Retouch photos online
Remove a blemish, a dust spot or a stray wire by painting over it. Spot healing is ready when your photo opens, with the Healing brush, Clone stamp and Dodge / Burn close by for finer work.
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Opening the editor…
- Nothing is uploaded
- No sign-up
- No watermark
How it works
- Drop your photo — the Spot healing tool is ready.
- Zoom in and paint over the blemish, dust spot or small object.
- Release to heal it, repeat where needed, then Export.
Spot healing, Healing brush or Clone stamp?
Spot healing is the quickest: paint over a spot and, when you release, it is filled from the surrounding area with matching texture. Use it for pimples, dust on a scan, sensor spots and small distractions. The Healing brush lets you choose the source yourself — Alt-click (Option-click on a Mac) a clean area, then paint — and blends the copied texture into the color and brightness of the destination, which suits skin. The Clone stamp copies the source exactly, best for patterns, edges and straight lines where blending would smear detail.
Tips for natural results
Make the brush only slightly larger than the blemish and work in short strokes rather than one long one. Zoom in for precision, then zoom out often to judge the result at normal size. When removing a wire or a branch, follow it in several sections instead of covering it all at once. For skin, less is more: remove temporary blemishes but keep the texture and pores, and soften wrinkles rather than erasing them. Use Duplicate layer before you start, so you can hide the copy and compare.
Dodge, burn and the other retouch brushes
Dodge / Burn lightens or darkens exactly where you paint, with a range setting for shadows, midtones or highlights — brighten eyes, tone down a shiny forehead, or add depth to a landscape. The Blur brush softens a busy background, Sharpen brings out eyes and textures, and Smudge pushes pixels around like wet paint. These tools shine on small areas; removing a large object from a complex scene is possible but takes patience, since there is no AI generative fill.
Frequently asked questions
Can I remove a person or a large object from a photo?
On simple backgrounds like sky, grass or a plain wall, yes, using the Clone stamp and Healing brush in several passes. In complex scenes it takes time and patience, because Paint Studio has no AI generative fill that invents the missing background for you.
What is the difference between the Healing brush and the Clone stamp?
Both copy pixels from a source you set with Alt-click. The Clone stamp copies them exactly; the Healing brush copies the texture but adapts the color and brightness to the spot you paint on, so repairs on skin and gradients blend in more naturally.
How do I remove dust spots from a scanned photo?
Zoom in to around 100% and work across the image section by section. Click or paint each spot with Spot healing, using a size just larger than the speck. For scratches, paint along them in short strokes.
Are my portraits uploaded for retouching?
No. All retouching happens inside your browser and the photo never leaves your device, so it is safe to edit portraits, family pictures and other personal images.