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How to rid your close-ups of dust and scratches with Photoshop |
November 07, 2012
One of the challenges of close-up photography is to capture a small object as pristinely as possible. Human eyesight is no match for a powerful camera lens. Once you import your photos and view them full screen, you’ll notice objects that looked spotless to the naked eye are in fact littered with dust, fibers, and other imperfections.
This is something I struggle with daily as a toy photographer; sadly, no amount of careful cleaning and dusting can guarantee a flawless photo. Adobe Photoshop includes a number of excellent tools to help you scrub your close-up shots clean. (This article uses Photoshop CS6 as an example, but many of the tools referenced can also be found in both Photoshop CS4 and CS5, as well as recent versions of Photoshop Elements. Apps like Pixelmator 2.0 and SnapHeal also have great tools to help you clean up photos.)
Spot Healing Brush
The first weapon you’ll want to wield against errant dust and rogue fibers is Photoshop's Spot Healing Brush, which repairs spots using the color and texture in the surrounding area. It’s also rather good at repairing small nicks and scratches on the object itself.
Open your photo and zoom in to 100 percent. Now choose the Spot Healing Brush (Band Aid icon) from Photoshop's tool panel. You’ll want to set an appropriate size for the brush before you get to work. Control-click (or right-click) the canvas to call up the brush options, choose one of the default round brushes, and adjust the size to 10 pixels (or smaller). The panel’s other settings are usually fine for most touch-up work:
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Link: http://www.techhive.com/article/2013073/how-to-rid-your-close-ups-of-dust-and-scratches-with-photohsop.html
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