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There are three methods you can use to attempt to fix the contents of a selected patch. When drawing new patches, the currently selected Patch Type will determine what the next patch will be. When you’ve selected an existing patch, changing the Patch Type will change how that patch works.
— Spatial: Automatically fills the interior of the selected patch with pixels drawn from the surroundings of the patch, using the Fill Method. This works well for small blemishes, but for large blemishes a pattern might be discernible, which gives away the effect.
— Clone: Clone mode copies part of the image to fill a shape or patch placed over the thing you want to remove. In this mode, clicking and dragging to place a Rect or Ellipse over an imperfection is followed by a second click to place the sample region you want to clone. Clicking once to place
a Patch will be followed by a second click to place the sample region. Selecting an existing shape or patch and choosing Clone lets you click on the shape to position the clone region. The sample region is indicated by a dotted shape that’s connected to the original shape.
— Blend Clone: Operates similarly to Clone mode, except the copied part of the image that fills the Rect, Ellipse, or Patch is blended with the image to integrate it more softly.
— Fill Method: When using the Spatial Patch Type, the fill method determines how the blemish in the image is repaired.
— Grid: Samples the pixels surrounding the Rect, Ellipse, or Patch, and blurs them inward both horizontally and vertically. Extremely effective for tiny blemishes. For larger blemishes, a grid- like pattern may emerge.
— Horizontal: Samples the pixels to the left and right of the Rect, Ellipse, or Patch, and blurs them inward.
— Vertical: Samples the pixels to the top and bottom of the Rect, Ellipse, or Patch, and blurs them inward.
— Patchy: Samples pixels from all around the Rect, Ellipse, or Patch, and expands and blurs them together to create a soft, non-uniform region with which to repair the blemish. Doesn’t have the patterning of the grid methods of fill, but produces an extremely smooth result.
— Smooth: Simply uses a gaussian blur to repair the blemish.
Patch Options
These options let you customize the effect of a patch filling over a blemish.
— Variability: (Spatial patches only) Raising this parameter lets you make the Fill Method less uniform.
— Soft Edges: Lets you soften the edges of the patch.
— Size Adjust: Lets you change the size of a patch after its creation.
— Mute: Lets you turn a particular patch on or off via keyframing. Useful for blemishes that only show up for a few pixels of a shot.
— Delete Patch: Deletes the currently selected patch; you can also Option-Click any patch to delete it as well.