The Spot Healing Brush vs the Healing Brush
Jan 31, 2021 1:21:22 GMT
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Post by Sepiana on Jan 31, 2021 1:21:22 GMT
Question:
Which one should we use -- the Spot Healing Brush or the Healing Brush? Does it matter?
Answer:
You may want to use the Spot Healing Brush to fix small areas and save the Healing Brush for larger areas.
Rationale:
The use of these two tools requires Elements to search the surrounding areas and, then, blend them into the area you are trying to fix. This is a drawback for the Spot Healing Brush. The larger the area you drag this brush over, the larger the area Elements has to search for blending material. Sometimes this can lead to contrasting material close to the area being repaired to be picked up by Elements and mixed with the repair. On the other hand, when you use the Healing Brush, you are the one selecting (sampling) the area which will get blended into the repair. This gives you more control over the process.
You can give Elements some help when using the Spot Healing Brush by choosing a brush size that barely covers the spot being repaired. You can also make a selection of the offending spot before using this tool; this will limit the area Elements will search for material to use in the repair.
As the Spot Healing Brush works best when you are trying to repair small areas, you may encounter performance-related problems when working with large images/large areas to be repaired. In this case, try drawing smaller brush strokes. If this doesn’t help, you may have to increase the amount of RAM allocated to Elements. For more information on how to do this, see . . . When Elements Goes into a Sluggish Mode.
Which one should we use -- the Spot Healing Brush or the Healing Brush? Does it matter?
Answer:
You may want to use the Spot Healing Brush to fix small areas and save the Healing Brush for larger areas.
Rationale:
The use of these two tools requires Elements to search the surrounding areas and, then, blend them into the area you are trying to fix. This is a drawback for the Spot Healing Brush. The larger the area you drag this brush over, the larger the area Elements has to search for blending material. Sometimes this can lead to contrasting material close to the area being repaired to be picked up by Elements and mixed with the repair. On the other hand, when you use the Healing Brush, you are the one selecting (sampling) the area which will get blended into the repair. This gives you more control over the process.
You can give Elements some help when using the Spot Healing Brush by choosing a brush size that barely covers the spot being repaired. You can also make a selection of the offending spot before using this tool; this will limit the area Elements will search for material to use in the repair.
NOTE
As the Spot Healing Brush works best when you are trying to repair small areas, you may encounter performance-related problems when working with large images/large areas to be repaired. In this case, try drawing smaller brush strokes. If this doesn’t help, you may have to increase the amount of RAM allocated to Elements. For more information on how to do this, see . . . When Elements Goes into a Sluggish Mode.
