Photoshop: option click to define a source point to be used to repair image

[carmen0D4C]

im trying to used healing brush< when i take a samole of background it gives me a box saying "option click to define a source point to be used to reapiar image" dont know what to do, please help,

thanks

[Guest]

Hi

Take a look at this tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zr5SLh5AKo

[Akash Sharma]

Hi there,

Sorry that you're getting an error message while using the Healing brush tool in Photoshop. 

Which version of Photoshop are you using and what is your operating system?

Would you mind checking out the steps mentioned in this discussion https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/error-message-when-attempting-to-use-alt-click-to-define-a-... and let us know if that helps?

Thanks,

Akash

[Michael Bullo]

Photoshop is asking you to define the point about which "good" pixels will be sampled to heal the "bad" pixels which you will paint over with the Healing Brush Tool. All you have to do is hold down the Option key (Alt key on Windows) and click the mouse to define this source point. Once done, simply drag the mouse over areas you want to heal.