Photoshop Tip Request
I'm currently scanning and cleaning up photos from my mom's yearbook. They're all b&w and some of them are written on with blue ink (LOTS of blue ink). I'm currently using Photoshop's clone tool to tediously remove the writing. Is there a better way? I really want to speed up the process. It's taking f...o...r...e...v...e...r.
You could scan them in color and selectively select just the blue. This could help you lift, clone, remove. The healing tool? Perhaps. Often times you can duplicate the image onto another layer, gaussian blur that layer and then clone the blurred sections onto the desired final layer. the blurring blows away detail, but it might give you some tonal values that work. you'd have to recreate any natural grain in the image. there are always 10 ways to do something with photoshop...
posted by jeremyw :: 08:08:45 AM on June 16th, 2005