removing blemishes from photo

I’ve got some digital photos which appear to have the blurred shadow of a speck of dirt on the lens. In Photoshop the HSB values show the brightness of the shadow down about 10-15% and the saturation up compared with the surroundings. I’d like to retouch the picture to eliminate this blemish.
I’ve experimented with creating a blurred spot on a black background and mixing this in as a screened layer, which works approximately. Is there a better way to do this?

Thanks

Have you tried the clone tool? If the background area immediately adjacent to the blemish is relatively uniform, you might could clone a spot to cover the blemish. Depends on what you have to work with in the image.

babygrand

"Tom Peel" wrote in message

I’ve got some digital photos which appear to have the blurred shadow of a speck of dirt on the lens. In Photoshop the HSB values show the brightness of the shadow down about 10-15% and the saturation up compared with the surroundings. I’d like to retouch the picture to eliminate this blemish.
I’ve experimented with creating a blurred spot on a black background and mixing this in as a screened layer, which works approximately. Is there a better way to do this?

Thanks

I would imagine that you heve used the patch or healing brush for this?
Any chance of a link to the pic, I would like to have a go
John D

which brush is this? I can’t find a healing brush in my menu (this is
6.0).

I could send you a sample if you send me you real mailID.
T.

Ah. version 7 is the one with the healing brush and patch tools. Never mind. Send a sample to
(remove the x’s) and I’ll see what I can do and return the result.
Cheers

John D

which brush is this? I can’t find a healing brush in my menu (this is
6.0).

I could send you a sample if you send me you real mailID.
T.

I’ve got some digital photos which appear to have the blurred shadow of a speck of dirt on the lens. In Photoshop the HSB values show the brightness of the shadow down about 10-15% and the saturation up compared with the surroundings. I’d like to retouch the picture to eliminate this blemish.
I’ve experimented with creating a blurred spot on a black background and mixing this in as a screened layer, which works approximately. Is there a better way to do this?

Thanks

John DH wrote:

Ah. version 7 is the one with the healing brush and patch tools. Never

Send a sample to
(remove the x’s) and I’ll see what I can do and return the result.
Cheers

John D

which brush is this? I can’t find a healing brush in my menu (this is
6.0).

I could send you a sample if you send me you real mailID.
T.

On its way, thanks
T.