GIMP Heal Tool Tutorial (One of My Favorite Tools!)

[@muskerp]

Really great video, solved all the issues I was having trying to use the clone / healing tools, great explanations and tips / work arounds.

[@kieranproven4874]

No one makes Gimp tutorials as in-depth and helpful. Thanks for all your videos Michael.

[@SaVaGeGmYbEaR]

Fantastic content. Fantastic teacher. Fantastic all around product. Having said that, i find it absolutely hilarious the amount of premium content available from this one source for a free program. Just goes to show that nothing is really free, at least not if you don't want to have to reinvent the wheel.

[@jjonestowne]

Dude, these videos are filling-in so many of the holes in my GIMP game. Thanky.

[@mysterious_monolith_]

You're a REALLY good teacher. Thank you for this.

[@kornisonkiseli3248]

Such a useful tool. Thanks for showing us how to use it.

[@angelopanetta]

Very helpful. I learned a lot. Thanks for posting.

[@surinfarmwest6645]

As always, very well presented and easy to understand. Thanks for sharing.

[@angelluismillan]

Very clear, precise and useful. Congratulations!

[@kirschhoffer]

Never got the subtle difference between heal and clone, thanks for that clarification !

[@boblombardi9397]

excellent explanation....incredibly well done video....Thank You

[@Nice-Y]

There's also a different way to "heal" using wavelet decompose to edit textures & colors separately. Michael also has a video on that. @Davies Media Design perhaps mentioning & linking it in the description?

[@juancarlosaguirre892]

thank you good tutorial of tool heal. huges from Colombia.

[@behramcooper3691]

Very informative and educational.

[@SJQuirke]

thanks - that was a great demo

[@sirene18]

Thank's for this tutorial. Your description of all the options is very useful. I use GIMP for a long time now, and I didn't know the interest of the "Sample merged" option, associated with a transparent layer :-o great tutorial !

[@h44mi]

Very helpful tut thank you for your time and expertise

[@tejascholl650]

Good job. I like yout tutorials.

[@donjames5761]

GIMP has gotten so dang powerful

[@neilsmith9220]

An excellent video. Thank you.

[@CelebratingBlackLove]

Thanks for the tutorial

[@jamaica2010ism]

Awesome tutorial! Thanks for sharing.

[@uel422]

Thanks a mill. i would like to ask since im new to design, when is it best to use new layer or layer mask?

[@bluecoin3771]

So Ctrl + click equals select area to clone or heal. Got it.

[@EpicBizHero]

Thank you so much... TREMENDOUS HELP!!!

[@leenusbaum9596]

I'm currently learning Photoshop in college, and right now, it looks to me that GIMP has a better clone and heal tool adjustment panel. More adjustments and better organized.

[@boblombardi9397]

At 18:09 you say: "and let me make sure this image layer is selected first"...What do you mean by that?... Since there is only one layer, it has to be selected...or am I missing something very basic?

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Sometimes GIMP deselects the layer, making it inactive. This may just be an issue when using my recording software but I figured I would mention it in case anyone else's layer wasn't active before performing the task.

[@boblombardi9397]

@@DaviesMediaDesign Thank You

[@paulspencer7401]

Excellent

[@TheHDStation]

I currently use Photoshop, but I'm looking for an alternative. renting software stresses me out. I'm looking at Gimp and Affinity. I'm just glad these alternatives exists and its good to see tutorials cause imma need'um

[@XdekHckr]

i use photoshop crack lmao

[@GaryParris]

Excellent Michael, great work as always! :O) I am so sorry thanks for the nudge, I have no idea why I said Mark, (feeling foolish)

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

I get “Mark” and “Dave” almost more than I get my actually name so I like messing with people about it - it’s all good!

[@GaryParris]

@@DaviesMediaDesign you did extremely well 👍😂 I was like huh, it's late here. Believe me when I say I get the same problem with my name haha have a great day 😊🖖

[@jens9904]

The healing brush dialog is not showing for me (ie history, brush adjustments etc) - where is it/ how do I retrieve it?

[@rerunrescue8904]

Question: Have you ever done a video that shows how to use Gimp to digitize a hand drawn pencil sketch without having to redraw the whole thing?

[@wolfmaan]

I could never figure out why the heal tool has the little "NO" symbol over it. Thank you so much for making this tutorial!!

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Yep - have to ctrl+click to grab a source area first. Thanks for watching!

[@Ningnomaningnong]

I was looking for a way to clean up skin in game screenshots. This was helpful. Sometimes when I highlight a screen the background can show square pixel shapes in the shadows/highlights etc. What's the best way to smooth those out? At the moment I use Corel Paintshop Pro coz I like their Push, Soften, Lighten/Darken, Smudge, Dodge options that are all in one section. I usually bump up smudge and try to smear the edges of the square shapes to blend them more.

[@cosmo0080]

thank you for the detail

[@TheCocoaDaddy]

Excellent tutorial! Question: how long did it take you to create the final version of the photo, with the black text removed? Thanks for posting!

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Probably an additional 20-30 minutes. Thanks for checking out the video!

[@pauln2661]

I have the following problem with Heal and Clone. I left click and select a source, but when I pass over what I want to fix the tool copies the blemish and not the skin selected. Happens whether I hold down the left mouse button or not. version 2.10.30

[@NatarajanGanesan]

The earlier Heal tool made it possible to select the area and then heal by taking pixels from the adjacent outer area and close in. I can't locate that now

[@LeGrandb100]

Great stuff, Michael. Always difficult to make something pretty complex and technical come across as fairly easy, :-). Only good teachers manage that. I do have one comment. Please be aware that your audience is not solely comprised of native English speakers. Although I have a lot experience working with colleagues from across the globe, I find that I too have to rewind regularly in order to follow your explanations. Speaking a littke slower would go a long way to help us.

[@kwamedotcom3696]

Good day Mike. Would you recommend always using the Sample merged method when editing? I've often wondered about the fixed option for the clone cluster of tools. Also thanks for mentioned the Wacom option on this video. I have watched your other video on the wacom and also noticed you are still using your "partener's" mouse 🙊. Do you prefer the mouse over your wacom medium. BTW another great video Brother!!

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

I do recommend sticking with "Sample Merged" as it is far more non-destructive than editing directly on the layer you are healing (unless you don't want to pull pixels from all layers - in that case turn off Sample Merged). She still has my mouse, so I'm stuck with her mouse lol - but I don't always prefer the mouse to the tablet. Thanks for watching!

[@ChemaGD]

use it a lot!! great tool! BTW love the picture, where is it from? thanks.

[@akhilrajkumar894]

Hello Davies, I have a question. When it comes to images whose background is set to transparent sometimes, some pixels inside the foreground too becomes transparent. In this case, can we fix it only using a brush? Is there any need to add a new layer at first and after converting the background into transparent shall we merge the original picture's pixels into the edited one to get the same pixels without having to select some pixels near the destination. Please, tell the right way to do this.

[@theglamthropologist]

i know im doing something stupid but why is it that nothing happens when i click the button for clone/heal on an image but in history it says i did something? is there a box im not checking?

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Did you ctrl+click first to select a source area before painting on your destination area? You may also need to make sure “ sample merged” is checked in the tool options if you’re trying to paint on a new layer.

[@MusicianGreg]

would be great to see you do the eyebrows.

[@Sormad]

Any advice on how to get this to work in Nov 2023 on a mac?

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

What isn't working for you?

[@Sormad]

@@DaviesMediaDesign I get "an error ocurred running python_fu_heal_selection" - I'm running Sonoma14.1.1 - But it's probably difficult for you to pinpoint, I was just wondering if the plugin works with this before I put more time in solving?

[@misticaldreams]

Could you link the download of the photo? I would like to try it myself, but I can't find it, even when I know the name of the file.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Just added it - didn't realize I forgot it!

[@misticaldreams]

Wow, i didn't expect you to write back. Although, this video was uploaded couple of months ago. Thank you so much ^^ Your tutorials are magnificent

[@jgboyer]

Well done. For once, I understand all the tool settings.

[@shanesterling1983]

Why would anyone not use a sample merged layer?

[@jessebostrom8534]

wooot ty

[@Shawn-fu3mp]

Why can't I get this to work????

[@andyf9853]

Has anyone ever had a problem where their healing tool is "healing" way lighter than the source that's been chosen? It's become completely useless because I have no idea how to fix this. I've reset it and everything but it's still way brighter than the picture itself

[@remyllebeau77]

This doesn't help when the tool refuses to do anything. I click to set a source location, left click and move mouse around, and ZERO pixels have been changed, even when I try to mess with all sorts of settings and layers. Nothing works. This stupid program is so insanely frustrating sometimes.

[@remyllebeau77]

Now I've tried the "reset all tool options", but that only made it work in one picture and not the one I'm trying to work on. Infuriating.

[@AyataHiragi]

This dude is beautiful.

[@rasraster]

Great tutorial, though the photo is awfully creepy ...

[@ElveeKaye]

None of these tutorials say what to do when control-click doesn't work.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

If you are on a MAC try cmd+click. Also, make sure you are actually clicked on your composition and that one of your layers in the layers panel is active.

[@Lilah_Ninigigun_Belet-Eanna]

Btw, you look EXACTLY like Michael Fassbender!

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Haha you're not the first person to tell me that! Thanks for watching.

[@j7ndominica051]

This woman probably needs a lot of healing tool from a therapist. We can see all her blemishes under magnification. Lol. I would use the cloning tool instead of the airbrush. An issue I have wtih a soft brush is that the texture is erased in the transition area where two fragments are averaged together. Sometimes fewer strokes with a sharp edge work better.

[@RobertPickeringBucketList69]

I am learning heaps from your videos - they are the best, but this model photo makes me want to puke.

[@thailand-cam4202]

You tlk too much - Get to the point!