Simple Post Processing: A Photographer’s Guide to Workflow Options for all of Your Images in Lightroom

Eliminating Unwanted Stuff

You take an image of a gorgeous scene. Everything is perfect except for the candy wrapper in the foreground. There are two tools you have available in Lightroom to retouch distracting and unwanted elements from your photos. They’re the Clone and Heal tools, and they’re both part of the Spot Removal tool. If you are familiar with Photoshop, you will recognize these tools. The tools are similar to one another, but they are different, and each works better in certain circumstances.

Experiment

You will need to experiment with both of the tools to see which works best in various situations. Don’t use just one at the expense of the other. The more you use them, the better you will understand their strengths and weaknesses. ...