Preview Heal with cloud processing

What you will do

Before exporting a portrait, you can optionally create a Heal preview in Cloud mode. This lets you judge the skin retouching in Arams without saving a processed file. You will choose one photograph, review what will be uploaded and what the preview will cost, then decide whether to compare the result with the original.

Cloud processing uploads the selected photograph to Retouch4me servers. You need an internet connection, a signed-in account with cloud processing and Heal available, and enough retouch credits for the amount shown in the confirmation.

Before you start

Import your photographs and wait for their thumbnails to appear.
Use photographs that you can upload for processing, and read the Cloud processing notice before agreeing.
Check the retouch credit counter in the top bar. Hover over it to see Credits for cloud retouching. Retouch credits and AI credits have separate counters.

Steps

Select Cloud and one photograph

Select the portrait you want to preview in the photo grid. Select only that photograph so that you do not upload or process other images unintentionally.
Click the magic-wand icon at the far right. Its tooltip reads Retouching.
Click Cloud at the top of the right panel.
Click All below Presets to show the tool list.

Cloud selected with one portrait selected in a two-photo project. — Choose Cloud in the Retouching panel for the selected photograph. Arams · Windows · American English

Choose the tool for the preview

Check Heal under Plugins → Human and choose a value. The screenshot uses 100; choose the intensity by judging your own portrait.
Keep every other tool you want in the result selected, and clear only the tools you do not want to apply. Each checked tool becomes part of the cloud request. The example shows Heal alone to make its effect easy to identify; that is not a requirement for your photograph.
Make sure Cloud remains selected and Retouch preview is available.

These choices prepare the request. Processing starts only after you create the preview and accept the confirmations.

Heal checked at 100 and Retouch preview available in Cloud mode. — The example shows Heal at 100; choose the tools and intensity you want for your portrait. Arams · Windows · American English

Review the upload and credit confirmations

Click Retouch preview.
If the Cloud processing notice appears, read it. It explains that selected images will be uploaded to Retouch4me servers and that processing may use retouch credits.
Click I Agree if you accept these conditions.

Cloud processing upload notice with Not Now and I Agree buttons. — Read the upload notice before accepting cloud processing. Arams · Windows · American English

Review the credit confirmation and check the amount for your request. For the one-photo Heal preview shown here, it reads 1 retouch credits will be deducted. Continue?
If Render Dust is already selected because you want it, leave it selected. It is off in the illustration only to isolate Heal; you do not need to reproduce that setting.
Click Create to start processing if you accept the charge.

The confirmation also states No additional credits will be deducted for exporting. This applies to the confirmed request. Check the amount again whenever you change the selected photographs or tools.

One-credit confirmation with Render Dust unchecked and Create available. — Check the credit amount and choose whether to include Render Dust before clicking Create. Arams · Windows · American English

Wait for the preview

Wait until Retouch preview becomes unavailable.
If you want to confirm why the control is unavailable, hover over it. A completed preview shows Preview is already available for all active plugins.
Double-click the selected portrait to open the photo viewer.
Inspect the face at a zoom level that shows the skin detail you want to assess.

Processed portrait with Heal checked and Retouch preview unavailable. — The completed Heal preview is displayed in the photo viewer. Arams · Windows · American English

The cloud preview is now ready in Arams. No file has been saved; saving a processed file with Export is a separate task.

Optional: compare the preview with the original

This comparison is optional. Use it when you want to check that Heal removes the distractions you intended to correct without losing skin detail you want to keep.

Keep the same photograph and zoom level in the photo viewer.
Press and hold the before/after control near the lower-right corner of the image area to see the original.
Release the control to return to the retouched preview.

Original portrait shown while holding the before/after control. — Hold the before/after control to inspect the original; release it to return to the preview. Arams · Windows · American English

If you change the tool settings and create another preview, review the new credit amount before clicking Create again.

If it does not work

The tools are hidden: open Retouching, choose Cloud, then All.
The wrong photo is selected: select only the portrait you want before clicking Retouch preview.
The preview button is unavailable: hover over it. Preview is already available for all active plugins means the current preview is ready. Otherwise, check the selected photograph, Cloud mode and active tool.
Cloud, Heal or the required credits are unavailable: sign in with an account that has cloud processing, Heal and enough retouch credits available.
Processing does not complete or an error appears: read the message, then check your internet connection and available retouch credits before trying again.