6. The Tools in the Toolbox / 6.3 Tools for Image Layers

6.3.14 The Healing Brush

The Healing Brush is similar to the Copy Brush. You have to mark the source area by holding Alt first, too. But while the copy brush is copying the source pixels unmodified to the destination, the healing brush is transferring only the changes in color and brightness und adjusts the source pixels to the destination. Because of this the healing brush is perfectly suited to remove unwanted parts of an image.

When working with the healing brush you should keep a few points in mind: