PS Tutorial: Photo Retouching (using HEALING BRUSH, SPOT HEALING & BRUSH TOOL)

[deathcherry]

As the title says, this is a tutorial for photo retouching with the use of the HEALING BRUSH, SPOT HEALING & BRUSH TOOL.

Everything that I'll be sharing here is how I use the said tools...there are many ways to improve or retouch an image. All of the said tools have different outcome when used so I'll just introduce to everyone how I use it to retouch an image.

The image below shows the before and after of the editing process I did with the use of the brush tool. (Notice how the text was erased from the image without ruining certain parts of the image.)

The BRUSH tool

THE IMAGE BELOW IS THE STEP BY STEP PROCESS USING THE BRUSH TOOL AS THE MAIN TOOL.
(just open the image in a different tab to enlarge it)

Basically its like you're redrawing and tracing some parts using the brush tool.

*Reminder: For first timers, you might have hard time rebrushing and redrawing certain parts as it may appear as if it doesn't blend well with the whole image, do not be discouraged XD just keep on trying every color scheme near the certain part of the image (using the eyedropper) for you to see which of them would blend well.

So here is the zoomed-in image of the transition after using the brush tool (with soft round brush) to cover up the unwanted texts then using the brush tool (with hard round brush) again to redraw the outline and some parts of the image.

The SPOT HEALING tool

If you only need to fix small imperfections in your photograph then the Spot Healing Brush Tool is great for some quick alterations. With this tool you don’t need to specify a sample spot, simply dab it on the area you want to fix and it will automatically paint over the area a sample from around the retouched area. Of course, this tool isn’t that great if you are retouching an image with intricate details, but it will make light work out of small skin blemishes and dust-ridden skies.
explanation above got from this link

THE IMAGE BELOW IS THE PROCESS FOR USING THE SPOT HEALING TOOL AS THE MAIN TOOL.
(just open the image in a different tab to enlarge it)

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The HEALING BRUSH tool

The Healing Brush lets you correct imperfections in your shot in a similar way to the Clone Stamp Tool. Like the Clone Stamp Tool, you paint with sampled pixels from your image which you can set with the ‘Alt’ button, however, the Healing Brush Tool also does an excellent job of matching together all of the relevant shades and textures to keep your fixes as seamless as possible. This tool is far more effective than slaving away with the Clone Stamp Tool as it will take a lot of the effort out of accurate blending, however it still requires you to be responsive with your Alt-key selections.
explanation above got from this link

THE IMAGE BELOW IS THE PROCESS FOR USING THE HEALING BRUSH TOOL AS THE MAIN TOOL.
(just open the image in a different tab to enlarge it)

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*For further questions, just pm me or leave a message on my profile \^0^/
THANK YOU!

[Kimono]

Nice :3

If you have enough time or are willing to put in the extra effort, you can make this a photo retouching tutorial in general XD
Anyways, good job

[deathcherry]

Nice :3

If you have enough time or are willing to put in the extra effort, you can make this a photo retouching tutorial in general XD
Anyways, good job

oh yeah I'll do that but I dunno what to add more atm XD and oh if you have any comments or suggestions about my tutorial...please do tell me XD seems like mlc and Qualtz had hard time understanding them soooo... XD

[Kimono]

oh yeah I'll do that but I dunno what to add more atm XD and oh if you have any comments or suggestions about my tutorial...please do tell me XD seems like mlc and Qualtz had hard time understanding them soooo... XD

Yeah sure, I'll read it thoroughly and tell you what I think when I have time. I just skimmed it, and it seemed informative/practical XD

[deathcherry]

Yeah sure, I'll read it thoroughly and tell you what I think when I have time. I just skimmed it, and it seemed informative/practical XD

I know you're kinda busy right now but Thanks Kimono \^0^/

[KenshinoMe]

Wow..I get another technique today. Nice job...but their are some other tools you can use also in retouching. Not only healing brush.

[Sirsendu]

Nice I wuv you

[FiQ5149]

ohhhhh...this is a nice one...

take quite a time for me to understand..but it works!

Look at my first works using your tutorial shihan~

Original

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Finish Product

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It sure takes a LOT of time.
Redrawing is a pain though...haha

Thanks again for this useful tutorial. My respect to you when up.

[deathcherry]

ohhhhh...this is a nice one...

take quite a time for me to understand..but it works!

Look at my first works using your tutorial shihan~

Original

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Finish Product

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It sure takes a LOT of time.
Redrawing is a pain though...haha

Thanks again for this useful tutorial. My respect to you when up.

woaahh you actually tried this!! thanks!! :D
oh wait the original image doesn't show o_0

[FiQ5149]

Huh?
Oh i must have deleted it..
wait~

Edit: the image should be working now.

[deathcherry]

Huh?
Oh i must have deleted it..
wait~

Edit: the image should be working now.

OMG a jaw dropping work from you fiq!!! great job :D Glad my tutorial helped XD

[DNAer]

Nice tutorial....

[Retouchxp]

Wow......Amazing Tutorial And it is very useful for photo retouching.Thanks ..

[Major Zero]

Nice Tutorial :)