Reduce Beard Stubble In Photoshop

Reducing 5 O'Clock Shadow And Beard Stubble In Photoshop

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Step 5: Select The Healing Brush And Set It To Use The Pattern

Grab you're Healing Brush from the Tools palette. Then, up in the Options Bar at the top of the screen, set the Source for the Healing Brush to Pattern:

Photoshop's Options Bar
With the Healing Brush selected, set its Source to "Pattern" in the Options Bar.

Click on the Pattern preview thumbnail to the right of the word "Pattern", and then click on the pattern you created to select it. It will be the last pattern in the list:

Select the pattern you created.
Click the pattern preview area, then click on the pattern you created to select it.

Finally, make sure the Aligned and Sample All Layers options are selected:

The Aligned and Sample All Layers options in the Options Bar.
Make sure "Aligned" and "Sample All Layers" are checked in the Options Bar.

Step 6: Add A New Blank Layer

Add a new blank layer using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+N (Win) / Command+Shift+N (Mac). This will bring up Photoshop's New Layer dialog box. Name the new layer "healing" and click OK:

Photoshop's New Layer dialog box
Photoshop's "New Layer" dialog box. Name the new layer "healing".

You should now have a new blank layer named "healing" at the top of the Layers palette:

Photoshop's Layers palette showing the new healing layer
The new blank "healing" layer at the top of the Layers palette.

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