Summary:
In this tutorial, we will be discussing how to use the Spot Healing Brush, Healing Brush, and the Patch tool. Even though these 3 tools are commonly thought of removing wrinkles, age spots, acne, scars, or even moles, these tools can be used for any image to help it blend better. We will show you that the Spot Healing Brush is very easy to use, but the Healing Brush allows you more flexibility when fixing images. We hope you enjoy this tutorial and the many other tutorials on our site that help you learn Photoshop quicker and easier.
If you are unfamiliar with certain areas that are not covered in this tutorial, feel free check out other tutorials on our website. We have many different types of tutorials that can be downloaded (Video, PDF) or viewed online that will train you for free! Once you have the knowledge, feel free to come back and go through this tutorial again.
This is image of an older man was taken last year and one of the requests was to make him look more youthful. To download this image, please scroll to the bottom the post and Left click the image for the “Click Picture To Download Supporting Files” and download the image. Please open the image PE-MAN in the Photoshop Program. Duplicate the background layer and hide the background layer.
It is very easy to remove wrinkles and flaws of the skin. The hard part is knowing when to stop. If you use these tools too much, the areas will begin to look fake! Between these 3 tools alone, you can make a person look younger, quickly! There are other tools in Photoshop that will smooth the skin, but we think when you see the results from these 3 tools, you will go “WOW, that is pretty cool”.
The Spot Healing Brush Tool automates the Healing Brush Tool. This tool will brush sampled pixels from an area (tries to match texture, lighting, transparency and shading, etc.). Overall it does a good job with healing, but it does not give you the advantage of selecting the source area like the Healing Brush does. On a 2 column toolbox, 4 down on the left hand side you will find all the tools that we will be talking about today. Right click this tool in the toolbox and Left click the “Spot Healing Brush Tool” command. Photoshop Tip – To use the last active tool, use the keyboard shortcut of “J”.
A). We have talked about the Diameter before and it is the size of the brush. | |
B). Hardness has been talked about before and it is how strong the brush is (blurred or hard). | |
C). The Spacing allows you to make strokes that are noncontiguous as you heal. Increase this to add spacing or skips. | |
D). The Angle works with the Roundness value to rotate the brush shape. | |
E). The Roundness option allows you to specify whether a brush is round. 100% equals a full brush. | |
F). Use the Size: option ONLY if you are using a pressure sensitive tablet. |
A). We talked about the Brush tool options on the previous page of this document. | |
B).
Mode is a pre-programmed feature within Photoshop. We will be covering
all modes in a future tutorial. On either the Spot Healing Brush or the
Healing Brush tools, you can select “Replace” if you strictly want to
replace the areas. For this tutorial, please make sure it is set to
“Normal”. | |
C).
There are 2 different Types 1). Proximity Match and 2). Create Texture.
Proximity Match is the best choice because it samples the textures,
shades, and colors of an area. Make sure that the radio box is selected
for Proximity Match. | |
D).
We do not want to Sample All Layers, so make sure this is unchecked. If
it is checked, Photoshop will try to sample all the shading, colors,
etc. from other layers. |
The Healing Brush Tool is basically the Spot Healing Brush tool but it allows you to select the area that you want to sample. Right click on the tool in the toolbox and Left click the “Healing Brush Tool”.
A). We talked about the brush options in the previous section. Please refer to this section for more information. | |
B).
The mode is a pre-programmed feature within the Photoshop program. In
the future, we will be having a tutorial strictly on modes. | |
C).
Normally the Source will be “Sampled”, but you could change the source
to a “Pattern”. On this tutorial, make sure that the radio button is set
to “Sampled”. | |
D). If you selected “Pattern” from C). then you would be allowed to change the pattern in this box. | |
E). If you set the Aligned option on, it will use the same offset for each stroke. For this example, please make sure that it is turned off (unchecked). | |
F). Very similar to “Sample All Layers”, except, that it gives you 3 options 1). Current Layer, 2). Current & Below, 3). All layers. For this tutorial, please make sure that it is set to “Current Layer”. |
Patch Tool:
The Patch tool can be used 2 different ways: 1). Source – This Tells Photoshop to start with by selecting the bad area first. 2). Destination - Tells Photoshop to start with the good area that you want to sample from. When you move the selection it will sample similar to the Healing Brush tool. To use the Patch Tool, Right click on the toolbox image and Left click the “Patch Tool” command.
A). Refer back to the Selecting Image Content or the Magical Colors And Selections
tutorials for more explanation about these options. Basically these
options allow you to add or subtract or even intersect from a selection
you have created. | |
B).
Now you need to select the Patch type. On this example we will be using
the “Source” option which tells Photoshop that you want to start with
by selecting the bad area first. The other option is “Destination” which
tells Photoshop to start with a selection of the good area. |
We stated that the Spot Healing Brush does not allow you to sample other areas. Now that you know how to sample areas in the Healing Brush, try to sample an area using the ALT key in the Spot Healing Brush Tool. You will get the following message:
Here is quick final image (10minutes) that we did for this tutorial. Yes, not perfect, but there is a fine line on making the skin to perfect and making it look natural.
Between the Healing Brush and the Patch Tool you can solve most mole, acne, age spot or wrinkle problems. Please note, this is just one use for these tools. We use these tools to get rid of seams or patterns and overall make the blending look better.
You may notice, we did not cover the Red Eye tool which is in the same Toolbox menu as the other tools we have covered in this tutorial. We felt that this tool should be spun off in another tutorial due to the fact it is a bit different and that we have given you more than enough information to chew on for now.
A). It looks at the lines only in certain pixels to fix the problems. | |
B). It looks at a sample area and determines the color, shade, and texture to fix the problems. | |
C). It uses an algorithm to determine the angle of the pixels to allow it to fix the areas. | |
D). It looks at the whole image and determines the color, shade and texture to fix the problems. |
A). “P”. | |
B). “H”. | |
C). “S”. | |
D). “J”. |
A). This allows you to open another image file to get the source area. | |
B). The source area tells Photoshop to start with a selection of the good area. | |
C). The source area tells Photoshop to start with a selection of the bad area. | |
D). Source is only used when you have multiple layers in the image and it samples each layer. |
A). You can’t select portions of an image. | |
B). You can’t get the extra options of the Brush tool. | |
C). You can’t increase or decrease your brush size. | |
D). You can’t sample specific areas. |
A). It allows you to add spaces or skips when using the brush. | |
B). When using the Spacing option it creates a gap in the roundness of the brush. | |
C). The Spacing allows you to increase the size of the brush without affecting the roundness of the brush. | |
D). When you use Spacing and the roundness feature it gives it a 3D effect. |
A). Start with a large brush size and then work your way down. | |
B). Start with a small brush size that is a little bit bigger than your problem area. | |
C). Make sure you turn the spacing up to 50% or else it will cause problems. | |
D). You should always use the option “Sample All Layers”. |
A). The “Navigator” palette. | |
B). The “Navigation” palette. | |
C). The “Magnifying Glass” tool. | |
D). The “Zoom And Pan” tool. |
A).Turn on the “Auto Fix” option in the options bar. | |
B). Turn on the “Sample Similar Areas” option in the options bar. | |
C). Turn on the “Autocorrect” option in the options bar. | |
D). Make a selection first of the area and then use the tools. |
A). Right click the selection and Left click the “Patch” command. | |
B). Use the Brush tool to Patch the area. | |
C). Move the mouse to the inside of the selection and hold down the Left mouse button and drag it to another area. | |
D). Hold down the “Shift” key and single Left click the mouse. |
A). “Shift”. | |
B). ALT. | |
C). CTRL. | |
D). Space Bar. |
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