{"id":9519,"date":"2013-11-25T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T05:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/?p=9519"},"modified":"2022-11-02T12:52:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T16:52:41","slug":"removing-skin-blemishes-spot-healing-brush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/newsite\/photo-editing\/removing-skin-blemishes-spot-healing-brush\/","title":{"rendered":"Removing Skin Blemishes With The Spot Healing Brush"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<div id=\"author\">Written by Steve Patterson.<\/div>\n<p>In this Photo Retouching tutorial, we'll look at one of the most amazing and time saving photo retouching tools available, the <strong>Spot Healing Brush<\/strong>, the first of three image &quot;healing&quot; tools in Photoshop.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.adslot-pr2 { display: inline-block; width:300px; float:right; margin: 6px 0px 12px 20px; }\n@media (max-width: 767px) { .adslot-pr2 { display: none; } }\n<\/style><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- 300x250 photo editing top responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle adslot-pr2\"     \n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4356542292\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<p>The Spot Healing Brush was first introduced in Photoshop CS2 and, like the other two healing tools (the standard Healing Brush and the Patch Tool), it's essentially a texture replacement tool, meaning that it tries to create a seamless repair by replacing damaged or unwanted texture from one area in an image with good texture from another area, without changing the problem area's original color or brightness values. What makes the Spot Healing Brush so amazing and fast is that it does this with almost no effort from us! <\/p>\n<p>Both the standard Healing Brush and the Patch Tool need us to tell them which area of good texture we want to use to replace the bad texture with, but the Spot Healing Brush makes the decision all on its own. In most cases, all we need to do is click on a problem area with the Spot Healing Brush and Photoshop repairs it instantly, almost like magic! It works by choosing  new texture from the area surrounding the spot we clicked on, and it usually does a great job as long as we remember that the name of the tool is the <em>Spot<\/em> Healing Brush, not the <em>Huge Problem Area Healing<\/em> Brush or the <em>Click And Drag Me All Over The Image And Expect Miracles<\/em> Healing Brush. The Spot Healing Brush works best on, well, little spots. In this tutorial, we'll see how to use it to quickly and effortlessly remove pimples and other minor skin blemishes, but it's also great at removing things like dust, dirt and mold and repairing small scratches.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<aside><p class=\"members-ad-top\"><a href=\"\/print-ready-pdfs\/\">Download all of our Photoshop tutorials as PDFs!<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n<section>\n<h3>Making Fast Even Faster With Keyboard Shortcuts<\/h3>\n<p>As we'll see in a moment, the Spot Healing Brush works fast, but a few simple keyboard shortcuts will speed things up even more. To zoom in on the image, hold down <strong>Ctrl+spacebar<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Command+spacebar<\/strong> (Mac) to temporarily access the <strong>Zoom Tool<\/strong> and click on the spot you need to zoom in on. To zoom out, hold down <strong>Alt+spacebar<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Option+spacebar<\/strong> (Mac) and click. To scroll around inside the image when you're zoomed in, hold down the <strong>spacebar<\/strong> by itself to temporarily switch to the <strong>Hand Tool<\/strong>, then click and drag to move the image around. <\/p>\n<div class=\"members-ad\"><a href=\"\/basics\/photoshop-zoom\/\">Zooming and panning in Photoshop<\/a><\/div>\n<p>For best results with the Spot Healing Brush, you'll want to use a brush size that's just slightly larger than the area you're trying to fix, which means you'll usually need to change your brush size quite often as you make your way from one problem spot to the next. The fastest way to change your brush size is with the left and right bracket keys on your keyboard. Press the <strong>left bracket key<\/strong> ( <strong>[<\/strong> ) to make the brush smaller or the <strong>right bracket key<\/strong> ( <strong>]<\/strong> ) to make it larger. Also, since the Spot Healing Brush chooses the new texture on its own, sometimes it makes a mistake. When it does, simply undo the step by pressing <strong>Ctrl+Z<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Command+Z<\/strong> (Mac), then try again.<\/p>\n<p>For this tutorial, I'll be using the Spot Healing Brush to quickly remove some distracting pimples from the girl's face in the photo below, but the technique is the same no matter what it is you're trying to remove or repair as long as the area is small enough for the Spot Healing Brush to be effective. I'll be using Photoshop CS5 here, but any version from CS2 onward will work. Here's the photo I'll be working with (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/pic-82534531\/stock-photo-image-of-acne-on-face.html\">acne on face photo<\/a> from Shutterstock):<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs5\/spot-healing-brush\/original-photo.jpg\" alt=\"Image of acne on face. Image \t82534531 licensed from Shutterstock by Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"496\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">A teenager with typical teenage skin problems.<\/div>\n<p>This tutorial is part of our <a href=\"\/photo-editing\/portrait-retouch\/\" title=\"Photoshop portrait retouching tutorials\">Portrait Retouching<\/a> collection. Let's get started!<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-middle { display: inline-block; width:300px; margin:6px 0px 24px 0px; padding-top: 16px; padding-bottom: 16px; }\n@media (max-width: 515px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n@media (max-width: 480px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n<\/style><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- photo effects 300x250 middle responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-middle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4216941496\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<h3>Step 1: Add A New Blank Layer<\/h3>\n<p>With the photo newly opened in Photoshop, we can see in the <a href=\"\/basics\/layers\/layers-panel\/\">Layers panel<\/a> that we currently have  one layer, the <a href=\"\/basics\/layers\/background-layer\/\">Background layer<\/a>, which holds our image:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs5\/spot-healing-brush\/photoshop-background-layer.gif\" alt=\"The Layers panel showing the original image on the Background layer in Photoshop. \" width=\"272\" height=\"225\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The Background layer contains the original image.<\/div>\n<p>Even though our goal is to make the  photo look better, we still want to protect the original,  so let's add a new blank layer above the Background layer. We'll do all of our spot healing work on this separate layer. Click on the <strong>New Layer<\/strong> icon at the bottom of the Layers panel:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs5\/spot-healing-brush\/new-layer-icon.gif\" alt=\"The New Layer icon in the Layers panel in Photoshop. \" width=\"272\" height=\"244\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Clicking the New Layer icon.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 2: Rename The New Layer<\/h3>\n<p>Photoshop adds the new blank layer above the Background layer, but by default, it names the layer <em>Layer 1<\/em>. That doesn't tell us much about what the layer is being used for, so <strong>double-click<\/strong> directly on the layer's name in the Layers panel and rename it &quot;spot healing&quot;. It's not uncommon when retouching images to end up with lots of layers, and giving each one a descriptive name makes it easier to keep them organized. Press <strong>Enter<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Return<\/strong> (Mac) when you're done to accept the new name:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs5\/spot-healing-brush\/spot-healing-layer.gif\" alt=\"Renaming the new layer 'spot healing'. \" width=\"272\" height=\"192\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Renaming the new layer.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 3: Select The Spot Healing Brush<\/h3>\n<p>Select the <strong>Spot Healing Brush<\/strong> from the Tools panel. You'll find it grouped in with the other healing tools. If one of the other tools is showing in place of the Spot Healing Brush, click on the tool and hold your mouse button down for a second or two until a small fly-out menu appears, then select the Spot Healing Brush from the menu:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs5\/spot-healing-brush\/select-spot-healing-brush.gif\" alt=\"Selecting the Spot Healing Brush from the Tools panel in Photoshop. \" width=\"255\" height=\"152\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The Spot Healing Brush is grouped in with the other healing tools.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 4: Select The \"Sample All Layers\" Option<\/h3>\n<p>By default, the Spot Healing Brush works only with the layer that's currently selected in the Layers panel. That will cause us some problems if we try to use it right now since we have a blank layer selected, which means  all we'd be able to do  is replace nothing with different nothing. We need to tell Photoshop to look at the image on the Background layer as well. To do that, select the <strong>Sample All Layers<\/strong> option in the Options Bar along the top of the screen:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs5\/spot-healing-brush\/sample-all-layers.gif\" alt=\"The Sample All Layers option in the Options Bar in Photoshop. \" width=\"546\" height=\"58\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Selecting the Sample All Layers option in the Options Bar.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 5: Select \"Content-Aware\"<\/h3>\n<p>If you're using Photoshop CS5 or later, make sure you have <strong>Content-Aware<\/strong> selected in the Options Bar. This feature is new in CS5 and allows the Spot Healing Brush to more intelligently choose good replacement texture for the problem area you've clicked on, using texture from the surrounding area. If you're using CS4 or earlier, you won't have Content-Aware available. In that case, you'll want to select <strong>Proximity Match<\/strong> which can still give you great results:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs5\/spot-healing-brush\/choose-content-aware.gif\" alt=\"Selecting Content-Aware in the Options Bar. \" width=\"548\" height=\"60\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Select Content-Aware for best results (or Proximity Match for CS4 and earlier users).<\/div>\n<div class=\"members-ad\"><a href=\"\/photo-editing\/content-aware-healing-cs5\/\">Content-Aware Healing in Photoshop<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Step 6: Click On The Problem Spots To Heal Them<\/h3>\n<p>With the Spot Healing Brush, Sample All Layers and Content-Aware (or Proximity Match)  selected, all we need to do now is click on problem areas in the image to fix them!  I'll zoom in on an area of the girl's face so I can see the problem spots more clearly, then I'll  move my brush cursor over one of the pimples and adjust my brush size with the left and right bracket keys so it's just slightly larger than the pimple itself (I circled the brush cursor in red just so we can see it more clearly in the screenshot):<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs5\/spot-healing-brush\/spot-healing.jpg\" alt=\"Removing pimples on a girl's face with the Spot Healing Brush in Photoshop. Image &copy; 2010 Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"500\" height=\"479\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Use the keyboard shortcut to make the brush cursor a bit larger than the problem spot.<\/div>\n<p>I'll click on the pimple with the Spot Healing Brush, and just like that, it's gone, replaced with good texture from  the surrounding area:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs5\/spot-healing-brush\/spot-healed.jpg\" alt=\"The pimple has been removed with the Spot Healing Brush in Photoshop. \" width=\"500\" height=\"479\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">One click is all it took to remove the pimple.<\/div>\n<p>As I mentioned earlier, sometimes the Spot Healing Brush can make a mistake, so if that happens, just press <strong>Ctrl+Z<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Command+Z<\/strong> (Mac) to undo it and try again. Each time you try again, you'll get a different result. I'll continue clearing up  other pimples in the area by  moving my brush over them, adjusting its size with the left and right bracket keys, and clicking:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs5\/spot-healing-brush\/more-pimples-removed.jpg\" alt=\"Removing more pimples with the Spot Healing Brush. \" width=\"500\" height=\"479\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">More pimples have been cleared up with just a few simple clicks of the mouse.<\/div>\n<p>Let's  move down to her chin where we see some larger problem areas:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs5\/spot-healing-brush\/under-chin.jpg\" alt=\"A close-up of the girl's chin showing larger clusters of pimples. \" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Larger clusters of pimples can be a bit more of a challenge.<\/div>\n<p>To retouch these areas, I'll start by clicking on the smaller, isolated pimples to heal them first and get them out of the way:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs5\/spot-healing-brush\/chin-smaller.jpg\" alt=\"Removing the isolated pimples from the girl's chin with the Spot Healing Brush. \" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Removing the isolated pimples before moving on to the larger areas.<\/div>\n<p>Then,  rather than trying to fix a large area with a super wide brush and a single click, I'll approach and retouch it in smaller sections, beginning from the outside and making my way inward. Along with clicking the Spot Healing Brush, you can also click and drag in short strokes. As you drag, your brush stroke will appear black:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs5\/spot-healing-brush\/chin-drag.jpg\" alt=\"Dragging out a short brush stroke with the Spot Healing Brush. \" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Dragging a short brush stroke across the area.<\/div>\n<p>Release your mouse button and Photoshop attempts to heal the area with surrounding texture:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs5\/spot-healing-brush\/chin-drag-release.jpg\" alt=\"Dragging out a short brush stroke with the Spot Healing Brush. \" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Releasing the brush to heal the area.<\/div>\n<p>I'll continue clicking and dragging over the area one small section at a time, going back over any problem spots as needed with  additional clicks, and after just a couple of minutes worth of effort, Photoshop was able to do a pretty good job:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs5\/spot-healing-brush\/chin-right.jpg\" alt=\"The cluster of pimples on the right has been cleaned up. \" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The area on the right is now looking a lot better.<\/div>\n<p>I'll do the same thing for the area on the other side, using a small brush and a series of clicks and short brush strokes to tackle the area a little at a time. Here's the result, again after just a couple of minutes worth of effort:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs5\/spot-healing-brush\/chin-left.jpg\" alt=\"The girl's chin is now pimple free. \" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Her chin is now pimple-free thanks to the Spot Healing Brush.<\/div>\n<p>There's one larger problem area remaining, and it's directly under her nose:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs5\/spot-healing-brush\/under-nose.jpg\" alt=\"The remaining area of pimples under the girl's nose. \" width=\"500\" height=\"384\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">A few more pimples left to retouch.<\/div>\n<p>Once again, I'll start by clicking on the individual, isolated pimples to heal them, keeping my brush just slightly larger than the pimple itself:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs5\/spot-healing-brush\/under-nose-initial.jpg\" alt=\"Healing the smaller areas of pimples first. \" width=\"500\" height=\"384\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Healing the smaller areas first.<\/div>\n<p>Then I'll use a combination of clicking and dragging with a small brush to heal the remaining area:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs5\/spot-healing-brush\/under-nose-2.jpg\" alt=\"Healing the remaining area under the nose with the Spot Healing Brush. \" width=\"500\" height=\"384\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Clearing up the last of the pimples.<\/div>\n<p>The area is now pimple-free, with healthy skin texture in its place:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs5\/spot-healing-brush\/under-nose-finished.jpg\" alt=\"The final area of acne has been cleaned up with the Spot Healing Brush. \" width=\"500\" height=\"384\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Another great job by the Spot Healing Brush.<\/div>\n<h3>The Lighten Brush Mode<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019re using the Spot Healing Brush to remove acne or other skin problems as I am here, you\u2019ll often get even better results by changing the <strong>Brush Mode<\/strong> in the Options Bar from Normal (the default setting) to <strong>Lighten<\/strong>::<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs5\/spot-healing-brush\/lighten-brush-mode.gif\" alt=\"Changing the spot healing layer's blend mode to Lighten. \" width=\"447\" height=\"65\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Try the Lighten brush mode when fixing skin problems.<\/div>\n<p>With the brush mode set to Lighten, Photoshop will only replace pixels that are darker than the good texture data. Since pimples and other skin blemishes are usually darker than normal skin tone, only the pimple or blemish itself gets replaced, leaving more of the original image surrounding it intact. If a blemish happens to be lighter than the normal skin tone, use the <strong>Darken<\/strong> mode. You can quickly switch between all of the brush modes for the Spot Healing Brush from your keyboard by holding down the Shift key and pressing the + or - keys.<\/p>\n<p>Here, once again, is what the original photo looked like:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs5\/spot-healing-brush\/original-photo.jpg\" alt=\"A close-up of the original problem area. \" width=\"640\" height=\"496\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The original untouched image.<\/div>\n<p>And here's the final retouched result:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs5\/spot-healing-brush\/photoshop-acne-healed.jpg\" alt=\"A close-up of the original problem area. \" width=\"640\" height=\"496\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The final result.<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<aside><style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-bottom { width:300px; padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:16px; }\n<\/style><div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- 300x250 page bottom responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-bottom\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2879809098\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n\t data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div><\/aside>\n<section>\n<p>And there we have it! That's how to clear up acne and other skin blemishes, leaving healthy looking skin in their place, using the Spot Healing Brush in Photoshop! Check out our <a href=\"\/photo-editing\/\">Photo Retouching<\/a> section for more Photoshop image editing tutorials!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<aside> <div class=\"members-ad\"><a href=\"\/print-ready-pdfs\/\">Get all of our Photoshop tutorials as PDFs!<\/a> Download them today!<\/div> <\/aside>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to quickly remove pimples and other minor skin blemishes with the Spot Healing Brush in Photoshop. 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