Photoshop CS4 - Clone Vs. Heal

When you get down to altering your images it is important to work out the differences between certain tools. In this video we shall tackle the differences between the "Clone Stamp" and the "Healing Brush".

Sometimes it is quite difficult to choose the correct one of them. So I work on the following attitude:

If you want to completely overwrite the image use the STAMP tool, if you want to blend in use the BRUSH tool.

Another way which is much more out there is to consider the Clone stamp as a Sergeant Major barking orders and will move mountains to get the job done, the problem with that is you tend to leave quite a bit of carnage where he has been! Whereas, the Healing brush is more like a mediator, takes both sides of the argument and finds middle ground.

Depending on your scenario will depend on which tool to use. So watching this video should give you a better insight into how these tools differ!

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[antonakis21994]

How do you change the brush size..like shortcut?

[PCTeachME]

@antonakis21994 Ho, you change the size of brush with the following keys "[" to make smaller and "]" to make larger. Also to zoom in and out use CTRL + "+" and CTRL + "-" (in on Mac then cmd + "+" and cmd + "-") Hope this helps!

[gtrose3]

nice thnks

[PCTeachME]

@gtrose3 No problem, glad I could help

[lizviddiaries]

Many thanks :-) This is going to help me with a huge archive of scanned negative images!

[PCTeachME]

@lizviddiaries No Problem, good luck sounds like you have your hands full ;o)

[Lava300]

Very useful thanks!