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How to Remove a Tattoo in CS5

Digital photography has a number of advantages over film photography, but few match the ease and speed of digital photo-editing. While digital photography editing requires practice, photo-editing software, such as Adobe Photoshop CS5, comes with tools that make the process easier. These tools perform complicated retouching techniques with the click of the mouse, removing undesired elements from images like tattoos. With the right technique, you can remove a tattoo using Photoshop CS5 in a few steps.

Things You'll Need

Adobe Photoshop CS5

Instructions

- 1
  Open Adobe Photoshop CS5, click the "File" menu and select "Open" to select the file you wish to edit.
- 2
  Click the "Create New Layer" icon on the lower right-hand corner of the page marked with a folder to create a new layer.
- 3
  Click on the "Clone Stamp" tool on the toolbar marked with a stamp icon, or press the "S" key.
- 4
  Hold down the "Alt" key on a PC or "Option" key on a Mac, and click on an area of the subject's skin near the tattoo. This will use that point of skin as a reference for your stamping.
- 5
  Click-and-drag the cursor over the tattoo, stamping skin from the selected reference point over the tattoo. Use small strokes and select a new reference point if the current point runs over the tattoo itself.

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