The Spot Healing Brush Tool - Adobe PHOTOSHOP CS2 User Manual

5 Select Aligned in the options bar to sample pixels continuously, without losing the current sampling point, even
if you release the mouse button. Deselect Aligned to continue to use the sampled pixels from the initial sampling
point each time you stop and resume painting.
Select Use All Layers in the options bar to sample data from all visible layers. Deselect Use All Layers to sample
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only from the active layer.
7 For the Healing Brush tool in sampling mode, set the sampling point by positioning the pointer in any open image
and Alt-clicking (Windows) or Option-clicking (Mac OS).
Note: If you are sampling from one image and applying to another, both images must be in the same color mode unless
one of the images is in Grayscale mode.
Drag in the image.
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The sampled pixels are melded with the existing pixels each time you release the mouse button. Look in the status
bar to view the status of the melding process.
If there is a strong contrast at the edges of the area you want to heal, make a selection before you use the Healing
Brush tool. The selection should be bigger than the area you want to heal but should precisely follow the boundary
of contrasting pixels. When you paint with the Healing Brush tool, the selection prevents colors from bleeding in from
the outside.
See also
"List of blending modes" on page 487
"To create a brush and set painting options" on page 475
"About patterns" on page 500
"Retouching tools gallery" on page 42

The Spot Healing Brush tool

The Spot Healing Brush tool quickly removes blemishes and other imperfections in your photos. The Spot Healing
Brush works similarly to the Healing Brush: it paints with sampled pixels from an image or pattern and matches the
texture, lighting, transparency, and shading of the sampled pixels to the pixels being healed. Unlike the Healing
Brush, the Spot Healing Brush doesn't require you to specify a sample spot. The Spot Healing Brush automatically
samples from around the retouched area.
Using the Spot Healing Brush to remove a blemish
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