Spot healing brush not working

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April 23, 2020
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I am using 21.1.2 version and the brush isn't working. There is a stack of paper icon in the options bar, but nothing happens when I click on it. I presume that is the sample all layers button and that this is the reason the spot healing brush doesn't work. I have created a separate layer but after using the brush when I release nothing happens. I have reset the tool but that doesn't seem to do anything either. Very frustrated. I thought sample all layers was the default setting for this tool? Thanks

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bellevue scott

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For me on the Mac using PS 21.1.2 the spot healing brush has stopped working correctly. I use it to close around the edges of paintings I scan to fix the edges, and recently it just stopped working.

I tried 20.0.7 as well and get the same problem. When did this start happening? When I use the healing brush now it introduces garbage, like it's doing the exact opposite of what I want. Like it's cloning backwards and making the spot worse instead of better.

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ilkeK

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did you try restoring defaults of your toolbars
edit > toolbar > restore defaults.

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joelh33703351Author

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Yes, I did. I reset

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joelh33703351Author

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Since no one responded let me amend. I do not have the option of choosing sample all layers in the option bar. Instead I have an icon showing a stack of papers that I am told means" samples cloned data from composited data" . As I said, I have reset the tool as I see that is frequently the issue with the spot healing brush. I have restarted PS, I have chosen different images. Nothing. I have the options bar and all other aspects of the panels and bars set on essential although being new would like the most robust option. Thanks