Using the healing brush tool

Anybody able to give me a simple explanation of how to use the healing brush tool to retouch photograph?

I'm using Windows 7 Home Premium... And I'm using Photoshop Elements 10 with a Wacom Intous 4 tablet and pen.    I noticed this behavior right after a forced reboot from a Microsoft update yesterday. I was editing a pic when it rebooted.
Now, the behavior only manifests itself within Photoshop Elements when I use tools that use reference points such as the clone tool or healing brush. It's a trailing dot that seems to echo the reference point; which eventually catches up to place itself right under the tip as I make a stroke.   I can't really see what I'm doing, so I end up making a big mess of things on my pics. This also occurs using my logitech mouse...   Check the mouse settings as well, and it not using any trail options.
Called Wacom and they had me uncheck "use microsoft ink" from within the Wacom properties. They identified the problem as the "ripple effect."     I've disabled the "press and hold" feature the "pen and touch" options in windows, disable the Tablet PC Input service, and made edits to "TurnOffPenFeedback" in, both, the local machine and local user in order to disable it. So far, nothing has worked.   If it makes a difference, I noticed that every time I edit the local user registry entry, it enables itself after each reboot.   Haven't fingered the cause of this yet.     Please let me know if you have any other ideas. Thanks!
Brian

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yes, lots of option and learing curve steep.
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Glitcher,
The following is a general list of things you may try when the issue is not in a specific file (you may have tried/done some of them already); 1) and 2) are the easy ones for temporary strangenesses, and 3) and 4) are specifically aimed at possibly corrupt preferences); 5) is a list in itself, and 6) is the last resort.
1) Close down Illy and open again;
2) Restart the computer (you may do that up to 3 times);
3) Close down Illy and press Ctrl+Alt+Shift/Cmd+Option+Shift during startup (easy but irreversible);
4) Move the folder (follow the link with that name) with Illy closed (more tedious but also more thorough and reversible);
5) Look through and try out the relevant among the Other options (follow the link with that name, Item 7) is a list of usual suspects among other applications that may disturb and confuse Illy, Item 15) applies to CC, CS6, and maybe CS5);
Even more seriously, you may:
6) Uninstall, run the Cleaner Tool (if you have CS3/CS4/CS5/CS6/CC), and reinstall.
http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html

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i cant find the healing brush tool. what should i do? can anyone please help me?

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Neale
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thx but what do the ps mean? Also when I render it it doesn't look like it covers the healing part and it jumps. Is there another way of correcting blemishes with adobe products beside after effects?

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This question was posted in response to the following article: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-7607a.h tml

sheez. I had NO idea this was to be posted to Forum! Wow. I thought it was feedback to adobe ;-)
anyway, WOW. THANKS! I wish i had done this eons ago. SO many hours trying to figure it out!
i'm not the sharpest pencil in the pack, it seems... ;-)
and thank you for that last bit, as well. For i find that i was searching for the correct way, not realizing the proper framework is to look at the result, not which tool produces it. Nice! That helps to organize the operation ;-)
again, nice! Thanks!

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Message title was edited by: Brett N

It'll be the overlay moving. Enable "Clipped" as shown below:

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Hi everyone. I need help please.
My settings for the Healing Brush Tool are as follows:
Size = 19 px
Hardness = 50%
Spacing = 15%
Mode = Normal
Source = Sampled
I used "ALT-Left Click" to select my "Source".
Here's my problem: Once I have selected my Source, I go to the area of the picture I want to modify and Left-Click and start to drag to cover the area I want to modify. Once I reach my end point, I release my mouse button. In doing so, the area I just modified returns to its original look before I modified it.
I have tried everything I can think of and nothing seems to work.
Is there anyone out there who can help me?
Thank you so much in advance.
Sean O'Sullivan.

I just double checked both of your suggestions. Yes, the "Corrections" layer is selected and I am using the "Healing Brush Tool" also.
I even shut down CS6 and restarted the program.......same thing.

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Uncheck aligned and see if that helps.
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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.
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I am running Elements 11 on Windows 8. When I use the healing tool, the entire image moves with the cursor. How do I fix??? Thanks!

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