[...] The brush should be on the Retouching tab.
ooppss... thought it was for something else... Sorry, i should have checked better before asking...
Yes, those tools (copy/clone) will be handy in no-solution situations.

Just one thing:
When Helicon Focus v.4/Mac Help file will be online ?
Now the ...

Dan , thanks' a lot for your time on this.
The scratches and dust on the glass make the program think that this small area should be taken from different source image.
ah... what i thought was not part of the drama, had the main character on stage... :(.
So i'll do a much better cleaning next time ...

thank you Dan for your constant help.
i uploaded 8 JPEG files in a zip folder called <p_p_p_smear_texture_pb.zip> BTW, new 4.70 version is out. It has better interpolation routines. On Mac, we are not that far... only 4.0.1... :-(
which i just tried now and it looks like things are done more gently ...

after using Helicon Focus for almost 2 months now and greatly enjoying its power and simpleness,
i still can't figure how to shot properly the photos to work with (stack), each one with its appropiate depth of field step.
Either with few or plenty shots, the result/built image from H. F. will always ...