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photo, and click Open File. This image is already nicely blurred due to long exposure, but I’m going to go straight into healing with Photoshop Fix, which is located under the Creative Cloud button at the top of the screen in Express. This is a round trip, meaning the photo will open in Fix and I can paint over the areas I want to cover up, but I don’t have access to the other Fix tools from here. Still, I can heal, patch, and clone my way to brilliance! When I tap the blue bar at the top, my results are sent back to Express. It’s important to keep in mind that this is a destructive operation but Express
makes a copy of your image—you’re not chang- ing the original at all.
Note: I choose not to use the healing feature in Express because it only operates like a spot- ting tool—you can’t paint with it; you can only tap small areas for correction. It works fine, but I prefer having more control that’s available in Fix.
With healing all done, I can now explore the great Looks that ship with Express, or I can do some additional correc- tion and cropping. Except for the Looks, changes stack up. If you choose the Adjustments panel, you can independently control each of the characteristics such as Clarity, Exposure, and Temperature.
Pro Tip: Do your adjustments and corrections before you apply Looks! This way you’ll get a better view of what you’re adjusting.
Once I’m happy with the results, I can save the photo
back to my Creative Cloud Files account using the Share but- ton. This will place the file in the top level of the folder, so it can get cluttered—be sure to move or archive this folder after each project to keep it organized.
The reason I like to place files in the Creative Cloud Files is for the next step—Adobe Spark Page! With Adobe Spark Page it’s easy to create and share dynamic webpage stories.
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