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(1-6) The Content Aware Tools..
In lessons 5 and 9 of the Beginning Photoshop and Graphic Design class, you learned about several of the content aware tools - the spot healing brush, the healing brush, the patch tool, and content aware fill.  We'll review some of these, and we'll also go deeper in this lesson.
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Watch the five video mini-series below - The Secrets of Photoshop's Retouching Tools.  They are very thorough and will help you deepen your retouching skills with these powerful tools.
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Video: The Secrets of Photoshop's Retouching Tools (Part 1) (10:01)
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Video: The Secrets of Photoshop's Retouching Tools (Part 2) (6:36)
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Video: The Secrets of Photoshop's Retouching Tools (Part 3) (9:55)
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Video: The Secrets of Photoshop's Retouching Tools (Part 4) (12:11)
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Video: The Secrets of Photoshop's Retouching Tools (Part 5) (9:48)
Below are other video tutorials - these are optional.  Watch any you feel will help you master the content aware tools!
YouTube Video Training:
  1. Content Aware Tools - Healing Brushes and Patch Tool (4:25) - NATHAN SMITH - Introduces the content aware tools - focuses on the spot healing brush tool, the healing brush tool, the patch tool, and the content aware move tool.
  2. Photoshop: Smooth Skin and Remove Blemishes & Scars (4:33) - BLUE LIGHTNING TV - demonstrates surface blur filter, blur tool, and spot healing brush tool.
  3. ​How to Whiten Teeth in Photoshop (12:19) - PHLEARN - Shows how to select teeth, make it into a group with layer mask, then use a hue/saturation adjustment layer to bring more natural color to the teeth.  Next he shows you how to use a curves adjustment layer and the blending options to lighten the teeth.  Finally, he shows how to use the liquify filter to straighten crooked teeth.
  4. How to Remove Wrinkles in Photoshop (8:41) - PHLEARN - Shows how to use the spot healing brush tool to completely remove wrinkles.  Also shows how to use a copy of the image and the brush tool in "lighten" blend mode to reduce wrinkles.
  5. Photoshop - EYES! How to Brighten, Enhance & Change Color (4:52) - BLUE LIGHTNING TV - Shows how to use masks, hue/saturation adjustment layers, overlay blending modes, and the unsharp mask filter to brighten, enhance, and change eye color.
  6. How to Remove Distracting Elements using the enhanced Content Aware Tools in Photoshop CC (5:56) - ADOBE PHOTOSHOP - Shows how to use the color adaptation option in content aware fill.  Julianne also shows the patch tool with the color and structure options.
  7. Photoshop CC 2015 - Panoramas with Content Aware Fill (3:22) - HOWARD PINSKY - Shows how to stitch together a panorama shot using the new features - content aware fill transparent areas - using Photoshop's Photomerge feature.
  8. Shape Hair Using the Liquify Tool in Photoshop (7:22) Note: Video actually starts at 1:34. - PHLEARN - Shows how to use the liquify tool to shape hair.
  9. Photoshop: How to Lose Weight and Reshape the Body (8:34) - BLUE LIGHTNING TV - Shows how to use the liquify tool to reshape a body.
  10. Photoshop CC Content Aware Scale (6:36) - JAYMORR PHOTOGRAPHY - Shows how to use content aware scale to scale an image with content aware without distorting areas of your image.
  11. New in Photoshop CC 2015, Content Aware Move with Transforms Tutorial (4:31) - The Gurus: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator Tutorials - Shows how to use the content aware move tool to move objects seamlessly, with the added option of having a free transform bounding box to be able to resize.
  12. Photoshop Retouching Tips - Nondestructive Healing (7:20) - Mike Hoffman - Shows how to use Photoshop's healing tools non-destructively.
  13. Photoshop Tip: Clone Source Window (2:00) - HOWARD PINSKY - Shows how to flip or change the angle of a clone source.
Lynda.com Video Training (subscription required):
  1. Removing blemishes with the Healing Brush and Patch tools (8m 5s)
  2. Making teeth bright and white (4m 49s)
  3. Brightening eyes to make a person appear more alert (10m 17s)
  4. Lightening dark circles (4m 1s)
  5. Taming flyaway hair (5m 37s)
  6. Smoothing skin and pores with a quick technique (3m 29s)
  7. Deemphasizing wrinkles with the Healing Brush (4m 22s)
  8. Body sculpting with Liquify (5m 39s)
  9. Restoring images using the Healing Brush and Patch tools  (8m 7s)
  10. Removing unwanted details with Content-Aware Fill and Patch (5m 33s)
  11. Swapping heads in a family portrait (2m 33s)
  12. Preserving important elements with Content-Aware Scale (4m 22s)
  13. Flipping and rotating the source data (6m 20s)
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Video: How to Remove Distracting Elements using the enhanced Content Aware Tools in Photoshop CC (5:56)
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Video: Body sculpting with Liquify (5m 39s) | Lynda.com
Exercise A01-06 - Heal the butterfly wings..
OK, let's apply what you've learned to retouch this butterfly photo.  You'll need to use the clone source window, the clone stamp tool, and content aware tools to do this.  Can you non-destructively take the image on the left, and make it look like the image on the right?  Once you've healed the butterfly image, save your file as A01-06_Your_Name.PSD (photoshop file, please!).  This will be part of this week's assignment submissions.  This is your self-check - if you can do this, you've got these tools learned pretty well.
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