Can the Healing Brush Be Used Non-Destructively?

If you can’t see either of these in your Tools palette, look for the Patch tool or Red Eye tool and click and hold it to open the fly out sub-menu from which you can select the Healing Brush. It should not be confused with the Spot Healing Brush which has a similar icon, but also includes a dotted line. The Healing Brush is found in a group of tools and is represented by a sticking plaster icon. It is well suited for working on flat areas without much detail, but you need to take care with using it near the edges of areas.

In use it is very similar to the Clone Stamp Tool, however where the Clone Stamp replaces pixels completely, the Healing Brush blends the color of pixels from the sample point with the target pixels. The Healing Brush tool is one of Photoshop’s powerful tools for editing and correcting blemishes and imperfections in your photos. You can also find the articles that have already been published by visiting the Photo Editing 101 course page. If you want to make sure that you don’t miss future articles you can subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on Twitter, Google+, or Facebook. If you’re just getting started with Photoshop or photo editing, or if you’re looking to improve your skills in this area, this series will provide an excellent foundation. This series will cover all of the basics of using Photoshop for editing photos. This article is part of our series Photo Editing 101 by Ian Pullen.

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