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Removing Ink Stains from a Photo

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Use the blur tool to smooth out imperfections

The final retouched image
I followed the clone tool with the blur tool, only on the girl's face, to even out some of the JPEG artifacts. Select the blur tool, set the strength to about 60-75%, and using a small soft brush, carefully brush over the face, being careful to avoid the detail areas of the eyes, nose, and mouth.

The final image isn't perfect — we can't bring back what was lost in the scanning process, or from the JPEG compression — but it is quite an improvement over our original.

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