I am trying to fix a photo and I finally figured it how to do it. I used the Patch tool. It worked great. So I thought I'd try and do it again. It won't work everytime I try it says "could not use the patch tool because the selected area is empty".

Anyone know how to solve this?

Love M

Use the spot healing brush

mdiver said:

i tried nothing happens except that a black line comes up when i draw around a blemish


would you know why the other one won't work?

missmad said:

No idea

Are you on a Mac or a PC?

missmad said:

Make sure you are in the right layer, or that the option to sample from all layers is marked.

HeavenlyB said:

I closed it again and then I opened it and it worked. Very strange!!!!!

The right layer, do you mean adjustment and then the layer from background option?
[Edited 4/11/09 15:19pm]

missmad said:

open your layers window, do you have more than one layer in your file (for example if you copied from another file and pasted into this one)

ZombieKitten said:

nop

missmad said:

are you working in a 100% view?

when you are making your selection, are you selecting enough pixels?

ZombieKitten said:

200%, that is what is said, what does that mean not enough pixels? Isn't the whole pic full of pixels?

missmad said:

it is, but if you are using the patch tool, you lassoo around the area you want to patch - not just click. Then you drag to an area where you want to pick up texture from and then let go.

Can I use your thread to ask for help on something I'm dealing with?

ZombieKitten said:

I tried that which is what i did before. Anyway, i closed it and opened it and it worked fine but really strange.

How have you been?