Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Manual (Page 212)

205 USING PHOTOSHOP CS4
Retouching and transforming
Last updated 1/10/2010
You can set up to 5 different sampling sources. The Clone Source panel remembers the sampled sources until you close
the document you’re editing.
5 (Optional) In the Clone Source panel, click a clone source button to select the sampled source you want.
6 (Optional) Do any of the following in the Clone Source panel:
• To scale or rotate the source that you’re cloning, enter a value for W (width), H (height), or the rotation in
degrees
.
• To show an overlay of the source that you’re cloning, select Show Overlay and specify the overlay options.
7 Drag in the image.
The sampled pixels are melded with the existing pixels each time you release the mouse button.
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.
More Help topics
“ List of blending modes ” on page 351
“ About patterns ” on page 361
Retouch with 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
If you need to retouch a large area or need 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 from the toolbox. If necessary, click either the Healing Brush tool, Patch tool,
or Red Eye tool to show 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.