Lesson 9. Making Local Adjustments with Brushes
Lesson Files
APTS Aperture3 Library
Time
This lesson takes approximately 150 minutes to complete.
Goals
Use Quick Brushes to correct problematic areas
Add blur to simulate shallow depth of field
Smooth skin imperfections
Darken shadows and midtones with the Polarize brush
Repair images with the Retouch tool
Remove purple fringing artifacts
Create a brush from an adjustment
Use multiple instances of an adjustment
Generally you have been applying your adjustments to the entire image. Some worked on ranges of luminance and hue, but those were your limits over where adjustments were applied. More-specific local adjustments can be made in Aperture using brushes.
Brushes are a way for you to “paint” ...
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