How to Use the Clone Stamp and Healing Brush in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Subject Descriptors: Clone Stamp, Healing Brush, Clone Stamp Tool, Healing Brush Tool, Touch up
photographs.
Application (version): Adobe Photoshop CS5
Task Description: How do I use the Clone Stamp?, How do i use the Healing Brush?, How do I touch
up a photo or photograph or image?
Tutorial Date: 12 May 2009, by Arnousone Chanthalyxay. Updated 21 June 2010, Kasidy Stafford
Clone Stamp Tool
The "Clone Stamp Tool" will help clear out scars or blemishes on a photo.
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Select the "Clone Stamp Tool"
To select the "Clone Stamp Tool" click and hold down on the image, then click on the "Clone Stamp
Tool"
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Select the stamp size.
Move the "Size" tab left (smaller stamp size) or right (bigger stamp size) until you have the desired
sized stamp.
Hold down "Alt" on the keyboard, then click on the area you want to clone from.
- When you are holding down the "Alt" key, the mouse will change from a circle to a crosshair symbol.
- Make sure to click in an area that will match the skin tone of the area of where the blemish is.
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Now click and move your mouse over the area that you need to cover up.
- Make sure to move the cloned area if you need to, to match the skin tone changes.
- In this photo I have removed half of the blemishes.
- This will take a lot of trial and error.
- It will be a lot harder if there are a lot of things that you have to cover up.
Healing Brush Tool
- This will let you correct imperfections.
- The "Healing Brush Tool" is like the clone tool except the Healing Brush will match the texture,
lighting, and shades of the sampled area to the source area.
- The result of the repair makes the whole image blend together.
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Select the "Healing Brush Tool"
To select the "Healing Brush Tool" click and hold down on the image, then click on the "Healing Brush
Tool"
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Select the brush size.
Move the "Size tab left (smaller brush) or right (bigger brush), until you have the desired sized brush.
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Press "Alt" on the keyboard, then click the area that you want the brush to use as a
source.
When you are holding down the "Alt" key the mouse will change from a circle to a crosshair symbol.
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Click over the area you want to repair.
- This tool is a lot nicer than the clone tool in making blemishes disappear because it will match the
lighting and texture of what the original skin tone should be, so you dont have to worry as much about
the source being the same skin tone.
- In this photo I have removed half of the blemishes.
The Clone Stamp Tool vs Healing Brush Tool.
- Notice that the "Healing Brush Tool" kept the texture of the skin where as the "Clone Stamp Tool"
made the skin smooth.
- For blemishes and scars I would recommend using the "Healing Brush Tool" especially if there are a
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lot of things that you have to cover up.
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