What is Alteration Tools?

• Healing Brush: Corrects small blemishes in scanned photos.
  
  How to use: Select the tool, hold down the ALT key and left-click on the base color you need to heal. Then left-click over the blemish.
  
  
• Brush Tool: Draws lines of different thicknesses and colors.
  
  How to use: Select the tool. Then click on the selected area, drag to draw lines. Use the Options bar to change the Brush, Mode, Opacity, and Flow.
  
  
• Clone Stamp: Takes a sample of an image and applies over another image, or a part of the same image.
  
  How to use: Select the tool. Hold down the ALT key and left-click on a certain point of the document where you want to start your copy point. Then, put your mouse over whatever part of the new document you want the picture to go to. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse across the page to copy the picture.
  
  
• Art History Brush: Paints over an image using the source data from a specified history state or snapshot.
  
  How to use: Select the tool, specify the Brush, Blending Mode, Opacity, Style, Area, and Tolerance.
  
  
• Eraser Tool: Removes part of an existing path or stroke. You can use the Erase tool on paths, but not in Text.
  
  How to use: Select the tool, click on the part of the image you wish to erase. Drag to erase pixels.
  
  
• Paint Bucket Tool: Fills and entire area with a specific color of your choice.
  
  How to use: Select the tool. Choose a foreground color in the Color Box. Select an area you wish to apply the color to. Click the tool button, then click on the selected area.
  
  
• Gradient Tool: Applies a gradient fill to a selected part of the image or to an entire layer.
  
  How to use: Select an area you wish to apply gradient to, click the tool button, choose a fill in the Options Bar, click on the starting point, hold the mouse down and drag to the end point.
  
  
• Blur Tool: Blurs te sharp edges of an image.
  
  How to use: Select an area where you wish to apply the tool. Click the tool button, choose the Brush, Mode, and Strength. Drag the brush along the edges.