Lightroom Tip - Try both the Clone and the Heal Tools
When using Lightrooms' spot healing tools it is worth trying both the Clone and the Heal tools in order to see which gives the best result. As an example look at removing the red object in the portion of the sea in the image below.
The result with the Heal tool
does a good job. Now lets right click within the source
region. This will bring up a menu which will let you switch
between the Heal and the Clone tools. Note you can also
select either tool in the toolbar.
In this case the Clone tool has
done a better job of matching the sea. The Heal tool
produced distracting light areas.
The Heal tool is usually selected as it samples the color
and texture of the target area and attempts to blend in the
results. The Clone tool just copies the pixels.
All this tip is saying is try both rather than
just rely on one or the other.
Let me know if this tip helps you.
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