Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 v.14.xx - Manual (Page 480)

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5. In the photo, click and drag the part of the photo to retouch.
A red-and-white marquee area (red handle) designates your selection.
A green-and-white marquee area (green handle) designates the sampled area.
Identify the part of the image to heal, and then use the Spot Removal tool, to paint the area. Use the green and red handles (image right)
to reposition the selected and sample areas
6. (Optional) To change the sampled area that is selected by default, do one of the following:
Automatically. Click the handle of a selected area, and press the forward slash key (/). A new area is sampled. Press the forward
slash key until you find a sample area that fits best.
Manually. Use the green handle to reposition the sampled area.
When you select larger portions of an image using longer strokes, the right sample area match is not found immediately. To
experiment with various options, click the forward slash (/), and the tool auto-samples more areas for you.
7. To remove all the adjustments made using the Spot Removal tool, click Clear All.
Keyboard shortcuts and modifiers
Circular spot:
Control/Command + click to create a circular spot; drag to set the source of the spot.
Command/Control + Option/Alt + click to create a circular spot; drag to set the size of the spot.
Rectangular selection:
Click Option/Alt + drag to define a rectangular selection. All spots within that selection (highlighted in red) are deleted once the mouse is
released.
Extend a selected area or spot:
Shift + click to extend an existing selected spot in "connect the dots" fashion.
Delete a selected area or spot:
Select a red or green handle, and press Delete to delete a selected adjustment.
Press Option/Alt and click a handle to delete it.
Cleaning up a photo with the Visualize Spots feature
While working on a computer screen, you may be able to identify and remove most visible spots or imperfections. However, when you print a
photo at its full resolution, the printed output may contain many imperfections that were not visible on a computer screen. These imperfections
could be of many types - dust on a camera sensor, blemishes on a model's skin in a portrait, tiny wisps of clouds on blue skies. At full resolution,
these imperfections are visually distracting.
The new Visualize Spots feature lets you search for imperfections that may not be immediately visible. When you select the Visualize Spots
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