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url: "/tinyimage/editor-retouch.md"
description: "Repair blemishes and small unwanted details with clone, healing, patch and fill tools."
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# Retouch

> Repair blemishes and small unwanted details with clone, healing, patch and fill tools.

Choose **Retouch** to work on individual areas of an image.

Choose **Clone repair** to copy pixels from a clean source area. Hold Alt/Option to choose a source, or use **Choose source**, then paint the repair. Retouching uses image pixels before colour adjustments.

Choose **Healing brush** for the same source-picking workflow when the clean texture needs to blend with the destination colour. Brush size, softness and opacity remain available. Select clean texture and leave room around the blemish so the boundary can blend.

To repair a defined area with your own source:

1. Open **Retouch → Patch tool** and draw a rectangle, lasso or brush selection around the unwanted detail.
2. Choose **Choose patch source**, then drag from the selected area to clean texture. A dashed guide marks the source area.
3. Adjust **Patch feather (px)** if needed, then choose **Apply patch**. Inspect the result or use Undo to restore the image.

A patch is limited to an area of up to 2048 × 2048 pixels. Lower feather values suit small selections; larger selections can use a softer boundary. Patching and filling combine earlier brush repairs into the retouched image.

To replace a small object or unwanted detail:

1. Open **Retouch** and choose **Content-aware fill**.
2. Choose **Brush** to paint the area, **Rectangle** to drag a box, or **Lasso** to draw around it. Release to close the lasso. The blue overlay shows the selection. Switching selection tools clears the pending selection. Use the selection menu to replace, add or subtract areas. Shift adds and Alt/Option subtracts while drawing with the current tool. Use **Clear selection** to start again.
3. Click **Apply fill**. The editor fills the area using nearby image detail. You can cancel processing without changing the image.
4. Inspect the result with **Before**, or use **Undo** to restore the previous image. **Clear retouching** removes all fills, patches and brush repairs.

Small areas on simple backgrounds work best. Complex edges and large objects may need several smaller fills or clone repairs. Each fill is limited to 262,144 selected pixels and a surrounding work area of up to 2048 × 2048 pixels. Fills do not extend the image beyond its current crop.

Applying a fill combines earlier clone strokes into the retouched image. Global adjustments, filters and effects remain editable. Saved projects retain the filled image and original pixels; older project files still open. Pending blue selections are not saved.

Selecting **Retouch** returns the preview to **After** and closes the comparison divider. **Compare** is disabled while any of these interactive tools is selected. **Before** remains available for inspecting the original; choosing a source, painting or drawing a selection returns to After automatically. Switching views finishes the current stroke or selection.

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