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Next we move onto the finishing touches. Most photo editing software has touch up tools like Tools/Smudge, Tools/Brush and Tools/Line. These tools are great for tidying up the edges of the pasted area to make your picture seamless. Zoom in on your picture and carefully make your way around the edges of the pasted item, looking carefully for any telltale areas that give the game away. If you look closely around Barrage’s gun, you’ll see a few areas along the barrel and around the muzzle which don’t look quite right (arrowed in pic 6). Using the Tools/brush command, I selected the colour of the background and carefully brushed out the rough areas. Then I used the Tools/Smudge command to smooth off the rough edges and blend it all in (pic 7). Patiently move around the entire outline of the pasted object fixing any rough areas until you are finished. Save your work and you should have a seamless composite picture!









And that's it, folks!