Spot healing tool cs6

Retouching and repairing your images is made easier with these tools. In general, the Patch Tool is used to repair larger areas of an image, or to remove distractions or blemishes from the image. Press Esc to cancel. Table of contents 1. Where is the spot healing tool in Photoshop cs6? Watch how to use the spot healing brush in photoshop cs6 Video.

Submit Type above and press Enter to search. A picture or photograph can be painted with a color selected by the user. The Brush tool can be found in the Tools panel. You can change the size and hardness of the brush by selecting it in the options bar.

The brush strokes can also be changed by selecting a different brush tip. You can also increase brush size by pressing the right bracket key several times. Press Esc to cancel. Table of contents 1. How do I enable healing brush in Photoshop?

The Healing Brush Tool can be found in the Toolbox. Make sure the brush is set in the right size and style. You can sample your data by selecting the Sampled option from the Options bar.

To define a sampling point, hold down the Alt key while clicking click holding down [Alt] key somewhere on your image. The Healing Brush Tool can be used to paint the damaged area. As most of my work in Photoshop is photo retouching, I generally move between a couple of favorite basic brushes, one with pressure to size sensitivity and the other without. Here is an example of an image that was cleaned up and perfected using the Spot Healing Brush Tool:.

The work was applied to a layer over the image file. The sand was colored over using Proximity Match. It did a good job because all of the rough spots were surrounded with smooth beach and Photoshop had no problem matching textures. The beach cart, beach walkers and fisherman were removed using the Content Aware option because the areas around them had specific structures. It did a pretty good job — there are a couple of wavy edges and rough spots but the bulk of the work was done in seconds and it will take only seconds to finish the details.

The Spot Healing Brush is a good choice for getting a head start on skin tones that have a lot of unwanted spots. The job was completed using the Dodge and Burn Tools plus a quick soft focus filter brushed only on the rough areas. And finally, the Spot Healing Brush is a good choice for getting started on removing acne, when there is very little smooth skin to sample. From there the delicate discolorations from the swollen skin around the blemishes were retouched using the Dodge and Burn Tools and the oily specular highlight was reshaped and toned down using a combination of the Paintbrush Tool in both Normal and Color modes, plus additional Dodging and Burning.

The result is complete removal of the acne while retaining natural pore structure for believable skin texture. Knowing the strengths and weaknesses of each of the tools in Photoshop puts the power of creating exactly what you want in the best and most efficient ways right in your fingertips.

Choose tools like the Spot Healing Brush and the Healing Brush to solve small spot problems and to give you a head start on more difficult jobs that will ultimately require a combination of tools. I create a Background copy initially to merge artwork on to so I can maintain an original within the file. When the job is completed, I save a PSD with the original Background, the Background copy with merged artwork and perhaps a few layers above that might have Black and White or other special effects as an option.

I then flatten the file and Save As, giving the finished piece another name reflecting that it is the finished file, and I save it as a TIFF. For more Photoshop Tool tutorials, check out some of my other articles in the box below. Jane Conner-ziser is an award winning photographer, digital artist, premier educator and independent consultant. With over 25 years of experience, 19 of them in digital imaging and evolving technologies, the techniques Jane developed for facial retouching and enhancement and portrait painting from photographs are widely emulated by photographers and digital artists worldwide through her classes, online training and educational products.