[Leica] OT: Best Way to Remove Dust and Scratches inPhotoshop?

[paulhardycarter at gmail.com (PHC)]

Also, I assume the TIFF you're trying to clean is considerably larger 
than the JPEG we're looking at. Reducing the size gets rid of most of 
the crap anyway.

If you really have to clean a large file, the only way in my experience 
is to do it by hand with the clone tool at 100% size. Just  scroll 
around from screen-full to screen-full until you've checked the whole 
image and got rid of any marks. It actually doesn't take too long once 
you get used to it and it's much better than any filter.

P.

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GREG LORENZO wrote:
> Brian Reid writes: 
> 
> 
>>Heck, I'd leave it just the way it is. To my eyes it looks like 
>>dust on the boy, not dust on the negative.
>>
>>Unless drastic image modification happened to your image in being 
>>uploaded to leica-gallery.net, that is.
> 
> 
> I believe converting the TIFF to a Jpeg gives it the appearance of less 
> dust and scratches. The TIFF, even after an hour of cleanup is still quite 
> dusty looking.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Greg