Objective:
•The student will gain a working knowledge of the clone stamp/healing brush/spot healing brush/patch tool, to correct dust, scratches, tears, etc.
•Use of the Zoom tool, Move tool, Hand tool will also be explored
•The student will gain a basic understanding of the layer panel and its functions
•The student will gain a basic understanding of the history panel and its functions
1) Choose an Image: Torn, scratched, fading, discolored image.
-Scan photograph
-The image will be printed on 8.5 x 11 inch paper (what size do you need to scan?)
•Scan to 10 inches on the longest side, resolution of 240PPI
After scanning send me the image in an email, .jpg so I can ok the image for your retouch project. 
I don’t want you working on something too difficult or too easy.
2) Open scanned image
2a) Straighten and Crop the image if needed
2b) Many time I prefer the look of B&W to the yellow/sepia look of many old images, so I take the image to Grayscale.
go to the Menu – Image – Mode – Grayscale
This will also be good to do while l
earning. You won’t have to deal with choosing the correct color, only the correct grayscale, it is a bit easier to learn the tools in grayscale (I recommend this).
3) Make duplicate layer of background
-Do not make corrections to the background layer, work on background copy
- Go to the menu – layer – duplicate layer,
(after making corrections on the 
background copy
-click the eyeball off in the Layers Panel, what do you see?)
4) Use the Spot Healing Brush/Clone Stamp/Patch Tool,
to correct dust, scratches, tears, etc.
- To use the Clone Stamp/Healing Brush,
- Hold down the Option Key, cross hair appears,
- Click the mouse in the area you want to sample from, close to the area in need of correction.
- Release the Option Key and clone/click.
If you are too close to the area in need of correction you can create more problems.
Be careful of repetitive cloning
- Choose a Brush Size that is close in size to what needs correcting.
- Use a soft edge brush.
- Keep the Aligned Box Checked.
- Work at 100% or greater.
When retouching in Photoshop work at 100% view. If less you will not see everything that needs correcting. Also, you do not need to work at 1000% we are correcting for print.
(The clone stamp has a fly out menu. What are the other tools?)
•Retouching these images will take you quite a bit of time, don’t procrastinate… Start Working.
