P: More Photoshop like clone/healing/content aware brushes

Well, even Photoshop itself is less and less destructive in every release.

Photoshop is a destructive editor, meaning after each brush-stroke the result pixels become the source for the next stroke to work on.

Lightroom is non-destructive, meaning the it is always starting with the original pixels and recomputing the result of all the strokes applied to the original pixels as you add each one.

Because one is destructive and one is not, LR can never to spotting like PS can. Adobe sells both products so if you want Photoshop's method, use Photoshop.

Or better yet throw away the current brush and replace it with the one from Photoshop

Add the ability to merge spot removal adjustments. For example, when removing a complex object, you have to make several spot removals at various brush sizes, and sometimes it's difficult to put a new one where you want it, and creates a mess.

So allow us to hold a hotkey and start brushing onto an already existing spot removal adjustment.

Content aware fill is used in NX2 too (non-destructively) for removing distractions.

In my opinion, it would be extremely valuable to have CAF in Lr.

The present offering (@Lr5b), although improved, is hardly adequate. I often end up trying it, realizing it ain't gonna cut it, then deleting it and editing externally.

The non-linear distraction removal in Lr desperately needs better boundary integration / feathering, at a minimum (and rotation would help too), to even be usable in many instances, but CAF is just what this doctor is ordering (or should I say this patient is hoping for as cure).

Rob

That's not what non destructive means. Can you easily delete or move the corrections around at will after they have been placed?

Content aware is nice, and I've used it in Elements and CS6, but I usually end up using clone or heal instead for 90% of things that need that sort of treatment. CAF is best for things like filling in the corners of panoramas and doing things I never do like removing large scene elements.

The original RAW file is never changed, only a copy. Jpegs now, are changed, but anyone who shoots jpegs could get by with Elements or any of the cheaper editors.
Paul

How is CS 6 non-destructive?

Sorry Lee, I completely disagree. I've played with both enough. and have used CAB since CS4 or CS5. The LR5 brush is very crude compared to CS6 and CS6 is non destructive.
Regards

The implementation now works very well, and the brush from CS isn't directly applicable to a non-destructive workflow. You have one relatively minor thing you mention (difficulty selecting a source when it's already used) that are pretty easy to work around (move, select, move back).