PS 7's Healing Brush

["H. Averbach" <haverbach@libcom.com>]

Question For Photo Restorers Using Photoshop 7.

I currently use Photoshop 6 for restoring old photos.  On almost all images, I extensively use the History Brush in the "rewriting history" technique, as well as the Rubber Stamp/Clone tool.  If you do such work, you know how much time is required to apply these techniques.

I have no reason to upgrade to Photoshop 7 except if the new "Healing Brush" tool REALY works, does a very good job of it, and requires far less time to achieve a good result than would using the History Brush and Rubber Stamp tools.

I would appreciate comments from experienced photo restorers who have used Photoshop 6 as well as Photoshop 7's Healing Brush.

Thank you.

Howard