Dust & scratch removal

Is there a function in A3 for dust & scratch removal - NOT doing it manually, but over the entire photo or selected area? Or, is there a plug-in available, such as the dust removal one for Photoshop?

The problem with the PSE user interface is that it is a high-end painting/publishing/retouching tool (PS CS) with a complex menu & dialog box structure, upon which:
* features have been removed wholesale (curves, scripting, etc.)
* features have been removed partially (color management, etc.)
* features have been added (Variations, Process Multiple Files) resulting in more menus, more modes
* a completely independent application has been unceremoniously glued on (Organizer)
It is, in a word, a MESS.
As I've said before, the technology is great but the user interface is a disaster.
Honestly, I would leave PSE alone and sell it as a "painting" application. Then I'd come out with a new product designed for photographers/snapshooters. I would:
1. take a 'light' version of Apple's Aperture
2. add selections/masking [the nondestructive, resizable, Ansel Adams Zone-based selections/masks in LightCraft's LightZone are very cool!)
3. add simple layers (maybe even the tool-specific layers as in LightZone)
4. and then do usability testing. You know, clicking on text shouldn't just select the layer, it should allow you to edit the text. Jeez, how difficult is that for a consumer program?
[edit: corrected typo]

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Dust and Scratch Removal PSE 6 3rd Party Programs ?

I've currently got PSE 3.0, going to upgrade to PSE 6.0, but also looking for even better Dust and Scratch Removal than PSE 6.
Any suggestions ?
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Yes, "Dust and Scratches" does work on PSE5. I've used this filter on the two pictures at: http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f244/cooper213/dustscratch.jpg
On the left is the original of a scan of a 40s snapshot. On the right is that image with one pass of the Dust and Scratches filter.
You can't just apply D&S without some experimenting with the Radius and Threshold. The higher the R & T, the more the noise is removed, but the more the image is blurred. I used a very low figure for both Radius and Threshold. I would not stop here with the editing process.
I'd use the Healing Brush tool to remove some of the remaining noise on the black coat. I'd do some sharpening, and possibly sharpen only the figures by creating a Selection so the clapboards on the house don't start to look wonky.

Photoshop Elements 10 becomes non-responsive when using Dust & Scratch filter

Trying to apply the remove dust & noise filter in PS Elements 10. When the filter is applied, the hand tool becomes locked on and nothing further can be selected. All menu options become greyed out. Cannot even close program, have to force quit (running Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4). Have already reset all tool options to try & resolve the hand tool locking. Have only encountered problem with this filter.
I've got a bunch of scanned photos I really need to use the Dust & Scratches filter for. Any help would be appreciated!

Restore default preferences
Preference settings control how Photoshop Elements displays images, cursors, and transparencies, saves files, uses plug‑ins and scratch disks, and so on. If the application exhibits unexpected behavior, the preferences file may be damaged. You can restore all preferences to their defaults.
Press and hold Alt+Control+Shift immediately after Photoshop Elements begins launching. Click Yes to delete the Adobe Photoshop Elements settings file.
A new preferences file is created the next time you start Photoshop Elements.

Scratch removal: Does Ps CS6 have a tool for that? Or are there plugins?

Scanning old slides often shows large scratches and specks. How can they be removed?
I use Photoshop CS6, does it contain tools for that?
Or are there plugins?
What I'm looking for is a Scratch Removal tool like I find in Silverfast 8SE (have one bundled with my Canoscan 9000F scanner) called SDR (I don't mean the iSDR which used the sanner's ínfrared).
It automaticllay searches out scratches, marks them in red, lets you adjust how strongly it hunts for them, sizes etc.
Then when you like it, click to remove them.
Very useful!
Two problems: it only works in conjunction with scanning, can't open an existing file.
And it only handles 8bit color depth.
I suppose full versions of Silverfast won't have these limitations, but that would mean quite an expense.
Since I have invested in Ps CS6 I'd want to keep to that.
Maybe I'm overlooking what's already in Ps? Or in available plugins?
Please help,
Sverker

If you have huge numbers of them, Filter - Noise - Dust & Scratches right in Photoshop. If they're always lighter than the surroundings (e.g., a negative scan that's been inverted), you can limit the effect with Edit - Fade - Darken afterward.
Or if you're willing to do some hand work, and ensure inadvertent things won't be changed, you can select the Spot Healing Brush Tool, set it to Content Aware mode and just dab the spots. Photoshop is pretty good at making up fill data.
-Noel

Dust&Scratches/Masks/Opacity

I'm recently new to Ae so bear with me. I have some dust spots in a footage I need to get rid of. Using the Dust&Scratches effect. Working in two layers. The original and a dust&scratch. Once setting the radius I go into the original and create two masks around the dust spots using the ellipse tool. Using the key frames I change the opacity of the masks. Works beautifully on the one mask but on one of them it changes the opacity of the whole layer. I.e totally blurred or goes totally black. Just can't figure out why changes to one mask should behave in a completely different way to another. Any help sincerely appreciated.
By the way using this way to remove sensor dust is it on of the better ones? Have done a lot of searching but nothing seems very straightforward if the background keeps changing. Want to avoid turning into stills and then back to video as concerned I might loose quality.
Attaching screen shots.
Thank you

CS-G wrote:
I think I'll need to go back and learn all the basics
Do! It'll help avoid a lot of frustration.
Here's the best place to start: Getting started with After Effects

Scratch removal tool

For those of us who have large negative archives, a scratch removal tool would greatly reduce the trips to PS. I understand that the need for a scratch removal tool will diminish as the user base migrates to 100% digital, but we're still a long way that day.
Thanks for your consideration.
Ketzie

If you have huge numbers of them, Filter - Noise - Dust & Scratches right in Photoshop. If they're always lighter than the surroundings (e.g., a negative scan that's been inverted), you can limit the effect with Edit - Fade - Darken afterward.
Or if you're willing to do some hand work, and ensure inadvertent things won't be changed, you can select the Spot Healing Brush Tool, set it to Content Aware mode and just dab the spots. Photoshop is pretty good at making up fill data.
-Noel

CS6 will not save keyboard shortcut for dust & scratches filter

I am running Photoshop CS6 with all updates on a Windows 8 system. I have several keyboard shortcuts set up that all work fine but when I assign a keyboard shortcut for the dust & scratches filter it will work until I close Photoshop - when I then open Photoshop again this shortcut is gone but all my other shortcuts remain.
I have tried going back to the default keyboard shortcuts and then adding just the shortcut for dust & scratches (I have tried ctrl-F8 and several others) and then closing Photoshop and opening it again with the same results. I was able to add back all of my other shortcuts and they work fine.
For some reason I can assign a keyboard shortcut to anything except the dust & scratches filter.
Can anyone shed some light on this problem?
Thanks

I had a chance to try the script on a windows 8 machine running photoshop cs6 13.01 in both photoshop cs6 versions 32 and 64 bit and shortcuts seem to stay between restarts.
If in photoshop cs6 you go to File>Scripts you can see that the script is actually listed?
When i saved the script out of ExtendScript Toolkit i named it Dust and Scatches.jsx.
Did you run ExtendScript Toolkit as an administrator before saving the script?
(right click on the ExtendScript Toolkit shortcut (tile) and choose Run as Administrator)
Saved to:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6\Presets\Scripts
(cs6 32 bit)
and
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6\Presets\Scripts
(cs6 64 bit)
Another possibilty if you can't get the script to work is using an action (Filter>Dust and Scratches) and assigning a function key for the shortcut.

Macbook Pro Retina Display Pixel / Dust Scratch problem

I have a MBP 15' Retina purchased in October 2012 and last night noticed a number of small white dots on the screen which appeared to be dead pixels, booked into the genius bar this morning and was told that the dead pixels were actually dust scratches where a small piece of dust had got caught between the screen and keyboard when it was closed and had damaged the screen. You can feel tiny bumps if you run your finger nail over the areas so this may be the case but while it may be the reason you'd expect that a $3500 machine wouldn't have a design fault that allows tiny dust particles to damage the screen.
The Genius said that this was a known issue and that while it had been escalated with other customers' machines, the issue is cosmetic and not covered under warranty.
Has anyone else had this issue and what were the /are the steps to getting the screen replaced under warranty given that this apprears to be a known isssue and shouldn't happen to a $3500 computer.
Thanks

This is a load of malarky!!! Do you know how big the dust particle has to be in order to chip the screen. Remember there is a rubber seal that runs the edge of the screen, and this is 1mm in height. So what we are talking about is something the size of a large grain of sand.
Ok, lets say you have this, the sand must be very sharp, in order to chip glass. Secondly, if you press gently on the glass while looking at a light in the reflection of the glass, you will see it distort, right? So that means, even a 1mm piece of dust is not going to "Chip" it.
Ok, lets say, that you happen to drop your wifes 0.2 carat diamond on your keyboard and close the screen. In this case, yes it may chip the glass, but I ask you, don't you think that this kind of protrusion would at least result in a scratch on the aluminium body? What is not known by these guys is that this glass is crystalline. If the manufacturing process doesn't go well, it can sometimes cause fault lines in the crystallisation structure. Not all glass chips are physical. In fact, heating and mild distortion of the glass could cause chips in weakened areas.
I AM 100% sure that if anyone threatens legal action they would replace the screen. Any laboratory low-end microscope will examine the chip and will clearly show the crystal in the glass flaking. Did someone say CLASS ACTION.
I have this issue after having the laptop for 3 days, I AM VERY ANGRY that the twerp at genius who thinks he is very intelligent, tries to fast-talk his way out of things. I am not one to make a scene at the store and dont think this gets us anywhere, but Apple needs to step up and train these nappy-heads about these things.
I mean, I have had laptops for 20 years, I have had scratches, cracks, smirks, plastic burns on the screens, but NEVER a chip in the glass, only time I have seen a chip is on my windscreen, and doesn't that look different? This is one for the courts, I am not happy that I have spent so much on a MBP now and have to live with the fear that the screen can spontaneously crack, perhaps even explode in a mushroom cloud (ok, that one was comedy relief).
I am a very honest person as most of us are here, and the bearded baboons at Genius have no right to call me or any of us liars, granted there are 1% of people who come in any lie, but the other 99% are loyal RETURNING customers, this is why Apple has been successful, not cos of the flarnin (that word is so I dont get sensored,!!) logo! Laptops are portable devices and don't belong behind museum glass. If Apple "Stuffed Up" with this design, that is ok, however they should take a few bucks off their soaring share price and help the consumers who help them succeed. Either redesign the product, do a recall on all your machines, or at least don't be a JE_RK about replacing machines still under warranty and make out that YOUR customers are liars.
The problem with a monopoly is not the company, its the staff who get a rush out of feeling like they are somehow in a position of power, but go home and realise they are only paid $20/h and get grounded for coming home too late.
I say, take action, prove your point, and don't take their nonsense.
(In case you are wondering, this was a rant, mainly at the Genius boys!!! But some good points.... I hope :D)

Dust & Scratches behaving oddly

I've just started using Photoshop CS5 (2007 iMac 2.8Ghz, OS 10.5.8) after using CS4 and am noticing odd performance from the venerable Noise > Dust & Scratches filter.
I set my parameters using live preview, click OK and wait: the resultant image is all but unchanged. Nothing at all like what the preview was showing me. If I zoom way in on the file I can see changes, but it's as if the settings were all too fine to have had the result being previewed.
If I go back to CS4 the behavior is normal again.
Need help: working on deadline.
Thanks!

Are you viewing at 100% (command-1)?
Because anything else is better not to be considered reliable.

Dust&scratch cs5 win7

I scanned a neg in bw, and it shows small black dots. I tried dust&scratch filter and in the preview the dots disappear, but clicking ok, ps does its calculations and after that the image still have those dots. Clicking undo and redo doesn't have any effect on the image. There are no other layers , tried grey, rgb, 8/16-bit -modes, every time the same thing. In the preview no dots, but final image still has them.
tia

Are you looking at the image at 100% zoom (or higher) when you see the dots go away with the Dust & Scratches filter?
Can you please capture a view of your screen when you're about to run the filter, then again right afterward, then post the images here (using the little camera icon)? That will help illustrate what you're seeing clearly and you'll likely get better help.
-Noel

What's a Great DVD Scratch Remover

Hi. Although I'm on Lion. I'd like to restore my OEM Snow Leopard Installer disk (Disk 1). It won't read anymore. I've tried things like toothpaste which usually works and a metal polisher but those didn't work for this dual layer.
What's a good brand of scratch remover? How do I restore it? It's good if I get to restore it so that when it's resold later (for an upgrade), everything's original and complete. I'll do my best to find it in the stores here.
Thank you in advance.
God bless.

Assuming these are commercial dvd/cd's and not your own for private burning, I recommend Novus Plastic Polishes.
Google "Novus Plastic Polishes for cd".
I haven't had to try on dvd/cd's as yet but I have an acrylic desktop surface and use it on minor scratches on that and the stuff actually works.

Recommended product for scratch removal?

I have the black 60GB 5th Gen Ipod. I have been using it for years, but by now my screen has become scuffed and scratched. I want to purchase a product to remove the scratches, and then a film or cover to protect it (the previous cover I had is what left the scratches over time), but I want to know what everyone recommends as the best products? Any suggestions?

Hey there,
There are numerous products available for cleaning your iPod, but I have had great luck with PodShop iDrops. It is a cheap product, but requires a bit of work to remove scratches. Worth the effort in the end though. Here is a link to more information on it from amazon. I am not sure with protective cases though because I have never really had any luck any. For now, I just place a piece of the wider packaging tape over the front. It works great and keeps my iPod looking brand new. Hope this helps.
http://www.amazon.com/PodShop-iDrops-Cleaner-Scratch-Remover/dp/B0006V7QAK
B-rock
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Ice cream for scratch removal???

i keep seeing suggestions of ice cream to get rid of scratches on the nano's screen. is ice cream some fancy scratch remover brand or are you talking about ACTUAL ice cream? and if so, what flavour? (heh.) and how do i go about doing that?

Well... you can find more about here:
http://www.radtech.us/Products/IceCreme.aspx

Another scratch removal solution

Found this posted on a website:
http://www.hardmac.com/news/2005-10-11/#4598

Good to know of, yet another, product for scratch removal.

IPod Scratch Removal Success Story

in trying to pry the near impossible-to-remove Speck See-Thru case from my two-day old iPod with Video, having to use force and knowing the risk of potential scratching, i was horrified when, "POP," the case came off, only to leave behind a large, 1.5" gouge right across the upper right corner of the screen on.
my brand new iPod with Video. scratched. my heart sank.
so, i began the research into scratch removal products. most of the stuff i found online (iCleaner, iDrops, Ice Creme, etc) all claimed to do the job, but they were both expensive and i would have to wait. i wanted something quicker.
so, i ended up going to an auto parts retailer and purchasing a bottle of Mother's California Gold Scratch Remover, the same product used to remove scratches from cars, cars with clearcoating, fiberglass cars, and fiberglass boats. it cost under $5 (USD).
i also bought a $5 (USD) natural chamoise ("shammy") cloth. it's super-soft and again, used on a variety of cars, boats, etc.
within twenty minutes of set-up, actual application/buffing of the iPod, and cleanup, the gouge that scarred the iPod was completely gone. GONE.
leftover were some very, very faint swirl marks from using pressure when buffing. from everything i've read, this was totally common and normal, since the iPod's front is clear acrylic.
for me, it was a pricesless trade-off to have some barely noticable swirl marks versus the giant gouge on the screen.
today, i purchased a $3 (USD) metal polishing product at my local Lowe's hardware, called Brasso, which is raved about online as the do-it-all iPod cleaner. i will use this to shine-out the remaining swirls.
overall, very happy with the choice i made, and thought i'd share to possibly benefit someone else in the future. i hope this post was helpful!
good luck.
8500, G4Cube, 2x2Ghz G5; Nano2, iPod20, Photo60, Video60 Mac OS X (10.3.4) Original Mac user since 1985

sounds like a good trick! however, for the gouge i mentioned above, liquid soap didn't cut it for me. i tried several "home remedies" before reaching for the big guns. another trick i'd heard about (and yes, even tried) was Colgate's Whitening toothpaste. some folks will swear by it. all it did for my iPod was make it smell minty for a spell. hehe
thx for the tip, tho. i think all efforts are valuable.
i should add also, that i just ordered the Power Support Crystal film skins and the Agent 18 VideoShield case to protect the iPod in the future. i've used the ClickShield for my iPod Photo and it was the best investment.
peace!

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