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if I were creating this series even a

few months ago I would never consider

including the remove tool but looking at

how versatile it has been how well it

works it would be criminal of me to not

include it let me show you a few

examples first of all let us take the

Clone stamp tool right here now the way

the Clone stamp tool works is that it's

just a simple copy and paste in a brush

and it's important to learn we'll get to

it later but for right now if you choose

the Clone stamp tool which is this tool

right here let's select that and let's

say we want to remove this chain that

he's wearing if we take a sample here's

how we take a sample we hold the ALT key

or the option key click to take a sample

and we try to align it right here and if

we paint the alignment goes Haywire yes

there is a way you can rotate the sample

and then paint it there are shortcuts we

have made a video about it many years

ago but still This is complicated then

you also have something like the spot

healing brush tool let's select and

let's try to paint it this is automatic

but it doesn't work that well let's

paint like this see it creates this

breakpoint and in complicated areas it

absolutely messes up if we try to paint

like this look at the weird shape it has

created but it's still better but then

comes the remove tool which changes

everything now I know I heard this in a

rap song but I think it's important and

it goes like if you don't evolve you

will evaporate and I don't want you to

evaporate we have to move with the times

we have to move with the technological

advancements and the introduction of

these tools not only entirely change the

way we work with Photoshop but also

changes the way we learn Photoshop so

it's important that we learn it in the

beginning stages so first off we have to

remove tool let's do some housekeeping

how do you see the two you want to make

sure that you have updated to the latest

version of Photoshop let's go to help

about Photoshop make sure your version

is 24.5 or higher now keep in mind this

is the regular version of Photoshop not

the beta apps so just update your

Photoshop and you'll be good to go now

how do you see the remove tool even

after updating if you don't see the

remove tool right here it probably means

that it's hidden so if you click on the

three dots right here there you have the

remove tool if you still don't see it go

to edit toolbar and inside of that in

extra tools section you will see the

remove tool if you don't see it yet

right here or somewhere here you will

see it now you can arrange tools the way

you want so I'm going to go to this

section which is the spot healing and

you can keep it in any order you want I

want to keep it absolutely at the top

click on done and now you have to remove

tool at the top now have a look at the

magic of remove two first of all I would

always create a new layer by clicking on

this button so that we are working

non-destructively and we are filling

areas on a brand new layer then you want

to make sure sample all layers is

checked otherwise the current layer is

empty and it's not going to sample

anything and then simply paint now it's

not removing those because remove after

each stroke is unchecked so let's check

it from right here and have a look at it

it's much better now you can check this

we'll look at these settings later but

have a look at the difference between

this and the spot healing so let's do

the same right here we're gonna paint

over the chain

all throughout and take a look at the

difference look at how good this is this

is way better everything is joined

properly in this lesson we'll dive deep

into how to use the remove tool and I

can guarantee that you'll be a master of

remove tool by the end of this video If

you practice along now before we move

forward let's see how it does in this

area this is a tricky area let's paint

wow look at it this is amazing and if

you feel that a line is not straight

just dab right there it straightens the

line that's so cool let's start from

square one so what is the remove tool in

Photoshop it's simply a Photoshop tool

now keep in mind it's a tool it's not

something like content aware fill it's

not a function it's a tool Photoshop 2

to remove stuff that's all there is to

it now it can do more we'll get to it

later but it's a great removal tool it

does not fill an area with something

else like The Sensational generative

film it is just for removing stuff take

a look at this example first of all

always create a new layer by clicking on

the new layer button right there make

sure sample all layers and remove after

each stroke is checked now just like the

brush you can adjust the size here as

well with the bracket keys so I can

decrease the size increase the size it's

up to you now let me share with you a

trick let's say you want to remove this

line so what do you do you can hold the

shift key and if you draw it will draw a

straight line so cool isn't it now I can

go forward and first of all let me

remove this all right we can go forward

even go inside little bit like that and

it takes care of the hand Edge and

everything and if this area looks a

little awkward don't worry about it just

paint over it like this

there you go it joins the line let's do

it one more time right here perfect

let's do it right here as well it

improves that let's try a couple times

once right here as well and there you go

a perfect Edge now let me share with you

one more trick when you're holding the

shift key it will only let you draw like

this horizontal

or like this all right it won't let you

draw straight lines unless they are

horizontal or vertical so how do we get

around that first of all uncheck remove

after each stroke because we will need

several dabs here what do I mean by that

let's say we have to remove this line

right here and it's not absolutely

straight let's say this line it's not

straight so here's what we do we dab

once hold the shift key and dab at the

other corner it draws a line between

point a and point B and then you can

check it to remove it cool similarly let

me do that one more time for you just

dab once all right point a

hold the shift key dab at point B and it

draws a line between those two points

and by the way this works with the brush

to anything with a brush on it now now

check it

there you go gone now as I told you the

remove tool as the name suggests can

definitely remove things but it also can

join things attach things create lines

and we did a video about it which you

can watch right here just a short

preview for example you want to make the

beard sharper you want to make it come

in a line so let's create a new layer

and just paint like this there you go

it's now in a line let's paint a little

bit right there let's paint in this

missing area that was weird let's try

one more time that's better so there you

go let's take a look at the before and

after so here's the before here's the

after you see that now there's a

detailed video on it of course you can

watch it right here now the remove tool

keep in mind it's a tool and just like

every other tool remove tool has its own

options where in the options bar let me

give you a refresher from the first

lesson any tool you select for example

the brush tool the options for the brush

tool will be at at the top in the

options bar and that is why it is called

the options bar and this option

corresponds to the tool that you have

selected or is activated at the moment

so right now if we select the remove

tool right here first we have the size

which we can easily control with the

bracket Keys we can increase the size or

decrease the size now here we have the

option for pen pressure if that is

activated the size of the brush will be

controlled by the pressure in your pen

if you are using a graphic tablet so if

I press softly have a look the size is

small but if I press harder and harder

the size is bigger as soon as I start

pressing softly the size gets smaller

and smaller all right I usually keep it

unchecked we don't really need that all

right let's deactivate it now this

checkbox is very important that is

sample all layers it allows you to

create a different layer for the fill

areas so let's say in this case I'm

going to remove this distraction right

here of course I can remove it in the

background layer in the image layer just

like this but now I want to get it back

or now I want to decrease the opacity I

just cannot I'm stuck it's gone however

if I create a new layer and then if this

is unchecked and if we try to do that

there is nothing to sample from right

this is an empty layer so how do we make

the remove tool consider everything

that's on the canvas just make sure

sample all layers is checked now when

you try to do that it will remove it and

that replaced area will be on a new lab

you can then decrease the opacity

increase the opacity that's up to you

you have all the freedom you want you

can turn it off and on this is

non-destructive the next option is super

important that is remove after each

stroke unless you are super professional

acrobat with your pen or Mouse this is a

very important option so let's say this

is checked and you want to remove the

scar you want to be careful with it you

only want to remove the car let's say

you painted my like this and then you

want to paint on the inside and you want

to lift your pen or Mouse

but when you lift it it's gonna go crazy

now you have to deal with all of these

artifacts so oftentimes you need to

paint a couple times you need to lift

your pen paint again or lift the mouse

button and paint again to make sure that

the entire object is covered and then

apply the removal and for those

situations let's go back for those

situations you want to make sure that

this is unchecked so that you can apply

it lift your hand

apply it again lift your hand and you

can take your time with this you want to

make sure just the car gets affected and

then you can take your time to fill the

car you don't have to worry about

getting your mouse button or pin get

lifted accidentally and once you're done

you can just click on check right here

and it removes that beautifully now

after that we have to clean up now in

this situation it would be very time

consuming if I painted just a little bit

and then clicked on check painted one

more time and clicked on check and for

those situations again let's go back

just check remove after each stroke and

it will automatically remove after each

stroke just paint right here fixed just

paint right here to continue this line

and it should hopefully there you go and

paint right here again that is nicer so

sometimes you need it on sometimes you

need it off and there you have the car

removed let's take a look here's the

before here's the after if you see any

discrepancy like I'm seeing now just

paint over it and it's gone now one of

the things this tool does incredible

when it comes to retouching is removing

FlyAway hair or Crosshair much better

than the spot healing brush tool so now

if you zoom in let's say there's a hair

going through a lot of things let's

choose to remove tool and sometimes if

we work with the spot healing brush tool

let me share that with you let's choose

the spot healing brush tool make sure

you create a new layer make sure sample

all layers is checked and then if I

paint like this all throughout

somewhere it will break have a look at

it here's the before here's the after

there's a break point right here now if

you take the remove tool let us choose

the remove tool from right here and now

if we do the same thing make sure remove

after each stroke is checked does it

create a break point yes it does but

it's much better than before now if I

paint one more time it fixes the

breakpoint paint one more time it fixes

that line and there you go you cannot

even see what the problem was so

removing Fly Away here that was a very

complicated one have a look right here

as well if I continue see it joined the

line which is so good similarly you can

remove FlyAway hair Crosshair and this

is into high end retouching now in

moments like these you wouldn't be using

something like the generator fill

because it just doesn't make sense now

just by doing nothing much we have

removed a lot before after before after

and such a clean job it has done

similarly you can use the same technique

to move wrinkles or blemishes just zoom

in paint over the blemishes and it's

gone and it does a pretty good job

wrinkles as well just paint over them

and it goes away

pretty good now the reason I recommend

doing it on a separate layer is because

we can control the opacity sometimes you

want to keep it a little natural but a

little removed too so let's create a new

layer I just clicked on this button to

create a new layer let's say you're

creating a layer for wrinkles and in

here you removed the wrinkles that you

didn't want but removing all of them

would make it look unnatural and take

all the smile lines away we don't want

that we want her to be happy so we can

keep a little bit of it so let's remove

these for example

and now all of that is gone now what we

can do is simply decrease the opacity so

have a little bit of those lines but not

too much of it let's say at 50 percent

so here's the before the groove is too

deep here's the after now it's settled

now let me share with you one more

hidden use case now this is not so much

known but we covered it in this video

it's similar to that so if you zoom in

let's say the teeth is not straight if

you want it to be absolutely straight

let's say we create a new layer now in

this case her teeth is amazing but for

some reason if you want straight teeth

just paint right here it creates a

straight line just

paint there you go look at that right if

this is not straight just paint right

here now this is amazing I'm just

sharing with you an example there you go

it's done when someone has applied a

thick lipstick and it is straight but

the model says Hey I want it absolutely

perfectly straight here's how you do it

let's say this is the lipstick and it's

looking amazing let's create a new layer

first but there are these little break

points these are nothing but you want to

make it straight so you can paint there

you go that is fixed there we go that is

fixed similarly you can paint in this

area to connect the line it connects so

little connections like that remove tool

can be absolutely essential now one of

my favorite things about the remove tool

is that it creates edges and lines

perfectly so in this example I was at

Adobe offices in San Francisco let's say

you have to remove this of course it

will do a fantastic job of it there's no

rocket science here but have a look

there's lots of lines right here this

wooden pattern let's see how it performs

when it comes to removing that it did a

good job there if I remove this

and again

this one as well it did a perfectly

amazing job if something is not

connecting you can paint to join that

line and it does an okay job there you

go it's better now now similarly right

here as well just paint the whole thing

there you go such a straight line I have

to remove this railing from right here

let's do that let's paint all over it

now there are lots of lines and floor

mats involved

but let's see how it does that it

continues the floor mat which is good

but it kind of messed up right over here

so first let's remove it then let's

paint to continue this line see it

continued that line similarly just paint

right here to continue that line it did

not continue for some reason there you

go pin one more time and there you go

that line is continued if you want to

remove this plant and you want to create

a line right here that's the magic we

can do just paint a couple times and it

will do the magic for you so there you

go like that now didn't do a perfectly

awesome job but just paint over the

lines just paint a few times let it

continue the line and it did continue

the line let's paint a little bit right

here

make the wall smoother and if you want

there's this Shadow right here which

shouldn't be there there you go that is

removed too and that's how you can

create Lines by using the remove tool

all you have to do just paint a couple

times there you'll get a hang of it now

there's something you should be careful

about when using the remove tool try not

to use it in large areas at one time

little by little is fine especially when

it comes to retouching so in this case

this hair might be distracting you so we

can paint over it no problem at all all

right but if I painted a large portion

like this it will create this AI pattern

it didn't do now let me do that one more

time one time it looks okay but if you

zoom in you see this pattern created by

AI if I faint again and again and again

see this pattern that is created that

looks unnatural and you will see this

pattern if you use the remove tool over

an area many times especially if it's

skin so let's say I wanted to remove

this and I painted all over the eye bag

it did a good job but if I keep on doing

it

more and more you keep on seeing this

pattern right here like somebody has

woven this area so use little by little

like this it's fine use once in an area

subtly don't repeat over the same area

again and again and just be careful be

mindful of it so that's all about the

remove tool in Photoshop and just like

the batteries in my candles yes that's

an electric handle uh this lesson comes

to an end and I'll see you in the next

lesson all you have to keep in mind is

that the remove tool is a tool to remove

stuff but it's not just limited to that

it does more than that it creates lines

joins lines create smooth edges and

there are many applications of it you

have to be careful of one thing that is

if you paint over large areas especially

when you're working with the skin it

creates a pattern not only in the skin

even if you're removing something in

nature and you paint a lot over an area

over a large area many times you may

likely see that pattern so be careful

with the remove tool whenever you're

working with the remove tool make sure

you're working on a separate layer and

make sure sample all layers is checked

so that you're working non-destructively

also according to your needs you can

check on and off remove after each

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