P: Healing Brush Problems - White Outline

Chris - I have the current version of photoshop installed (2015.5.0). The issue is not just white artifacts, but any color the brush is healing. When working on a blank layer, and using the brush on an area previously cloned with the clone stamp tool, the healing brush leaves articles all around the edge. the only solution I've found is to flatten the image, which negates using a blank layer and doesn't allow for non destructive editing.

Then you need to install the updates, because this particular issue was fixed in the 2015.0.1 update.

Hating to be the bearer of bad news, but I am, and it still exists.

This particular issue was fixed in the 2015.0.1 update. If you haven't installed the update, then you should go install the update (you should be on 2015.1.2).

Nope! Still doing it, 9 months later!

it definitely still acts similar to the clone tool, it's a huge disappointment.

Healing Brush / Spot healing tools are now leaving white artifacts on the edges or complete white outlines when working on a blank layer over an images. I've used this method in the past with wonderful/seamless blending and with the update and its real-time enhancements its making edits completely stand out.

I have noticed that it behaves differently than before. It doesn't heal as smoothly. It often takes multiple passes (without lifting the pen) to get good results. But then the white artifacts appear. My bet is that it is tied to the real-time healing feature introduced in CC 2015.

It usually doesn't appear with short, brief strokes. Going over the same area more than once almost guarantees that it will show up. My guess is that it is a bug in the real-time healing feature.

Often the first pass with the healing brush doesn't produce the results I want so I go over it again without lifting the pen. Eventually, I get the results I want, along with the white-fringe artifacts.