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August 22, 2016

P: Changed shift-click behavior in Healing Brush?

  • August 22, 2016
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In the cc2015 versions of Photoshop the Healing Brush behaves differently than older versions did when I use "shift-click" to connect points. In PS CS6, for example, when I hold down the shift key, the tool clones in (or heals) continuously from point to point as I click. In the last two versions of Photoshop, this has changed: a click, then shift-click to a new location results in a "line", but this does not continue to the next point clicked, even when holding the shift key down continuously. Instead, the new point is treated as the beginning of a second "line" of healing/painting.

I hope this makes sense - it's surprisingly complicated to describe such a simple thing. But the effect is really disconcerting - if I'm healing along a surface, I can no longer get a continuous "heal" along a curve, for example.

The Brush & Clone Stamp tools don't show this at all - they behave as expected, connecting clicked points continuously until the shift key is released. I can't find any preference setting that might have changed, and I'm using a very simple tool set - no wild brushes or anything. Very frustrating!

How can I get the old behavior back for the Healing Brush Tool? What am I missing?

Thanks,

John


P.S. I posted this earlier in Adobe's User Forums, along with a link to example screenshots - was told by another member they saw this problem on Mac but not Windows versions, and they recommended I post here in hopes of getting someone's attention at Adobe. Let me know if posting the link would be helpful (I hope this forum allows links?)

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15 replies

Inspiring
October 9, 2017
It's not woking properly for me now.  Running Sierra 10.12.6 and Photoshop 2017.1.1.

Tony
Known Participant
May 12, 2017
Yes, was fixed sometime back. Thought I had posted about the fix earlier, but anyway thank you!
John
Legend
May 9, 2017
This was fixed in CC 2017. Let us know if you're still having this issue.
Known Participant
August 26, 2016
Thank you Cristen. Now we just have to hope it gets fixed soon. The negative effects on my retouching routines are substantial.
John
Inspiring
August 26, 2016
Not crazy<G> With or without Sample All Layers, on the same layer or a new layer, I'm getting every other shift-click if I hold down the Shift key and keep trying to click.  I normally  let up and start fresh each single stroke, so I hadn't actually noticed this.
Known Participant
August 24, 2016
Thank you!
(so I'm not crazy after all...  😉
Olaf Giermann
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 24, 2016
Works also as expected for me, when I heal on a new, empty layer. 
---------Adobe Community Expert: "Gewusst wie, spart Energie." 😉
Legend
August 24, 2016
No. I've logged an internal report for engineering to investigate.
Known Participant
August 24, 2016
Thanks for testing. Yes, this sounds like what I'm reporting - the effect is a sequence of lines (with breaks), instead of one continuous line.

This can't be how the HB is supposed to behave, can it?
Legend
August 24, 2016
Sampling all layers to a new layer is giving me a different behavior. It looks like every other shift click is registering.