Healing brush tool just smudges what i'm covering up?

Hi guys,
I am trying to remove a design on the back pockets of a pair of denim. When using the heal brush tool, it just smudges the design. First time I have encounter this, any ideas?
Thanks

Hi guys,
I
am trying to remove a design on the back pockets of a pair of denim.
When using the heal brush tool, it just smudges the design. First time
I have encounter this, any ideas?
Thanks
Your solution - Use the Clone tool (S key) - use the "show overlay" and "clipped" option in the Clone Source panel. This will allow you to position precisely where you want to clone over.
Healing and patching will not work that well, on denim, or any repeated patterns. This is because the math it uses tends to mess up on rigid pattern based textures. I once saw a demo for a future version (probably CS5 because it looked very 'complete' in the demo), which implies that there is a new feature on its way, that will be able to dynamically calculate underlying texture and image content - healing seemless transitions.

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