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Joshfree
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January 28, 2025
Question

Spot healing gives me "not enough pixels" error

  • January 28, 2025
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I am trying to retouch a photo using the normal Spot Healing brush. No matter what I do, I get the "not enough pixels" error. The files seems to be 100% normal. RGB mode (tried CMYK as well). 8-bit. (Tried 16-bit.) It's 100% opaque except for a normal mask. It's one layer. It's not locked. Things I have tried so far:

  • Resetting preferences
  • Testing another image (it works fine)
  • Saving the image as a TIFF, a PNG and a JPEG (the JPEG works; the TIFF and PNG don't)
  • Pasting the image from one file to another.

Because the JPEG works, I assume this has something to do with transparency. But I have never seen this behavior before, and I've used Photoshop for decades. I have the current Creative Cloud version.

Does anyone know what's happening here?

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c.pfaffenbichler
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c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 28, 2025

Could you please post screenshots with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Channels, Options Bar, …) visible? 

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JoshfreeAuthor
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February 7, 2025

Thanks for the response.

I saved the file as a PNG and worked on it from there. Obviously had to collapse all the layers, etc but at least it worked. Have not had time to recreate the problem since I posted. If anyone is sincerely interested, I'll try to do that.  Otherwise, I'll see if it ever happens again.

c.pfaffenbichler
Community Expert
c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 7, 2025

If it does please post the requested screenshots to clarify the actual situation (Layer-wise etc.). 

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