Dfiorito
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Dfiorito reacted to LilleG in Cleaning up old photographs
I did a screen grab of the boys' faces and did a quick and dirty "fix" on that. I mostly used the InPainting Tool set to a size only slightly larger than the individual segment of a blemish. For a few areas, I used the Clone Tool with a low opacity and a Hardness of zero. In addition I used the Burn tool set on Mid-Tones and 5% opacity to add a little definition to the boys' eyes.
Like I said, it's slow and tedious but it can be done with patience. Or perhaps someone with a has a quicker easier method will chime in.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10351644/kids.jpg
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Dfiorito reacted to Asha in Cleaning up old photographs
Your photo has some severe scratching, so I'm not sure this will work for all of the marks, but it does well for dust and particles:
Create a duplicate of the layer that contains the photo, and put it above the original
Apply a Gaussian blur to the top layer
Apply a Layer Mask to the top layer, and fill with black
Using the brush with white on the mask (not on the blurred photo), paint the individual blemishes
This is a non destructive method that requires some trial and error to determine the best type and amount of blurring, brush size, etc.