Possible to remove smudges?

SlimPaul · Jan 20, 2009

Hi,

I found some older point&shoot photos, that were taken through a dirty window. Is it possible to remove the smudges?

Here's an example.

Thanks, Paul

bdavis · Jan 20, 2009

Nice photo!

As far as the smudges go...there's not much you can do. The sky is fixable, taking into photoshop, make a selection, then doing a gaussian blur would probably remedy that. I think I see some smudging in the roadway and trees (not sure cause the pic is kinda small) but sadly there's really nothing you can do when the smudging is over a detailed area of the image like that.

SlimPaul · Jan 20, 2009

bdavis said:
Nice photo!

As far as the smudges go...there's not much you can do. The sky is fixable, taking into photoshop, make a selection, then doing a gaussian blur would probably remedy that. I think I see some smudging in the roadway and trees (not sure cause the pic is kinda small) but sadly there's really nothing you can do when the smudging is over a detailed area of the image like that.

Thanks! All I have is Aperture. I don't like photoshop. I guess I'll have to wait for Apple to invent a new feature that removes smudges

And I'll keep my windows clean next time

pulse · Jan 20, 2009

That wouldnt be to hard to get the most of the smudges out. Does your program have a Clone tool by any chance?
I would also suggest getting Gimp. Its a pretty good free little program.
Also, if you have a bigger picture of that i could take a stab at it myself sometime. or if that is all you have i could try on it too.

feRRari4756 · Jan 20, 2009

Yeah. I too mainly use Aperture (Program) too and it does have a clone feature.

To the OP, just use the retouch tool and then the box will come up and change it to clone.

SlimPaul · Jan 20, 2009

feRRari4756 said:
Yeah. I too mainly use Aperture (Program) too and it does have a clone feature.

To the OP, just use the retouch tool and then the box will come up and change it to clone.

I know

Since we're talking about Aperture, do you know if it's possible to set adjustments to a certain part of the photo only? Let's say I want to increase only the saturation of sky.

Thanks,

Ls3D · Jan 20, 2009

If you ever get layered, the blues of the sky will select out pretty easy. Then I would just sample colors and gradient ramp a new sky into placem maybe blend 3 circular gradients with a huge soft brush.

-Shea