Spot and patch an image – Apple Aperture 3.5 User Manual
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Chapter 7
Make image adjustments
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Spot and patch an image
You use the Spot & Patch adjustment controls when you need to modify a Spot & Patch
adjustment that was applied using a previous version of Aperture.
Note: Aperture provides two sets of retouching controls: Retouch and Spot & Patch. In the vast
majority of cases, the Retouch controls will best serve your image-repair needs. The Spot &
Patch controls are included in Aperture 3 to retain the integrity of images adjusted with earlier
versions of Aperture. You can often improve image repairs by removing an existing Spot & Patch
repair and replacing it with a Repair or Clone adjustment performed with the Retouch tool.
For more information, see
on page 242. In a few situations, Spot & Patch is
the adjustment of choice. For example, an artifact on or very near a curved edge may be more
effectively removed using the Angle parameter.
The Spot & Patch adjustment provides two methods of correcting your images. When the
area around the blemish is continuous (such as a solid color) and doesn’t contain a distinct
texture, you can use the “spotting” method to obscure the blemish by integrating the pixels that
surround it. You fix a blemish by placing the Spot & Patch target overlay over the blemish in the
image and then adjusting the size of the target overlay so that it just barely covers the blemish.
By keeping the target overlay small, you minimize the chance of a visual aberration in the
final image.
Before Spot & Patch adjustment
(spotting)
After Spot & Patch adjustment
(spotting)
67% resize factor