Cloning tool

• Choose soft-edge brush
• Option-click to select source, click to clone
• Use "Sample all layers" setting and clone into a new layer
  • Create and select new layer
  • Turn on "Sample All Layer" option

Healing Brush tool

• Again, create empty layer and make sure you have "sample all layer" option selected.
• Clones the texture and detail from the source
• But preserves the color and tone(brightness) of the target area.
• ?*#!($??@?! .... just try it!

Patch tool (Healing tool that works on larger area)

• Unfortunately the patch tool does not have the "sample all layers" option which makes it less useful
• Make sure the "transparent" option is OFF
• Turn on "Source"
• Then select the damaged area you want to fix
• Drag that selection to the "destination"

Spot Healing Brush Tool

• Holy Cow!
  • Type: Proxmity Match - looks at the pixels around the area you select
  • Type: Create Texture - Use pixels in the selected area to create texture
  • Type: Content Aware (open EraseCables.tif and use spot healing brush tool to erase the cables)

Spot Healing Brush in context aware mode

• Use "Sample all layers" setting and create a new layer
• Try going over the cables in the file Erase Cables

Edit -> Fill

• Unfortunately there aren't "sample all layers" option. So I suggest you make a duplicate of the layer you are going to work on.
• Make a selection and select Edit -> Fill
• Choose Contents: Content-Aware

Content-Aware move (under the spot healing toolset)

- Edit -> Transform -> Warp
- Edit-> Puppet Warp [help]
- Filter -> Liquify [help]
- Filter -> Vanishing Point (Correcting for Perspective) [help]

• Erase all doves from ContentAware/Doves.tif
• Erase post/sign from ContentAware/WoodenSign.tif
• Erase cables from SpotHealingContext/EraseCables.tif
• Erase shrine from ContentAware/Shrine.tif
• Actually, erace everything so you get an empty image (return to nature, sort of...)

Day to dusk #3:
Then, duplicate the fire hydrant, erase the bicycles from the scene using the retouching tools. Try the content aware tools on other things you deem unnecessary in the scene.