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Step 3: Just click and drag A area over B area. You will see a preview of the image as you drag it.
Step 4: When you drop the area A over the area B, Photoshop does the magic of blending
the pixels from the source B or the destination area A perfectly. Deselect by pressing
Ctrl + D. It is so simple, but you might not get an accurate result every time. You may have to
practise a few times. Please ensure that you are working on a duplicate background layer or
using a separate empty layer—not your original background layer.
Using Patch Tool
Content Aware Move Tool
Content Aware Move Tool is one of the best retouching tools that allows you to move an object in an
image to a different location and Photoshop automatically takes care of the area left behind. It also
helps to duplicate, expand, rotate and contract objects in an image. The steps to use the Content
Aware Move Tool are:
Step 1: Open an image in which you need to move an object from one place to another.
Step 2: Select the Content Aware Move Tool from the Tools panel.
Step 3: Make a rough selection around the object. See the given image. While selecting make sure
that the selection should not be very close to the edge of the object.
Step 4: Click and drag the object to the new location and drop it. Photoshop automatically manages
the blank area by replacing it with the surrounding/background area and merging the object
in the new area.
Step 5: Press Ctrl + D to deselect the selection.
Tech Hint
To switch to Polygon lasso from
freehand selection: Alt key
Using Content Aware Move Tool
The Mode property in Options bar contains two options: Move and Extend. Move is used to seamlessly
move the objects in the photos. Extend is used to copy the object, scale and rotate the object, expand,
and contract the object using new layers.
Adaptation helps to control the flexibility to blend the image. Selecting very loose will allow more
control over blending in the image while selecting very strict will give hard line around the selection.
Click the check box of Sample all layers if working with one image. At times, this tool may not give a
perfect result, but usually Content Aware Move Tool wonderfully blends the object into the new area.
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