Don't overprocess photos.
They're objects that exist in the original scene, but transformed by your processing, Everything in the image looks like a painting when viewed at full magnification,
This was not a good photo to begin with, and i know that I over-processed...which is something I know I have to control.
But, even if I didn't over-process, all those dots probably still would have appeared. Here's a jpg of the raw. RAW sent to PSE's ARC (no intentional editing) and then to PSE (no intentional editing,) and then saved. Interested in seeing what you can do (not using blemish tool) to remove spots:
Yeah, I know it wasn't a great capture to begin with, just wanted to send an example.
Because they exist in the scene.
I don't want to remove them. They were there. Notice how there are absolutely none in the out-of-focus background, so they were not introduced by the sensor.Here's a jpg of the raw. RAW sent to PSE's ARC (no intentional editing) and then to PSE (no intentional editing,) and then saved. Interested in seeing what you can do (not using blemish tool) to remove spots:
Those are things that were really there but you exaggerated them by overprocessing the image. What settings did you use?I am using Photoshop Elements 2025, and trialing Photolab 9 on my PC. In the edited photo below, see the many little white dots. How should I eliminate or not even have them? I know I can eliminate them by using PSE's spot healing brush, but that is just too tedious, and Filters>noise>Despeckle doesn't work. Is the appearance of these dots related to over-sharpening, or do they come with the territory? Thanks.
I did look at some of the free AI's, but they all seemed to use a "blemish tool,' which means doing the removal manually. Could you suggest an AI that one would have to do is request that the white dots be removed?
I'm talking about AIs that accept text prompts as instructions to alter images, like this: 'Remove the white spots in this attached photo.'
I cannot. The ones I know about will only produce tiny images of about 1-2 megapixels, which I'm sure would be useless for your purposes. Others here might have suggestions, though.
Crappy screenshots, but here are
Don't recall the ued settings, but I obviously did over process a poor image.
I have found that too much micro contrast causes that effect.
I know that I did use "some" micro contrast, but can't recall how much. However, I just dl'd SDRx for a free trial. Really don't know how to efficiently use it, but giving it a rough try, it seems to do a reasonable job in getting rid of most of the white spots. Only thing is that the masking tools seem to be missing in the trial? Now, I have to decide if $49 is worth it? Then again, knowing I tend to over process, it might be good to have?
Yes, the masking tools work for me in Windows 10 and 11.
Which program was used?Despeckle is not strong enough to handle these relatively large white spots. Instead, use the Dust and Scratches filter. A radius of around 8 and threshold of around 70 nicely cleans up the white spots without having much of an effect on the rest of the fine detail. Here's your unedited version cleaned up with those settings and nothing else changed:
Photoshop, but I'm pretty certain that PSE also has this filter.Which program was used?Despeckle is not strong enough to handle these relatively large white spots. Instead, use the Dust and Scratches filter. A radius of around 8 and threshold of around 70 nicely cleans up the white spots without having much of an effect on the rest of the fine detail. Here's your unedited version cleaned up with those settings and nothing else changed:
