Benefits of transparency You’ve now seen two ways to enhance photo images. One benefit of transparency masking in Canvas is that original images are not changed permanently. The original pixels of an image can be easily restored if you change your mind. You can remove the channel mask from the flower image. To restore the original image 1 Double-click the flower image to place the paint object in edit mode. 2 In the Channels palette, drag the channel mask from the lower window to the trash can icon. 3 The original image is now restored. Use the Save As command to save your work, or close the document without saving the changes. Pixel editing Canvas has a number of advanced photo-editing features that allow you to manipulate images. In the next exercise, you’ll use the Rubber Stamp tool to retouch an image of a landscape. Retouching an image To begin, open the file named “Image3.cnv” in the Tutorial folder. An image of a landscape is now in your document. You’re going to add more clouds to the sky. For retouching an image such as this, you can use the Rubber Stamp tool. The Rubber Stamp tool takes an area of pixels starting at a reference point you select, and replicates the pixels around that point in another location you select. This is referred to as cloning. The Rubber Stamp tool ensures color matching and replicates subtle textures and gradients that exist in an image. To clone pixels with the Rubber Stamp tool 1 With the Selection tool, double-click the paint object to place it in edit mode. 2 Select the Magnifying Glass tool and click to enlarge the sky. 3 Select the Rubber Stamp tool. 4 Select a small soft-edge brush from the Brushes palette. Rubber Stamp tool
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