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

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4 жыл бұрын

In this GIMP 2.10 tutorial, I provide an in-depth look at how to use the Heal Tool - one of the more popular tools in GIMP. The Heal Tool is typically used for healing blemishes, wrinkles, scratches, dust, etc. that may show up in your photo, and can also be used to remove a variety of other things such as face paint (as I show in this tutorial). This tool uses a powerful algorithm that produces "seamless cloning," can be used across multiple images, and is best used in combination with other photo manipulation tools like the Airbrush tool and Clone tool.
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@kieranproven4874 4 жыл бұрын

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

@jjonestowne 3 жыл бұрын

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

@mysterious_monolith_ 4 ай бұрын

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

@SaVaGeGmYbEaR Жыл бұрын

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.

@surinfarmwest6645 4 жыл бұрын

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

@kirschhoffer 3 жыл бұрын

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

@angelluismillan 4 жыл бұрын

Very clear, precise and useful. Congratulations!

@Nice-Y 4 жыл бұрын

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?

@jamaica2010ism 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome tutorial! Thanks for sharing.

@donjames5761 2 жыл бұрын

GIMP has gotten so dang powerful

@kornisonkiseli3248 2 жыл бұрын

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

@bigpressure6368 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tutorial

@sirene18 2 жыл бұрын

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 !

@behramcooper3691 4 жыл бұрын

Very informative and educational.

@angelopanetta Жыл бұрын

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

@boblombardi9397 2 жыл бұрын

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

@EpicBizHero 3 жыл бұрын

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

@h44mi 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful tut thank you for your time and expertise

@cosmo0080 4 жыл бұрын

thank you for the detail

@SJQuirke 2 жыл бұрын

thanks - that was a great demo

@neilsmith9220 2 жыл бұрын

An excellent video. Thank you.

@juancarlosaguirre892 2 жыл бұрын

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

@tejascholl650 3 жыл бұрын

Good job. I like yout tutorials.

@paulspencer7401 Жыл бұрын

Excellent

@bluecoin3771 Ай бұрын

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

@leenusbaum9596 11 ай бұрын

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.

@ChemaGD 4 жыл бұрын

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

@akhilrajkumar894 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@uel422 2 жыл бұрын

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

@GaryParris 4 жыл бұрын

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 4 жыл бұрын

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 4 жыл бұрын

@@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 😊🖖

@TheCocoaDaddy 4 жыл бұрын

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 4 жыл бұрын

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

@wolfmaan Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@rerunrescue8904 4 жыл бұрын

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?

@Ningnomaningnong 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@LeGrandb100 4 жыл бұрын

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 4 жыл бұрын

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 4 жыл бұрын

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!

@TheHDStation 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

i use photoshop crack lmao

@jessebostrom8534 2 жыл бұрын

wooot ty

@jens9904 Жыл бұрын

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

@pauln2661 2 жыл бұрын

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

@jgboyer 3 жыл бұрын

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

@AyataHiragi Жыл бұрын

This dude is beautiful.

@NatarajanGanesan 2 жыл бұрын

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

@boblombardi9397 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

@@DaviesMediaDesign Thank You

@theglamthropologist 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@misticaldreams 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@misticaldreams 3 жыл бұрын

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

@rasraster 4 жыл бұрын

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

@shanesterling1983 3 жыл бұрын

Why would anyone not use a sample merged layer?

@Sormad 8 ай бұрын

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

@DaviesMediaDesign 8 ай бұрын

What isn't working for you?

@Sormad 8 ай бұрын

@@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?

@andyf9853 3 жыл бұрын

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

@Shawn-fu3mp Жыл бұрын

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

@Lilah_Ninigigun_Belet-Eanna 4 жыл бұрын

Btw, you look EXACTLY like Michael Fassbender!

@DaviesMediaDesign 4 жыл бұрын

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

@remyllebeau77 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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.

@j7ndominica051 2 ай бұрын

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.

@ElveeKaye 3 жыл бұрын

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

@DaviesMediaDesign 3 жыл бұрын

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.