existing selection.
       .Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) in the image to subtract from the existing selection.
       .Alt+Shift-drag (Windows) or Option+Shift-drag (Mac OS) in the image to select an area intersected by the existing selection.

Repair an area using a pattern

1.Select the Patch tool .

2.Drag in the image to select the area you want to repair.

Note:You can also make a selection prior to selecting the Patch tool.

3.If desired, complete steps 3-4 above to adjust the selection and apply pattern texture with a transparent background.

4.Select a pattern from the Pattern panel in the options bar, and click Use Pattern.

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