Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC - Manual (Page 187)

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Processing and developing photos
Last updated 4/20/2015
Keyboard shortcuts and modifiers
Circular spot:
• Single click creates a circular spot, and automatically finds a source.
• Control/Command + click to create a circular spot; drag to set the source of the spot.
• Command/Control + Option/Alt + click to create a circular spot; drag to set the size of the spot.
Delete a selected area or spot:
• Select a pin, and press Delete to remove the adjustment.
• Press Option/Alt and click a spot to delete it.
• Press Option/Alt and drag the mouse to draw a marquee, and automatically delete spots that are within the marquee.
Cleaning up a photo with the Visualize Spots feature
When you print a photo at full resolution, the printed output may contain many imperfections that were not visible on
a computer screen. These imperfections could be of many types — perhaps dust on a camera sensor, blemishes on
somone's skin in a portrait, or tiny wisps of clouds on an otherwise blue sky. At full resolution, these imperfections can
be distracting.
The Visualize Spots feature helps you see and fix these imperfections before you print.
When the Spot Removal tool is selected, the Visualize Spots option and slider are available below the image. When you
select the Visualize Spots option, the image is inverted, and you can see imperfections more clearly. You can vary the
contrast levels using the slider, to look for imperfections in greater or lesser detail. You can then use the Spot Removal
tool to remove distracting elements.
1 Select the Spot Removal tool from the toolstrip, and then select the Visualize Spots checkbox from the toolbar.
The image is inverted, and the outlines of the elements of the image are visible.
2 Use the Visualize Spots slider to vary the contrast threshold of the inverted image. Move the slider to different
contrast levels, to view imperfections like dust, dots, or other unwanted elements.
3 Use the Spot Removal tool to remove the elements of the photo that must be cleaned up. Clear the Visualize Spots
checkbox to view the resulting image.
4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 until satisfied.