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Shift-clicking to heal in straight lines

Shift-clicking to heal in straight lines - Photoshop Tutorial

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Shift-clicking to heal in straight lines

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- [Instructor] All right, so the patch tool's okay. But again, it applies static modifications which is why I'm going to show you a better way to heal away these power lines by painting straight lines by combining the Spot Healing Brush with the shift key. All right, so I'm going to create yet another new layer by pressing ctrl + shift + n or cmd + shift + n on the Mac, and I'll call this guy, "straight lines." And then I'll once again zoom out by pressing ctrl + 0, or cmd + 0 on the Mac, just so I have a little leeway around the canvas. And I'll go ahead and switch back to the Spot Healing Brush. And now I'll click up here at the top of the image like so, and then I'll shift-click down here at the bottom of the image in order to paint a straight line. That's all it takes. And by the way, that same trick works with the brush tool. And so if I were to grab the brush, and I'll go ahead and right click with it in order to…

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