{"id":1681,"date":"2015-01-03T04:20:31","date_gmt":"2015-01-03T01:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/?p=1681"},"modified":"2019-02-24T15:39:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T12:39:20","slug":"photoshop-photo-manipulation-tools-tutorial-clone-stamp-tool-healing-brush-tool-spot-healing-brush-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/photoshop-photo-manipulation-tools-tutorial-clone-stamp-tool-healing-brush-tool-spot-healing-brush-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Photoshop Photo Manipulation tools tutorial. Clone Stamp Tool, Healing Brush Tool & Spot Healing Brush Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Photoshop Photo Manipulation tools tutorial. Clone Stamp Tool, Healing Brush Tool & Spot Healing Brush Tool” is part of my Photoshop book “Learn Photoshop CC With Pictures”<\/strong><\/strong>, which is more revised and covers more concepts than the online tutorials,\u00a0feel free to check out the book by visiting my Learn Photoshop CC With Pictures Book Page.<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Because Photoshop Photo manipulation tools (As I like to call them), like the Clone Stamp Tool & The Healing Brush Tool are many. And because I want to keep the tutorials more focused and more enjoyable to read, I decided to break up this tutorial into multiple parts. This is part I of this mini series.<\/p>\n

I believe this is going to be one of the most amusing tutorials in this series. It discuss some of the most interesting tools in Photoshop. And the ones that are among the most useful in the program. As they allow you to do many funny things. Like adding or removing things\u00a0to and from\u00a0a picture. And to fix many problems that are found in pictures. I sincerely hope you like what I am going to teach you in this tutorial. I made sure I include as much examples as possible, as the amount of things you could do with Photoshop Photo manipulation tools are endless.<\/p>\n

Photoshop Photo manipulation tools<\/h2>\n

There are many Photoshop Photo manipulation tools in general. While many of the other tools offer a great way to manipulate photos. I picked 3 them to start with. If you understood these 3 tools. The rest of the tools will be easy. The tools we are discussing here are:-<\/p>\n

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  • The Clone Stamp Tool\u00a0\"Clone-Stamp-Tool\"<\/li>\n
  • The Healing Brush Tool\u00a0\"Healing-Brush-Tool\"<\/li>\n
  • The Spot Healing Brush Tool\u00a0\"Spot-Healing-Brush-Tool\"<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    First look at the Stamp tool<\/h3>\n

    The Clone Stamp Tool\"Clone-Stamp-Tool\"\u00a0does one simple & useful thing. It allows you to copy pixels from somewhere else in the picture, or from another picture to wherever you want to.<\/p>\n

    If you selected the Clone Stamp Tool and begin painting with\u00a0it right away, you will get the following message:-<\/p>\n

    \"Stamp-Tool-No-Sample\"<\/p>\n

    That message tells you that you have to define a source point. The place from which\u00a0Photoshop will copy pixels to where you are painting. Or it won\u2019t know what to paint.<\/p>\n

    To do that, simply hold down alt\/option button where you want the pixel to be copied from. The cursor will turn into a reticle \"Reticle-Icon\"\u00a0. Simply click with your left mouse button and you will be done setting the source.<\/p>\n

    Now you can paint anywhere with the tool and Photoshop will copy the pixels from the point you clicked on in the last step.<\/p>\n

    Question:- How can copying pixels from part of the picture into another benefit me at all?<\/h3>\n

    There are innumerable ways this can be useful. It allows you to add or remove things from pictures in no effort at all. For example, I removed the referee from this picture using the Clone Stamp Tool\u00a0\"Clone-Stamp-Tool\"\u00a0:-<\/p>\n

    \"Removing
    Photoshop Photo Manipulation tools like the Clone Stamp Tool makes it easy to do things like removing the referee from the match<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Then I added some flowers the same way. I had to do some erasing to make it look more convincing. Here is what\u00a0I got at the end:-<\/p>\n

    \"Added-Flowers\"<\/p>\n

    I got the flowers from this picture. But you could use whatever other picture you\u00a0want:-<\/p>\n

    \"Flowers-Source\"<\/p>\n

    The Clone Stamp Tool in action<\/h3>\n

    Right now, I am going to show you how I removed the referee\u00a0from the match. If the referee\u00a0was not standing there, you would be able to see the field grass that are behind him. So to remove him, all you have to do is to copy some grass from the other parts of the picture over him. Here is how:-<\/p>\n

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    • First, select the Clone Stamp Tool\u00a0\"Clone-Stamp-Tool\"\u00a0from the tools panel<\/li>\n
    • hover your mouse where you want to copy pixels from, which are the grass that are near the referral. the red circle in the following picture is the sampling point I chose:-<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      \"Removing-Referral-1\"<\/p>\n

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      • Before you start painting. I advice you to make the tip of the Clone Stamp Tool soft. Which could be done by right-clicking on the canvas. And then move\u00a0the Hardness slider to the left<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        \"Hardness\"<\/p>\n

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        • Now hover your mouse over the judge. Photoshop will show you how the part below the cursor will look like after you make your stroke. Just like this:-<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          \"Removing-Referral-2\"<\/p>\n

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          • Now begin painting over the referee. You will be able to remove a good part of him, depending on the sample point you chose. Keep painting until some of the unwanted pixels start to creep in. Which mean it is time to choose another sample point. Here is how things looked liked at my side (You could select Edit:- Step Backward\u00a0to undo the last stroke you made ain case you made a mistake):-<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            \"Removing-Referral-3\"<\/p>\n

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            • It is time to select a new sample point, it is totally okay to select the same sample point again, since we simply want to paint the same grass over the referee\u00a0over and over. Keep repeating the same steps\u00a0we did until you get rid of most of the referee. Here is how I got rid of most of him. I had to change the sampling point many times. Specially on the grass areas around his feet & head. Which look different than the grass around his waist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              \"Removing-Referral-4\"<\/p>\n

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              • Now the referee\u00a0is no longer there, we will need to repaint the white lines that were hidden behind the his\u00a0head and feet. You do that the same way as we painted the grass. Here is the sample point I chose to do that, which is one of many you could choose from in this example:-<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                \"Removing-Referral-5\"<\/p>\n

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                • Hover your mouse over the missing white line. And the preview\u00a0feature of the Clone Stamp Tool will help you make the correct stroke, like this:-<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                  \"Removing-Referral-6\"<\/p>\n

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                  • Finish painting the white line. And then do the same with the second white line. And you will end up with a clean picture with no referee in it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                    \"Removing-Referral-7\"<\/p>\n

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                    • If you felt that the repetitive painting over the referral has made it obvious that\u00a0the picture has been Photoshopped. Simply do a little more resampling and painting over that until the area feels like it has never been Photoshopped<\/li>\n
                    • Here is the final picture without the referee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                      \"Removing-Referral-8\"<\/p>\n