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Porch of my dreams (summit of Mt. Pilchuck in central Cascades). Original size: 2773 x 2011.

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:16:07 -0700

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Porch of my dreams (summit of Mt. Pilchuck in central Cascades). Original size: 2773 x 2011.

Mysterious sunset. Original size: 3073 x 2073.

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:03:49 -0700

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Mysterious sunset. Original size: 3073 x 2073.

Winter forest from a mountain hut. Original size: 963 x 1146.

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:40:20 -0700

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Winter forest from a mountain hut. Original size: 963 x 1146.

Winter forest (view from a mountain hut). Original size:: 924 x 1605.

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:40:17 -0700

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Winter forest (view from a mountain hut). Original size:: 924 x 1605.

Foggy winter night 3. Original size: 2837 x 2030.

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:21:10 -0700

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Foggy winter night 3. Original size: 2837 x 2030.

Foggy winter night 5. Original size: 3006 x 2056.

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:21:06 -0700

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Foggy winter night 5. Original size: 3006 x 2056.

Foggy winter night 2. Original size: 2943 x 1927.

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:21:01 -0700

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Foggy winter night 2. Original size: 2943 x 1927.

Foggy winter night 4. Original size: 3072 x 1839.

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:20:54 -0700

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Foggy winter night 4. Original size: 3072 x 1839.

Foggy morning on a trail. Original size: 2304 x 3072.

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:20:48 -0700

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Foggy morning on a trail. Original size: 2304 x 3072.

Foggy winter morning 1. Original size: 3072 x 2304.

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:20:43 -0700

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Foggy winter morning 1. Original size: 3072 x 2304.

Foggy winter morning 2. Original size: 3072 x 2265.

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:20:40 -0700

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Foggy winter morning 2. Original size: 3072 x 2265.

Making her point (source image for "Toe Ornament"). Original size: 1415 x 1211.

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:20:36 -0700

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Making her point (source image for "Toe Ornament"). Original size: 1415 x 1211.

Foggy winter night 1. Original size: 1096 x 1053.

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:20:34 -0700

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Foggy winter night 1. Original size: 1096 x 1053.

Close-up of the unretouched photograph. Return to Page 1 Home

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:23:38 -0800

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Close-up of the unretouched photograph. Return to Page 1 Home

Close-up of the image obtained using the "Dust & Scratches" filter. The red squares emphasize areas with loss of detail or unwanted artifacts. Reduced sharpness of the windows of the back ...

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:53:05 -0800

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Close-up of the image obtained using the "Dust & Scratches" filter. The red squares emphasize areas with loss of detail or unwanted artifacts. Reduced sharpness of the windows of the back ...

Fixing a Color Photo Removing grunge from a color photo with our method requires exactly the same steps as for a b&w picture. The example on the left has fewer obvious speckles and scr ...

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:52:54 -0800

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Fixing a Color Photo Removing grunge from a color photo with our method requires exactly the same steps as for a b&w picture. The example on the left has fewer obvious speckles and scr ...

Final result of our method.

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:52:44 -0800

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Final result of our method.

Final result of the "Dust & Scratches" filter.

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:52:44 -0800

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Final result of the "Dust & Scratches" filter.

Close-up of the image retouched using our method. No loss of detail or artifacts in the marked areas.

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:52:40 -0800

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Close-up of the image retouched using our method. No loss of detail or artifacts in the marked areas.

Portrait retouching: $105 Click here for slideshow of this retouch with step-by-step pricing (check the "thumbs:" checkbox in the slideshow toolbar to enable random skipping between vari ...

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:53:30 -0800

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Portrait retouching: $105 Click here for slideshow of this retouch with step-by-step pricing (check the "thumbs:" checkbox in the slideshow toolbar to enable random skipping between vari ...

Removal of hair strands from face: $50 TOTAL: $95

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:30:50 -0800

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Removal of hair strands from face: $50 TOTAL: $95

Hair and lip color enhancement; dodge and burn: $10 TOTAL: $105

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:30:50 -0800

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Hair and lip color enhancement; dodge and burn: $10 TOTAL: $105

Face shape correction: $12 TOTAL: $40

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:30:40 -0800

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Face shape correction: $12 TOTAL: $40

Face sculpting with light and shadow (dodge and burn): $5 TOTAL: $45

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:30:40 -0800

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Face sculpting with light and shadow (dodge and burn): $5 TOTAL: $45

Hair shaping: $8 TOTAL: $28

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:30:38 -0800

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Hair shaping: $8 TOTAL: $28

Basic color correction and dynamic range enhancement: $10 TOTAL: $10

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:30:30 -0800

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Basic color correction and dynamic range enhancement: $10 TOTAL: $10

Correction of skin flaws: $5 TOTAL: $15

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:30:30 -0800

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Correction of skin flaws: $5 TOTAL: $15

Teeth whitening: $5 TOTAL: $20

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:30:29 -0800

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Teeth whitening: $5 TOTAL: $20

Original photo. Prices that follow the descriptions below are based on time required for this particular example. Prices will change according to the level of difficulty and time requi ...

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:10:42 -0800

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Original photo. Prices that follow the descriptions below are based on time required for this particular example. Prices will change according to the level of difficulty and time requi ...

Introduction This Photoshop tutorial shows how to remove multiple small spots/speckles from an image without resorting to the Healing Brush or the Clone Stamp. Unlike the "Dust and Scratc ...

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:53:14 -0800

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Introduction This Photoshop tutorial shows how to remove multiple small spots/speckles from an image without resorting to the Healing Brush or the Clone Stamp. Unlike the "Dust and Scratc ...

STEP 8 Add a layer mask to the “Blurred” layer. Alt-Left-Click on it and then press Ctrl-V to paste into the layer mask the contents of the “Mask” layer that were copied to the cl ...

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:09:41 -0800

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STEP 8 Add a layer mask to the “Blurred” layer. Alt-Left-Click on it and then press Ctrl-V to paste into the layer mask the contents of the “Mask” layer that were copied to the cl ...

STEP 9 To make the filled-in patches blend in perfectly add a “Levels” adjustment layer to the “Blurred” layer and group them together (see the layer stack in Step 1). Regulate ...

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:09:40 -0800

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STEP 9 To make the filled-in patches blend in perfectly add a “Levels” adjustment layer to the “Blurred” layer and group them together (see the layer stack in Step 1). Regulate ...

STEP 10 Use whatever tool you prefer to handle the last couple of remaining spots to achieve the final result shown on the right. Page 2 of this tutorial shows the effects of applying ...

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:09:25 -0800

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STEP 10 Use whatever tool you prefer to handle the last couple of remaining spots to achieve the final result shown on the right. Page 2 of this tutorial shows the effects of applying ...

The image on the right contains spots/speckles of different sizes and shapes. Removing them with the Healing Brush would be tedious and the "Dust & Scratches" filter creates objectionable a ...

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:09:22 -0800

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The image on the right contains spots/speckles of different sizes and shapes. Removing them with the Healing Brush would be tedious and the "Dust & Scratches" filter creates objectionable a ...

STEP 2 Select the "Background copy" layer in the layers stack, go to Filter/Other/Minimum. Select filter radius that removes the undesirable small spots/speckles. In our example, radius o ...

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:09:09 -0800

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STEP 2 Select the "Background copy" layer in the layers stack, go to Filter/Other/Minimum. Select filter radius that removes the undesirable small spots/speckles. In our example, radius o ...

STEP 3 With the "Background copy" layer still selected choose Filter/Other/Maximum with the radius set to the same value as in the previously applied Minimum filter (3 in our example) a ...

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:08:53 -0800

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STEP 3 With the "Background copy" layer still selected choose Filter/Other/Maximum with the radius set to the same value as in the previously applied Minimum filter (3 in our example) a ...

STEP 5 To make the highlighted imperfections more obvious, add a “Levels” adjustment layer at the top of the layer stack and group it with the “Background copy” layer by placing t ...

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:08:48 -0800

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STEP 5 To make the highlighted imperfections more obvious, add a “Levels” adjustment layer at the top of the layer stack and group it with the “Background copy” layer by placing t ...

STEP 4 The next step is to create a mask that will separate the dust, speckles and small scratches from the rest of the image. To achieve this we need to change the blending mode of the â ...

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:08:48 -0800

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STEP 4 The next step is to create a mask that will separate the dust, speckles and small scratches from the rest of the image. To achieve this we need to change the blending mode of the â ...

STEP 6 Press Alt-Ctrl-Shift-E to create a merged copy of the resulting image. Name the layer “Mask” (see the layer stack in Step 1). Make sure it is selected in the layer stack. Pr ...

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:08:41 -0800

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STEP 6 Press Alt-Ctrl-Shift-E to create a merged copy of the resulting image. Name the layer “Mask” (see the layer stack in Step 1). Make sure it is selected in the layer stack. Pr ...

STEP 7 Since the acne spots are much darker than the surrounding skin it makes sense to work on the luminosity channel that stores the brightness information of the picture. To create ...

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:17:39 -0800

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STEP 7 Since the acne spots are much darker than the surrounding skin it makes sense to work on the luminosity channel that stores the brightness information of the picture. To create ...

STEP 10 To create a layer representing the color channel ("Color" layer) follow the same steps as with the "Luminosity" layer: Add a 50% gray fill layer and above it put a copy of the ...

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:17:39 -0800

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STEP 10 To create a layer representing the color channel ("Color" layer) follow the same steps as with the "Luminosity" layer: Add a 50% gray fill layer and above it put a copy of the ...

The red color channel (shown together with the green and blue channels on the right) is basically acne free. The green and blue channel show most grunge.

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:12:40 -0800

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The red color channel (shown together with the green and blue channels on the right) is basically acne free. The green and blue channel show most grunge.

STEP 3 Add a Levels adjustment layer at the top of the stack and group it with the "Red/Difference" layer. This is done by ALT-Left clicking the border between the "Red/Difference" layer ...

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:12:37 -0800

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STEP 3 Add a Levels adjustment layer at the top of the stack and group it with the "Red/Difference" layer. This is done by ALT-Left clicking the border between the "Red/Difference" layer ...

STEP 12 Press CTRL-SHIFT-ALT-E to make a merged copy layer. Change its blending mode to Color (the resulting layer is named "Color Clean/Color" in the image above). Click on the eye i ...

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:58:06 -0800

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STEP 12 Press CTRL-SHIFT-ALT-E to make a merged copy layer. Change its blending mode to Color (the resulting layer is named "Color Clean/Color" in the image above). Click on the eye i ...

STEP 2 In this step we create a mask that will isolate the grunge. Copy each color channel to a separate layer in the following order (from top down in the layer stack): red, blue, gr ...

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:58:04 -0800

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STEP 2 In this step we create a mask that will isolate the grunge. Copy each color channel to a separate layer in the following order (from top down in the layer stack): red, blue, gr ...

Turn the "Red" layer back on and change its blending mode to Difference (I renamed the layer to "Red/Difference" after that; see the first image of the tutorial). In the Difference blendi ...

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:58:00 -0800

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Turn the "Red" layer back on and change its blending mode to Difference (I renamed the layer to "Red/Difference" after that; see the first image of the tutorial). In the Difference blendi ...

This tutorial shows how to quickly remove multiple skin blemishes using channels and masks in Photoshop with absolutely minimal usage of the Healing Brush or the Clone Stamp. Here is a pi ...

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:57:58 -0800

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This tutorial shows how to quickly remove multiple skin blemishes using channels and masks in Photoshop with absolutely minimal usage of the Healing Brush or the Clone Stamp. Here is a pi ...

Create a merged copy layer of your result CTRL-SHIFT-ALT-E. This is the "Luminosity" layer (see the layer stack on the right). STEP 8 Above the merged "Luminosity" layer put a copy of th ...

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:57:50 -0800

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Create a merged copy layer of your result CTRL-SHIFT-ALT-E. This is the "Luminosity" layer (see the layer stack on the right). STEP 8 Above the merged "Luminosity" layer put a copy of th ...

STEP 4 Make a new “copy merged” layer from your current result by pressing CTRL-SHIFT-ALT-E (layer named "Mask before Levels" in the figure on the right). Remember to select the top l ...

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:57:50 -0800

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STEP 4 Make a new “copy merged” layer from your current result by pressing CTRL-SHIFT-ALT-E (layer named "Mask before Levels" in the figure on the right). Remember to select the top l ...

STEP 11 As you can see there are bright red spots on the "Color" layer that need to be smoothed out. To do that, add a "Hue/Saturation" adjustment layer with the "Final Mask" layer we ...

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:57:50 -0800

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STEP 11 As you can see there are bright red spots on the "Color" layer that need to be smoothed out. To do that, add a "Hue/Saturation" adjustment layer with the "Final Mask" layer we ...

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Ivy on a wall. Original size: 1153 x 1860.

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:58:50 -0700

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Ivy on a wall. Original size: 1153 x 1860.

Toe ornament ("Alien"). Original size: 1324 x 1164.

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:00:00 -0700

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Offending car removed using information from the two images above. Once we receive your pictures and instructions, we will: Assess the doability, time and cost of the requested modi ...

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:00:09 -0700

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Offending car removed using information from the two images above. Once we receive your pictures and instructions, we will: Assess the doability, time and cost of the requested modi ...

If you have the original prints or negatives and no scanner (or your scanner was really cheap), we recommend mailing the originals to us. We will scan them on a high-quality scanner to ensur ...

nobody@smugmug.com (PhotoCleanup) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:31:17 -0700

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If you have the original prints or negatives and no scanner (or your scanner was really cheap), we recommend mailing the originals to us. We will scan them on a high-quality scanner to ensur ...

To place an order (digital originals): Send an email to photocleanup@comcast.net with your picture(s) attached. Make sure you attach high-resolution, lightly compressed scans or digi ...

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