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Adobe Express: Remove plosives with the Spot Healing Brush

Demo summary

The demo shows how to use the Spot Healing Brush (B) in the spectral view to paint out 'pop' sounds or plosives from a vocal recording.

Step-by-step

  1. Switch to the Spectral Frequency View
  2. Zoom in to locate the visual representation of the plosive or pop sound
  3. Select the Spot Healing Brush tool by pressing 'B' on the keyboard
  4. Use the curly bracket keys to adjust the brush size
  5. Paint over the pop sound in the spectral display

Tips

  • Use the spectral frequency view to visually identify pops that are hard to isolate in the standard waveform

Highlights

Auto healing is so quick and easy to use. It's like Photoshop for audio and it works in seconds.

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