Mark wants to remove an unwanted bridge from his photo without cropping the image; which tool should he use?

The Clone Stamp tool is ideal for removing unwanted elements, such as a bridge in a photo, without the need to crop the image. This tool allows Mark to select a specific area of the image to duplicate—essentially "cloning" that part over the unwanted bridge. By carefully sampling pixels from the surrounding areas, he can blend the unwanted object seamlessly into the background, maintaining the integrity of the overall composition.

While the Patch tool is also effective for removing objects, it works by selecting an area and replacing it with pixels from another area, which might not always provide the same level of control and finesse needed for detailed work. The Selection tool can help isolate the bridge but doesn’t provide the functionality to fill in the selected area with the surrounding pixels. Finally, the Crop tool is specifically designed to remove parts of the image by truncating it, which would not solve the problem of removing the bridge without losing other crucial parts of the image.