Digital Toolbox: How to Fix Spots, Dust, Tears, and Scratches

Fixing Spots, Dust,...

Revive your banged-up old black-and-white prints with a good scan and easy Photoshopping.

By Debbie Grossman Posted January 22, 2007

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Fixing Spots, Dust, Tears, and Scratches
Step 1

Get rid of minor dust automatically. Duplicate the Background layer by going to Layer > Duplicate Layer. Then go to Filter > Noise > Dust and Scratches. This filter introduces blur to hide white spots while attempting to maintain sharpness in the details. Keep the radius low -- no more than one or two pixels. Then reduce the Threshold to slowly dampen the blurring effect.

Digital Toolbox: How to Fix Spots, Dust, Tears, and Scratches

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