This is part 2 of Geri Murphy's Photoshop Tutorial.
Here is Geri's contact information in case anyone reading these tutorials would like to contact her for information on her trips, private tutorials, etc.
Geri Murphy:
http://www.gerimurphy.net/
gerimurphyimages@earthlink.net
Geri to Norb:
We have gone from 1) RAW to JPG to 2) AUTO TONE
Next Lesson - 3) Spot Healing Brush and Stamping Tool
You are going to make your photo look like this....
Go to the Toolbox on the Left Hand Side. You will see a little icon that looks like a Band-Aid. Right Click on it to be sure you have chosen SPOT HEALING BRUSH. Click on it.
You will see a circle that represents where your cursor or mouse is. You want to put the little circle on top of a piece of "debris" (junk in the water) and click it. The little circle takes pixels on the outside of the circle and transplants them on the inside, thus covering up the "spot". You want the circle to be slightly larger than the junk size. To make the circle bigger, right click the circle. You will see a slider that allows you make the circle (healing brush) larger or smaller. You change the size many times throughout the process. If your circle is too big and too close to another color, it will pick up the other color too. You see, it is cloning the area around it, into the area that you want fix. So, it is best to have your healing brush just slightly larger than the junk size.
This picture has a lot of flashback so be prepared to spend some time on it. It is good practice for the next photo, and the next. When the healing brush does not work, because it is too close to another color, you can use the clone stamp tool. If you don't know how to use that tool, let me know. To get this photo perfect, I used the clone stamp about 15% of the time.
Questions? If yes, let me know. If no, we will move to the final steps. It is a beautiful photo, so it is worth the effort.
Geri
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