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Question: You remember that Photoshop 5 Bible book you recommended? I bought the hard copy and I read it like a maniac in the streetcar, pushing the stroller, sitting on the can--but I'm confused about one thing: the nikon LS 2000 scanner can not apply "clean image" on black and white negs at its high res settings (12 bit/16x multiscan) , so I decided to use the "dust and scratches" filter. But the Bible says that the dust and scratches filter is useless and that the author will use the "clone" tool instead? Problem is is that I got a thousand little tini specs on my image (even after re washing the negs) that's going to take me hours to clone. What do you recommend? |
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Answer: To get rid of the dust and scratches here is what you have to do. Make a
copy of the background layer, select this layer, go to FILTER > NOISE >
DUST & SCRATCHES. Set the Threshold to 0 and increase the radius setting
until most of the scratches and dust disappear. Add some noise to this layer
so that it closely matches your original image. Use this layer to
"paint" in the dust and scratches, to do this make sure this
background copy is still selected, go to EDIT > TAKE SNAPSHOT. Then select
the original background and turn off the background copy layer. Click on the
cloning tool and in the options box choose FROM SNAPSHOT. If the dust or
scratches are light use the DARKEN MODE for the cloning tool (this will only
fill in the light areas and will not affect the other areas of the image). If
the dust or scratches are dark use the LIGHTEN MODE for the cloning tool and
go over these areas. For this technique you should use a small brush size,
although it is tempting to rush through it using a large brush. |