best way to remove dust (lots of) from black shirt

[bratwurst]

Hi there

I had a maternity session with a friend (just for fun). I'm pretty happy with how the shots turned out EXCEPT for one problem: the black shirt she was wearing is covered in dust, small hairs, fluffy stuff etc.

What is the best way to fix that? Healing/cloning? Tried that but it's a lot of work... The dust is really all over the place I was wondering if there is an easier way

Thanks in advance for any help with this!

[zona5101]

You might try to sample the black, select the shirt and fill with the black color in a new layer, then reduce the opacity so that some of the texture/shadows reappear. Perhaps there will then be considerably less to clone out...

If the dust spots are all white, you could also try selecting and copying the shirt to it's own layer and change the blending mode to overlay...
edit: i think the blend more is multiple to remove white

[bratwurst]

Great, thanks a lot for the tips! I will definitely try this. I'm pretty new to photoshop...

[autofocus]

you also can do them selectively or a group of them using Filter>Noise>Dust and Scratches tool. Using the lasso tool circle suspect area or areas, go to filter procedure above, adjust your radius and threshold levels to get the results you want which is just enough to take out the problem without totally obliterating the corrected area

[zona5101]

Originally Posted by autofocus

you also can do them selectively or a group of them using Filter>Noise>Dust and Scratches tool. Using the lasso tool circle suspect area or areas, go to filter procedure above, adjust your radius and threshold levels to get the results you want which is just enough to take out the problem without totally obliterating the corrected area

what!? what fun is it to use the tool actually designed to do the job?!?

Good call.

[autofocus]

Originally Posted by zona5101

what!? what fun is it to use the tool actually designed to do the job?!?

Good call.

You know Bruce, I've actually used this from time to time to help with very bad skin complexion problems...just need to dial in the two adjustments a little more carefully.

[zona5101]

Originally Posted by autofocus

You know Bruce, I've actually used this from time to time to help with very bad skin complexion problems...just need to dial in the two adjustments a little more carefully.

that's good info... thanks for the tip.

[bratwurst]

hey, thanks a lot for the tips guys! just tried the dust & scratch filter and it works well. Awesome