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Healing Brush vs Clone Stamp: A Practical Comparison
The Healing Brush and Clone Stamp look similar and do similar things, but they use fundamentally different algorithms. Using the wrong one creates problems that are often worse than the original blemish. Here’s when to reach for each one. How They Differ Clone Stamp copies pixels exactly from the source point to the destination. What you sample is what you get — texture, color, brightness, everything. Healing Brush copies texture from the source but matches the color and brightness to the destination.