
Most important, as you can see in Figure 12-1, there’s no limit

Or paints to mix! And you can’t beat the infinitely forgiving UndoĬommand. The biggest advantage is that there aren’t any brushes to clean This could yield, effective and efficient results.Many artists who learned to sketch and paint using pencils, oils,Īnd brushes have come to love the creativity that the digital realmĪffords. To conclude, we can see in the above images, the blend of skin’s texture is just perfect. To do so, simply redefine the source and paint it over all over the spot. Use the Healing Brush Tool again to fix this problem. We can spot some flaws in the image because the existing skin texture did not blend with the newly created skin texture. Now to remove the dark spot, paint over it. For the same, press ctrl+shift+N/ cmd+shift+N and rename it to “Clone”. If you wish to remove the blemishes, we first need to create a new layer. In a similar manner, repeat the same for all the blemishes as instructed in step 2 and 3. The image should like the one shown below after removing that particular blemish. To do so, press and hold down, Alt/ Opt key and click on that area. Let’s kick-start! The source encircled with the color red is the ideal source to remove the blemish encircled in yellow. The source can be defined by pressing and holding, Alt/ Opt key, the cursor will change its shape to something as shown in the image below.Ĭlick on the blemish after the source is defined.Īfter that, the image should look similar to the one shown below. For instance, to remove the blemish encircled in the image, the source or area is supposed to be selected. To know it, we should we aware of “source” which means a region or an area from where the reference is taken by Photoshop to process the image further. In order to generate a new layer, press ctrl+shift+N/ cmd+shift+N and to be renamed as “healing brush”! Do not get panicky if you are using the Healing Brush Tool for the first time. It must be made sure that the processing is on-destructive for which a new layer has to be created. It must be made sure that the source is sampled and “all layers” is the sample itself. Using Photoshop, open the image and catch hold of the Healing Brush Tool by pressing shift+J repeatedly until it appears.

Following are the steps involved in removing the blemishes: Step 1:

The tools in use for the tutorial are Healing Brush Tool and Clone Stamp Tool. However, the older version can also be used for the same. This tutorial is to show how to remove the blemishes present in the image using Photoshop CS6.
