Adobe Photoshop: Clone Stamp vs. Healing Brush
A very useful tool in Photoshop has always been the Clone Stamp tool. The healing brush is one of the must underrated new tools in Adobe Photoshop. Here are the key differences between these two very powerful tools.
The Clone Stamp tool lets you clone exact pixels from one part of your image to another. You must Alt-Click (Mac: Option-Click) to establish a reference point then move your mouse the area you want to apply the pixels. This tool makes an exact copy of the pixels without any merging of the surrounding pixels.
The Healing Brush takes this one step further and lets you correct your area but it also helps your new cloned area blend with its surroundings. It works in the same manner as above with the Clone Stamp tool but the Healing Brush tries to match the texture, lighting and shading for the sampled area to the source area achieving a much more natural look. This makes for a much smoother transition and allows for higher quality results.
