Hour 21. Photo Repair—Black and White

What You'll Learn in This Hour:

• Easy Fixes

• Using the Eyedropper

• Using the Clone Stamp

• Healing Brush and Patch Tools

• Cleaning Up a Picture, Step by Step

• Applying Tints

• Vignetting

Fixing damaged or “just plain lousy” pictures is the number one reason why most people buy Photoshop. It can really work miracles on old, torn, faded photographs, and it can also make up for most, if not all, of the flaws in your snapshots. Photoshop can be used to recompose a picture that's off-center, tilted, or has too much empty space. You can edit out the power lines and trash cans that spoil the landscape. You can even remove unwanted former spouses, or that awful boyfriend your daughter finally dumped, from family portraits. It's nowhere near as difficult to get rid of them onscreen.