It is a good idea when using this tool to retouch larger areas, for the brush direction to be coming from the side that contains the most suitable texture to sample from. And because the brush is intelligently looking around for the good pixel data to sample from it is best to apply brush strokes that drag inwards from the side where the best source data exists (see Figure 2).įigure 2 In Proximity Match mode, the spot healing brush works by searching automatically to find the best pixels to sample from to carry out a repair. You can use the spot healing brush in this mode to click away and zap small blemishes, but when you are repairing larger areas in a picture you will usually obtain better results if the brush size used is smaller than the defective area. It then uses the pixel data that has been sampled in this way to replace the defective pixels beneath where you are painting. The Proximity Match mode analyzes the data, around the area where you are painting, to identify the best area to sample the pixel information from. The spot healing tool has three basic modes of operation (see Figure 1 for the spot healing brush tool Options bar). Now you don’t need to discard that photo or attempt to clean a touchy sensor with the help of this easy tutorial.Figure 1 The spot healing brush Options bar. Here is the image again with blemish spots removed. You can left click, hold and drag to remove larger blemishes. Place the spot over the blemish, left click and the blemish is gone. Play around with this tool as you can heal most images and even retain intricate textures by choosing the right setting for your individual needs.Īt the settings shown below, a ring will appear as you hover your cursor on the image.
Make sure you have Proximity match checked. You can adjust the brush size to suit the photo you are working on. With your image open in Photoshop, choose the Spot Healing Brush from the tool palette.Īpply the settings as shown below. This makes the image quality poor and spoils the whole photo. (Click the image for a larger size to see the extent of the damage.)Īs you can see in fig 1, when we take a shot in a landscape aperture such as F22, the dust spots on the image sensor are visible. You can use the Spot Healing Brush instead of a ghastly attempt to clean the cameras sensitive image sensor.
This tutorial will show you how to remove spots from a photograph that is on a DSLR cameras sensor.
Remove blotches, dust spots, those annoying power lines or telegraph wires, in fact just about any unwanted blemish can be quickly removed with this amazing feature. You will quickly find that the Spot Healing Brush Tool is one of your greatest friends when you are touching up your photographs. Photoshop makes it easy to get unwanted blemishes or something that annoys you out of the picture.
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