Adobe Photoshop CS5 One-on-One

6. Set the source point for the healing. The healing brush requires
   you to designate a specific source point so that you can clone
   from one portion of an image to another. To set the source
   point, press the Alt (or Option) key and click at the spot below
   the mark indicated by the crosshairs in Figure 4-23. I chose
   this source because it has a similar texture (slightly blurry) to
   the area we’re trying to retouch.

Spot to be patched

Alt-click (Option-click) in an area

that has a similar texture

Figure 4-23.

7. Heal the dark spot on the side of her cheek. With your brush
   set to 20 pixels (or if you’re lazy, the default 19 pixels) and a
   maximum hardness to avoid edge errors, paint over the small
   mark on the side of her face. You can watch the source point
   move as you paint so that you can make sure you don’t stray
   out of the desirable area.

PeaRl Of WISDOm

Beginning with CS4, Photoshop started displaying a preview of the

source area as you paint, which dramatically helps you align a source to a

destination. To see just the source without the brush circle around it, press

the Caps Lock key.

106 Lesson 4: Retouch, Heal, and Enhance