Patch An Area - Adobe Photoshop CS6 User Manual

Brush automatically samples from around the retouched area.
Using the Spot Healing Brush to remove a blemish
For retouching a large area or for more control over the source sampling, you can use the Healing Brush instead of the Spot Healing Brush.
1. Select the Spot Healing Brush tool
the hidden tools and make your selection.
2. Choose a brush size in the options bar. A brush that is slightly larger than the area you want to fix works best so that you can cover the
entire area with one click.
3. (Optional) Choose a blending mode from the Mode menu in the options bar. Choose Replace to preserve noise, film grain, and texture at
the edges of the brush stroke when using a soft-edge brush.
4. Choose a Type option in the options bar:
Proximity Match Uses pixels around the edge of the selection to find an area to use as a patch.
Create Texture Uses pixels in the selection to create a texture. If the texture doesn't work, try dragging through the area a second time.
Content-Aware Compares nearby image content to seamlessly fill the selection, realistically maintaining key details such as shadows and
object edges.
The create a larger or more precise selection for the Content-Aware option, use the Edit > Fill command. (See
history fills.)
5. Select Sample All Layers in the options bar to sample data from all visible layers. Deselect Sample All Layers to sample only from the active
layer.
6. Click the area you want to fix, or click and drag to smooth over imperfections in a larger area.

Patch an area

The Patch tool lets you repair a selected area with pixels from another area or a pattern. Like the Healing Brush tool, the Patch tool matches the
texture, lighting, and shading of the sampled pixels to the source pixels. You can also use the Patch tool to clone isolated areas of an image. The
Patch tool works with 8-bits or 16-bits-per-channel images.
When repairing with pixels from the image, select a small area to produce the best result.
For information about using the Content-Aware Patch tool options, see Content-Aware Patch and Move.
Using the Patch tool to replace pixels
from the toolbox. If necessary, click either the Healing Brush tool, Patch tool, or Red Eye tool to show
Content-aware, pattern, or
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