5 Replies Latest reply: Sep 1, 2009 6:45 PM by skinnc RSS

    the healing brush in Bridge

    skinnc Community Member

      Using this for the first time. Encountering strange behavior. Nothing under Help menu.

       

      At a radius of 7 it creates two circles connected by a line. One assumes the second circle is the "good" area. On inspection I see that the initial selection is now cleaned up. If I hit Enter it saves out the file and I'm back to the lightbox.  That is not what I want.  I simply want to accept the transaction.

       

      At a radius of 1 or 2 it gets very confusing.  Now no circles and the pointer flip flops between being a cross, a double-headed arrow, and a diagonally aligned double-headed arrow. I have nothing in PS to compare this to and I don't know how to accept or chane the transaction.  Can someone enlighten me?

       

      Thank you.

        • 1. Re: the healing brush in Bridge
          Omke Oudeman Community Member

          Nothing strange about it

           

          The moment you hit enter you are telling ACR that the work is done and it

          shuts the plug in and enters again Bridge, your start point before using the

          plug in

           

          There is no need to hit enter for healing brush, just use it as much as you

          like, don't use a small radius, the second circle can be moved to another

          location you want to be as the source for the spot to remove. You can clear

          the spots at once using clear all or use the cmd Z or Option+Cmd Z for

          multiple undo's. After you are satisfied either go to another panel or hit

          enter to finish.

           

          And not that I don't like to help you but you might consider to dive in

          Bridge a little more to learn the basics.

           

          A very good starting point is the excellent series Real World Camera Raw by

          Bruce Fraser and Jeff Schewe, after reading this there will be less secrets

          about Bridge and Camera Raw.

           

          Also try AdobeTV.com, there are a lot of usefull video tutorials that let

          you learn more about Bridge and ACR

           

           

           

          Using this for the first time. Encountering strange behavior. Nothing under

          Help menu.

           

          At a radius of 7 it creates two circles connected by a line. One assumes the

          second circle is the "good" area. On inspection I see that the initial

          selection is now cleaned up. If I hit Enter it saves out the file and I'm back

          to the lightbox.  That is not what I want.  I simply want to accept the

          transaction.

           

          At a radius of 1 or 2 it gets very confusing.  Now no circles and the pointer

          flip flops between being a cross, a double-headed arrow, and a diagonally

          aligned double-headed arrow. I have nothing in PS to compare this to and I

          don't know how to accept or chane the transaction.  Can someone enlighten me?

           

          Thank you.

           

          • 2. Re: the healing brush in Bridge
            skinnc Community Member

            I learn by experience and by hitting a wall.  Then I look for answers.  I've never been able to learn via reading a book.  Too bad for me.  Tutorials, on the other hand are helpful, and I'll check out Adobe.tv next week.  I'm currently immersed in tutorials about DAM.  I do apologize for seeking "emergency" answers.  I will try to be a better forum citizen.

             

            Meanwhile I don't understand why once a spot has been healed you still have the circles showing.  It's not helpful and they are in the way of more healing.  Thank you Omke for the tips.

            • 3. Re: the healing brush in Bridge
              Omke Oudeman Community Member

              I've never been able to learn via reading a book.

               

              I can understand that  and I feel about the same, but nevertheless you

              should give it a try. This is a very easy reading book and you don't need to

              read it in one time, it has also a lot of answers to your questions

               

               

              Meanwhile I don't understand why once a spot has been healed you still have

              the circles showing.  It's not helpful and they are in the way of more

              healing. 

               

              It is very useful to be able to move or resize an already placed circle. If

              you want to look at it without showing the circles deselect the option show

              overlay and the circles are hiding.

              • 4. Re: the healing brush in Bridge
                Anita Dennis Community Member

                Help for the Camera Raw spot removal tool is at Remove spots in Camera Raw.

                • 5. Re: the healing brush in Bridge
                  skinnc Community Member

                  Thank you Anita for the help in finding Help online ( I was just clicking on Help in the Bridge menu bar and getting nothing helpful!)  Now I know where the motherlode of Help is!  lol

                   

                  By the way, I can't figure out how my keyword got italicized -- even with this new information.  It's a mystery.  And the word just disappeared from my Keyword list just as mysteriously.  very strange. (not a big deal ---just strange).