If you click the eye icon on the dust removal layer, it will temporarily disable that layer. By turning the layer visibility on and off, you can see the difference between the before and after. You may notice there is still some loss of detail in some areas, such as the pony toy and the pattern of the bedding. I'm not too concerned about the loss of detail in these areas, but it shows that there is still some loss of detail. We want to ensure there is as much detail as possible in the subject of our photo--the child.
Remove Dust and Specks from a Scanned Image with Photoshop Elements
By Sue Chastain, About.com Guide
In the layers palette, change the blend mode of the dust removal layer to "lighten." If you watch closely, you'll see a lot of the detail come back into the image. But the darker dust spots remain concealed because the layer is only affecting the darker pixels. (If the dust pecks we were trying to remove were light on a darker background, you would use the "darken" blending mode.)
Prev
- Download the practice image
- Start with a crop
- Remove the largest specks with the spot healing tool
- Duplicate the background layer
- Apply the dust & scratches filter
- Change the blend mode to lighten
- Erase the dust removal layer to bring back detail in areas
- Fix any remaining spots with the spot healing tool
- Sharpen
- Apply a levels adjustment
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