Ep17 Remove dust and scratches in Photoshop

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How to remove dusts and scratches in Photoshop
The PS Pod Episode 17 part 2

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Photoshop
• CS5
• photoshop cs5
• ps pod
• shuback
• beginner
• newbie
• dust
• scratches
• scratch removal
• old photograph
• dust removal
• photo restoration

[lordcimek]

What i don't understand is how you use clone stamp on a blank layer.

[thebulfrog]

@lordcimek When you have the stamp tool selected, there's a drop down option on the right side Options Bar (which is at the top of the screen - if you don't see it, you can open it up in Windows>Option Bar). Right now the drop down probably says "This Layer Only" Change that to "All Layers." I'm sure I have some video on this...but am too lazy to look up where.

[PoetDonald]

Would another technique, for say color photos or scanned slides of color photos, be to color match the specks if there are just a few? Would that work?

[thebulfrog]

@PoetDonald If you select the scratches perfectly, (possibly with select>Color Range, adjust) and then adjust the colors so they're perfectly matching across every channel - you can get a quickie fix sometimes, depending on if the image has the color depth to support it...In a rare case that is a possible way to go - it depends on the image.

[meltlet]

"That looks creepy"

BWAHAAH XD

[thebulfrog]

@meltlet yeah, everyone says that. Can't say I disagree.

[lordcimek]

@thebulfrog Thanks

[thebulfrog]

@fudgepackor You're absolutely right - I'm avoiding masks at this stage just to keep things as simple as possible for beginners - I'm adding masks in in a future tutorial once these basics are understood.

[fudgepackor]

very helpful.

the only thing I would add is that a layer mask gives you more freedom to experiment than duplicating a layer and erasing.