Retouching photos with the Healing Clone tool

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The new Healing Clone tool in Corel PHOTO-PAINT lets you fix imperfections seamlessly by painting with sampled texture that matches the color of the surrounding area. Whether you want to remove a blemish, scar, or unwanted spot, you can accomplish your task with ease.

Similarly to the Clone tool, when you use the Healing Clone tool, two brushes appear in the image window: a source point brush and a target brush. The source point brush, distinguished by a crosshair pointer, samples the texture from the source point. The target brush applies the sampled texture, matching it to the color of the surrounding area. You can reset the source point, and you can use the same source point for consecutive brushstrokes.

As with other brush tools in Corel PHOTO-PAINT, you can adjust the size of the brush nib by holding down Shift, and you can modify brush attributes such as nib and dab properties in the Brush Settings docker. When using big brush nibs, you can also disable the live preview to improve performance.

Removing an imperfection from a photo subject

Some imperfections were removed from the girl’s face on the left, resulting in a retouched and yet natural-looking portrait (right).

To use the Healing Clone tool

1 .	In the toolbox, click the Healing Clone tool .

You can also
Use the same source point as the last brushstroke	Hold down Shift + Alt, and drag in the image window.
Change the size of the brush nib	Hold down Shift, and drag towards or away from the nib center.
Modify brush attributes	Click Window Dockers Brush Settings, click the roll-down arrow on the available bars in the Brush Settings docker, and specify values for the attributes you want.
Improve tool performance	On the property bar, click the Preview button to disable it. The effect of disabling the preview is obvious only with big brush nibs.

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