Interactive Repair


The Interactive Repair command uses an interactive pixel "zapping" procedure of point and click, point and click, etc. The command is useful for removing small artifacts and point defects from images. This command is operated from the Interactive Repair Toolbar. Other methods for automated repair are available, including Apply Pixel Mask and Apply Blemish Mask.

The image below shows a hot pixel about to be "zapped" by the present command. The Interactive Repair Toolbar is visible on the left border of the Image Window.

In the figure above, the marking cursor is shown with a Z for "zap". The cursor is a normal crosshair having a small central red square with a transparent center, which is designed so you can see the pixel you are trying to repair.

(Also in the above figure, you can see that the magnified view is set to a magnification of 1x. Since the thumbnail view shows the "big picture" at a small scale and we have magnified the main image to 8x, the magnified view was set to an intermediate setting. You can compare the 3 stars in the main view to those in the magnified view and similarly compare the full view to the little red rectangle showing its location in the thumbnail view. Here are 3 different views of the same image, all together.)

Related Topics

Image Calibration, Pixel Repair Preferences, Apply Pixel Mask, Apply Blemish Mask.