Photoshop experts are mesmerizing in how they do their work, in this case, a sped up session:
The tools being used are clone brush which takes pixels from another nearby area and place it where the mouse click is, and "healing brush" which does the same thing but attempts to blend it into adjacent pixels. These tools perform miracles but can also have horrible artifacts or misfires. So lots of skill is required to use them for large amount of retouching as it is being used.
Another tool which can be considered a "cheat" used here is to use the right arm, reverse and resize it and place it over the left, damaged arm! This is a restoration technique used often in wildlife photography. It is kind of bothersome to me and I have not resorted to it but is the only method to synthesize missing parts (e.g. chopping off part of a bird wing).
Anyway, it is just fun watching it even if you are not interested in understanding what is done. May want to turn it down a bit as the music is a bit annoying.
The tools being used are clone brush which takes pixels from another nearby area and place it where the mouse click is, and "healing brush" which does the same thing but attempts to blend it into adjacent pixels. These tools perform miracles but can also have horrible artifacts or misfires. So lots of skill is required to use them for large amount of retouching as it is being used.
Another tool which can be considered a "cheat" used here is to use the right arm, reverse and resize it and place it over the left, damaged arm! This is a restoration technique used often in wildlife photography. It is kind of bothersome to me and I have not resorted to it but is the only method to synthesize missing parts (e.g. chopping off part of a bird wing).
Anyway, it is just fun watching it even if you are not interested in understanding what is done. May want to turn it down a bit as the music is a bit annoying.