baby spots

[Anne12343]

Hi, I only have Photoshop Elements and Lightroom. Have no idea how to edit this many spots off of new baby. (They are totally normal for newborn!) I've tried Portrait Professional as a trial, but not with much luck. Any ideas that wouldn't take forever to do? Am thinking about getting the Topaz Labs programs. Would any of those work? Thanks.

[JaxD]

Since you don't have a Patch tool on Elements, you could try using the clone tool with a very soft brush, blending mode set to Lighten and Opacity at about 50%. Resample frequently and play with the opacity. There is a way of making a pseudo-Patch tool in Elements involving selections, feathering, moving etc (check out YouTube for tutorials) but this could be very slow and labour intensive for this kind of job..

[corry]

does they show up lots in b/w?

[prince]

Since these are natural I don't know if you have checked with the parents about their thoughts to remove them completely.

Either way, if you want to, lessen them try to look for some tutorials to soften the skin.

In LR, may be you can try using adjustment brush with lesser clarity on the major portions of baby's back