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Using the standard Healing Brush

Using the standard Healing Brush - Photoshop Tutorial

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Using the standard Healing Brush

- Now the spot healing brush is a really great tool, but it's not going to work for you all the time. And when it falls short, when you can't get the results you're looking for, then you'll want to switch to the standard healing brush, which allows you to specify a source for your modifications. So for example, let's say that I want to paint away this little mark on her chin. Well I'd start by switching the mode back to Normal, and then I'll go ahead and paint along that edge like so, and notice that I end up sampling something that I don't want. And it's my experience that, no matter how many times I try this, that that's the result I get. So I'll just go ahead and press Control + Z, or Command + Z on a Mac, to undo that change. And I will switch from the spot healing brush tool to the healing brush tool. And because you get to it from the same flyout menu, you can also switch from the spot healing brush to the standard healing brush by pressing Shift + J. Alright, now what I need to…

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