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Choose retouching tools and settings

What you will do

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Choose the retouching tools for a photograph and adjust their settings to suit the image. This example uses Heal in Cloud mode, but the same panel is where you choose other available tools.

Your setup is complete when the intended photograph is selected, the tools you want are enabled, and their controls show your chosen settings. These steps configure retouching; they do not create a preview or export a processed photograph.

Before you start

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Open a project containing the photograph you want to retouch. If needed, import your photographs and wait for their thumbnails to appear. This workflow requires Cloud mode and Heal to be available for your account.

Steps

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Choose Heal for a photograph

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  1. Select the photograph in the photo grid.
  2. Click the magic-wand icon in the narrow toolbar at the far right. Its tooltip reads Retouching.
  3. Click Cloud at the top of the right panel.
  4. Click All below Presets.

Under Plugins → Human, each tool has a checkbox. Find Heal in this list.

The first portrait selected with Cloud mode and the Human retouching tool list visible.
Select one photograph, open Retouching, and choose Cloud and All. Arams · Windows · American English

Enable Heal and set Sensitivity

Section titled “Enable Heal and set Sensitivity”
  1. Select the checkbox beside Heal.
  2. Find Sensitivity in the Heal section. If the setting is hidden, move the pointer over the section and use its expand control.
  3. Click the numeric field beside the Sensitivity slider.
  4. Enter the value you want, then press Tab to apply it.

The screenshot shows 75 only as an example; the initial value in this example was 100. Choose a value for your own photograph by judging the preview or saved result rather than copying either number.

Heal enabled for the selected portrait with Sensitivity set to 75.
Heal is checked and Sensitivity is 75 for the selected photograph. Arams · Windows · American English

The tool selection and its settings belong to the selected photograph. When you move to another photograph, the checkbox and Sensitivity value may therefore be different. Check the selected filename before changing a setting so that you adjust the intended image.

At this point, the retouching setup is complete. Keep Heal and every other tool you want enabled when you preview or export the photograph.

Optional: inspect the result before export

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A preview is optional. For the Cloud example above, create a cloud preview only if you are willing to upload the selected photograph and accept the displayed retouch-credit charge.

For an activated Local plugin that supports Retouch preview, follow the local retouching workflow. You can preview the result or export directly with the wanted plugins still enabled. Some plugins instead display No preview layers can be created for this plugin. For Face Make, follow its pre-export workflow; its preview is also optional and processes the selected plugin combination without requiring you to turn off other retouching you want in the final photograph.

Restore the initial setting

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Reset is optional. Use it only when you want to discard your adjustment and return that tool to its initial setting; do not reset a value merely to match this example.

  1. Select the photograph whose Heal setting you want to reset.
  2. Move the pointer over the Heal section to reveal its controls.
  3. Click the reset control in that section.

In this example, Sensitivity returns from 75 to its initial value of 100.

Heal remains enabled for the selected portrait with Sensitivity restored to 100.
Reset restores Sensitivity to the initial value of 100 in this example. Arams · Windows · American English

Optional: open complex settings for a local plugin

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Some local plugins place their detailed controls in a separate window instead of showing every choice in the Arams sidebar. Use this route when you want to configure one of those plugins:

  1. Select a photograph and open the Retouching panel.
  2. Select Local, then All.
  3. Enable the plugin you want to configure.
  4. Expand its section and click Settings beside the gear icon.

This gear belongs to the selected plugin. It does not open the global Arams Settings screen from the bottom bar.

The available choices depend on the plugin. Face Make groups controls for face detection, lifting, makeup, displacement, texture, and reshaping. Lab groups color-oriented controls such as HSL, curves, LUTs, and effects. Frequency Separation provides its own blend, threshold, and equalizer controls. Choose settings for the photograph in front of you rather than copying values from a different portrait.

If it does not work

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  • The retouching tools are not visible: open the Retouching panel using the magic-wand icon, then select Cloud and All as above.
  • Sensitivity is hidden: enable Heal, then expand its section if needed.
  • The value changes when you select another photo: check the selected filename. Each photograph can have its own Heal settings.
  • You want to undo the setting change: use the reset control within Heal. This discards the adjustment for that tool.
  • Cloud or Heal is unavailable: make sure you are signed in and have selected Cloud and All. Access to cloud tools also depends on your account and service availability.
  • A complex plugin has no usable Settings button: select Local, enable that plugin, and expand its section. The plugin must be installed and activated on this computer.
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