Healing Brush Tool

Settings

The following settings can be adjusted from the context toolbar:

• Width—the brush (stroke) size in pixels. Type directly in the text box or drag the pop-up slider to set the value.
• Opacity—how see-through the brush is. Type directly in the text box or drag the pop-up slider to set the value.
• Flow—how fast the brush effect is applied (1% is very slow, 100% is immediate). Type directly in the text box or drag the pop-up slider to set the value.
• Hardness—how hard the edges of the brush are. The brush appears softer as the percentage decreases. Type directly in the text box or drag the pop-up slider to set the value.
• More—click to display the Brushes dialog to access advanced brush settings.
• Force pressure to control size—Click to control brush size with pressure if using a pressure-sensitive device. This overrides brush defaults.
• Stabiliser—enables stroke stabilisation using either a Rope stabiliser or Window stabiliser mode; the former drags the stroke end by a 'rope' to smooth the stroke but lets you introduce sharp corners at increasing rope Length (radius) values by redirecting the slackened rope; the latter will smooth the stroke by averaging sampled input positions within a Window whose size is configurable.
• Aligned—when selected, the origin of the sample remains a fixed distance from the pointer. If this option is off, the origin of the sample always returns to the sample location defined initially.
• Source—the source determines the layer(s) from which the pixels are sampled. Select from the pop-up menu.
• Add Global Source—sets the currently defined sample origin as a global source for use in other images. Remember to select a source using -click first.
• Rotation—sets the degree of rotation applied to the sample. The result can be previewed inside the brush cursor. Type directly in the text box or drag the pop-up slider to set the value.
• Scale—sets the scale of the sample between 1% and 1000%. Type directly in the text box or drag the pop-up slider to set the value. The result can be previewed inside the brush cursor.
• Flip—allows for horizontal and vertical flipping of the resulting healing area relative to the sampled area. Choose horizontal, vertical or both directions from a pop-up menu.
• Wet Edges—builds paint up along the edges of your pixel brush stroke, producing a watercolour effect. Check Custom and either apply a preset Standard profile or draw a custom profile using the chart; both subtly changes how watery the stroke appears.