The "Discer"

Imagine you're on a farm - looking at a plowed field.

There are large continuous furrows, side-by-side, which have been flipped over.

The composition of the soils in this field - could vary > from rich black dirt, to gravelly, to a sandy mix, etc.

This new Photoshop tool is called the "Discer". A rectangular tool - whose width can vary (like Brush Size).

There's also an option to control the 'depth' of operation. From shallow - to deep.

> A "homogenizer" is a laboratory or industrial device used to break down and evenly distribute particles within a liquid mixture, creating a stable and uniform emulsion, suspension, or solution.

You've used a drone to photograph this plowed field.

At your computer - running Photoshop, you run the "Discer". It takes the contents of whatever is under the 'tool' and chops up the lumps, rows, streaks, etc - into a more even harrowed appearance, and keeping the general color in that section.

Another scenario > you have an orange just sitting - on a painted piece of wood.

The lighting is too strong and the hills and valleys on the orange's surface - are too prominent and apparent.

And you can see the brush strokes on the wood. Too visible - need to be toned down somehow.

If we only had a tool - had could pass over the hilites and into the orange's shadow - and even out all that excessive detail.

No streaking - just some localized "homogenization".

I use the "Smudge" tool a lot, but it pulls stuff way too much. I also control the strength - using the 1 to 0 keyboard keys.

Need something better - to solve my image problems...

kc