bucky3 <bucky3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On May 28, 2:28 pm, "Fr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Stef@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <f...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> what can the heal brush do that clone tool can't?
>> Image or video examples appreciated :)
>
>I get somewhat confused by the heal brush as well. I think the heal
>tool is used for scenarios where there is a blemish that needs to be
>removed, and the heal tool will do a better job than clone. But if you
>actually want to clone a ****tion of the image, heal tool will not do
>it.
The heal tool will do a better job of removing oddities
in a small area. A couple of unusual spots in a
textured area, for example. It essentially compares two
areas and removes differences. However, it is very slow
compared to the clone tool, and when used on a large
area it simply takes forever...
The clone tool, unlike the heal tool, totally ignores
the area under the brush, and unceremoniously replaces
it with the selected "clone" area. It is much faster,
and for large areas is therefore significantly easier.
I do a lot of "people" pictures, and often use the heal
tool to touch up facial blemishes. To remove unwanted
objects from the background the clone tool is better,
and sometimes the smudge tool is even more better.
The one thing that annoys me greatly is that the blur
tool cannot be adjusted to give much blur at all. It is
wonderful when a very subtle blur is needed, but useless
for more than that. For anything more it's necessary to
select and area, feather it, and use the blur filter.
One point to keep in mind with all of these tools is
that often it is useful to _try_ each of them, and then
use the one that worked the best. The undo command is
wonderful! :-)
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Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) floyd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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