Removing a colour

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I need your help &#128591; I make these poems and now I'm going to turn them into postcards. I have them scanned as jpg. I need to clean the spots and remove the pink colour (change pink to background colour), as I will add this colour by hand after printing. I have Photoshop

2018. Any suggestions please? I'm getting desperate (Link removed by moderator)
 
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Kevin Stohlmeyer · Answer

Hi @barbarad77262398 Here is how I'd tackle it:

1. Duplicate the layer (Print Layer) and use Select>Color Range to select the shadows (Black) and adjust as needed.

2. Create a layer mask based on this selection:

3. On the Background layer use the new Remove Tool to remove the print:

4. Apply a Filter>Gaussian Blur to soften the paper texture.

5. Add a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer clipped to the Print layer and drop the Saturation to remove any pink fringing.

Here is the final results:

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