Which Photoshop tool automatically matches surrounding pixels to fix blemishes?

• A. Healing Brush Tool
• B. Clone Stamp Tool
• C. Spot Healing Brush Tool
• D. Patch Tool

Answer: (C)

The key idea is automatic blending of the surrounding pixels. The Spot Healing Brush Tool is designed to fix small blemishes by instantly sampling the nearby texture, color, and lighting and applying a seamless fill as you brush, so the area blends in without you choosing a source patch. That makes it ideal for quick skin corrections and tiny spots.

Other tools require manual source work: the Healing Brush Tool needs you to pick a source texture first and then paint over the blemish; the Clone Stamp Tool copies pixels from a specified source area with no automatic blending; and the Patch Tool is used to drag a selected area to another patch and blend it there, which is more hands-on and less about on-the-fly matching.