The Clone Stamp tool takes a sample of an image, which you can then apply over another image or part of the same image. You can also clone part of one layer over another layer. Each stroke of the tool paints on more of the sample.

When you use the Clone Stamp tool, you set a sampling point on the area you want to apply over another area. By selecting Aligned in the options bar, you can reuse the most current sampling point, no matter how many times you stop and resume painting. When Aligned is deselected, you'll reuse the same sampled pixels each time you paint.

Because you can use any brush tip with the Clone Stamp tool, you have a lot of control over the size of the area you clone. You can also use opacity and flow settings in the options bar to finesse the way you apply the cloned area. You can also sample from one image and apply the clone in another image, as long as both images are in the same color mode.

To use the Clone Stamp tool:

1. Open document clone1.jpg

2. Select the Clone Stamp tool.
3. Choose a brush tip and set brush options for the blending mode, opacity, and flow in the options bar.
4. Next, determine how you want to align the sampled pixels. Select Aligned in the options bar to sample pixels continuously, without losing the current sampling point, even if you release the mouse button. Deselect Aligned to continue to use the sampled pixels from the initial sampling point each time you stop and resume painting.
5. Select Use All Layers in the options bar to sample data from all visible layers; deselect Use All Layers to sample only from the active layer.
6. Set the sampling point by positioning the pointer in any open image and Alt-clicking (Windows) or Option-clicking (Mac OS).
7. Drag over the area of the image you want to correct.

Continue cloning following documents:  clone2-5.jpg 

The Healing Brush tool lets you correct imperfections, causing them to disappear into the surrounding image. Like the cloning tools, you use the Healing Brush tool to paint with sampled pixels from an image or pattern. However, the Healing Brush tool also matches the texture, lighting, transparency, and shading of the sampled pixels to the source pixels. As a result, the repaired pixels blend seamlessly into the rest of the image.

To use the Healing Brush tool:

1. Open document healing.jpg

2. Select the Healing Brush tool.
3. Click the brush sample in the options bar and set brush options in the pop-up palette
4. Choose a blending mode from the Mode pop-up menu in the options bar
5. Choose a source to use for repairing pixels in the options bar: Sampled to use pixels from the current image, or Pattern to use pixels from a pattern. If you choose Pattern, select a pattern from the Pattern pop-up palette.
6. Select Aligned in the options bar to sample pixels continuously, without losing the current sampling point, even if you release the mouse button. Deselect Aligned to continue to use the sampled pixels from the initial sampling point each time you stop and resume painting.
7. Select Use All Layers in the options bar to sample data from all visible layers. Deselect Use All Layers to sample only from the active layer.
8. For the Healing Brush tool in sampling mode, set the sampling point by positioning the pointer in any open image and Alt-clicking (Windows) or Option-clicking (Mac OS).
9. Drag in the image.

The sampled pixels are melded with the existing pixels each time you release the mouse button. Look in the status bar to view the status of the melding process.

If there is a strong contrast at the edges of the area you want to heal, make a selection before you use the Healing Brush tool. The selection should be bigger than the area you want to heal but should precisely follow the boundary of contrasting pixels. When you paint with the Healing Brush tool, the selection will prevent colors from bleeding in from the outside.

The Patch tool lets you repair a selected area with pixels from another area or a pattern. Like the Healing Brush tool, the Patch tool matches the texture, lighting, and shading of the sampled pixels to the source pixels. You can also use the Patch tool to clone isolated areas of an image.

When repairing with pixels from the image, select a small area to produce the best result.

To repair an area using sampled pixels:

1. Open document patch.jpg

2. Select the Patch tool.
3. Do one of the following:
   
   Drag in the image to select the area you want to repair, and select Source in the options bar.
   Drag in the image to select the area from which you want to sample, and select Destination in the options bar.
   Note: You can also make a selection prior to selecting the Patch tool.
    
4. To adjust the selection, do one of the following:
   
   Shift-drag in the image to add to the existing selection.
   Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) in the image to subtract from the existing selection.
   Alt-Shift-drag (Windows) or Option-Shift-drag (Mac OS) in the image to select an area intersected by the existing selection.
    
5. Position the pointer inside the selection, and do one of the following:
   
   If Source is selected in the options bar, drag the selection border to the area from which you want to sample. When you release the mouse button, the originally selected area is patched with the sampled pixels.
   If Destination is selected in the options bar, drag the selection border to the area you want to patch. When you release the mouse button, the newly selected area is patched with the sampled pixels.