Photoshop Exercise #41 - Practice Spot Healing, Healing Brush, Patch Tool

In this exercise student will understand the usage of Spot Healing, Healing , Patch and Content Aware move tool.

Spot Healing & Healing Brush Tool (J)

Spot Healing and Healing brush tools are used to repair the pixels of an image by cloning the pixels.

Difference Between Spot Healing & Healing Brush Tool

Both Spot Healing and Healing brush tools work the same way. But the major difference between both of these is ...

Spot Healing Brush tool automatically decides the area from which cloning pixels (Source) are to be copied.
Using Healing Brush tool, a user has to define the cloning source.

How to use Spot Healing Brush Tool

Select Spot Healing Brush Tool
Adjust the Brush Size
Click on the area which is to be repaired.(Spot Healing Brush tool can also be used by holding left click and dragging the mouse.)

How to use Healing Brush Tool

Patch Tool

Patch tool is also an image repairing tool. It is used in a scenario when a large portion of an image is be to be repaired.

How to use Patch Tool

Select Patch Tool
Hold Left Click and Drag mouse to draw a selection around the area which is to be repaired.
After selection is done, hold Left click on the selection, drag it to place it over the "Cloning Area"

Content Aware Move Tool

Content Aware Move tool is used to move an Object in the image from position to another within that image.

How to use Content Aware Tool

Select Content Aware Move Tool
Hold Left Click and Drag mouse to draw a selection around the area which is to be Moved.
After selection is done, hold Left click on the selection, drag it to place it on the new place.