How to use Healing Brush tool
The Healing Brush tool fixes imperfections. You paint with the sampled pixels from an image or pattern like in Clone Stamp. Additionally, the Healing Brush matches the texture, lighting, transparency, and shading of the sampled pixels to the pixels you are going to repair.
- Select the Healing Brush tool icon
- Click the brush sample and set brush options (Mode, Source, Aligned, Sample, and Diffusion)
- Set the sampling point by placing the pointer over an area of the photo
- The sampled pixels are blended with the existing pixels
How to use Spot Healing Brush tool
The Spot Healing Brush removes spots, blemishes, circles, and anomalies in your photos. It is similar to the Healing Brush but doesn’t require you to specify a sample spot. It automatically samples from around the retouched area.
- Select the Spot Healing Brush tool from the toolbox
- Choose a brush size in the options bar
- Choose Replace to preserve noise, grain, and texture at the edges of the brush stroke
- Choose a Type option in the options bar (Proximity Match, Create Texture, Content-Aware)
- Select Sample All Layers in the options bar. Deselect Sample All Layers to sample only from the active layer.
- Click the area you want to repair
