LR Editing (Blemishes and Scars Removal)

[sourabhverma]

Hello Everyone!

I generally do the color correction in the Adobe Lightroom and then do retouching in the Photoshop (removing the blemishes and the scars). But I want to do retouching (removing the blemishes and scars) in Lightroom at the same time when working on the color correction part.
There is a tool which is "Spot Removal". I have tested it and it is not working fine for me as I have more images with a large number of blemishes on the skin. Please give your suggestion If there is any other way/tool to do the same. So I can do all the images in Lightroom only and can avoid jump into Photoshop.

Thank You!

[Guest]

Moving to Lightroom Classic — The desktop-focused app from Photoshop

[Per Berntsen]

The spot removal tool in Lightroom is primarily designed for removing sensor dust from the image.

It's more awkward to use than use than corresponding tools in Photoshop, and will slow down Lightroom if you're trying to fix a lot of spots in one image. I don't do this kind of retouching, but I imagine that getting good results will be difficult in Lightroom.

So Photoshop is the right tool for this.

[sourabhverma]

Thanks Per Berntsen​ for your thought.

I know that spot removal in LR can work on little spots. That is why I am asking if there is any other way for retouching in LR. I wanted to avoid the two sofwtware at the same time. If there is no other way to edit the images in LR then I will go for Photoshop as same as I am currently doing.

[Per Berntsen]

sourabhverma  wrote

Thanks https://forums.adobe.com/people/Per+Berntsen  for your thought.

I know that spot removal in LR can work on little spots. That is why I am asking if there is any other way for retouching in LR.

The adjustment brush might work in some cases, but this kind of work is much easier to do in Photoshop.

Lightroom isn't designed for it.

[sourabhverma]

Per Berntsen​ Thank You for sharing your valuable thoughts

[Todd Shaner]

sourabhverma  wrote

Thanks https://forums.adobe.com/people/Per+Berntsen  for your thought.

I know that spot removal in LR can work on little spots. That is why I am asking if there is any other way for retouching in LR. I wanted to avoid the two sofwtware at the same time.

Lightroom's Spot Removal tool also works well on big spots by holding down the mouse key and dragging the spot to cover the area that needs retouching. For blemishes, scars, and lines use the 'Heal' mode. You may need to reposition the clone source spot if it's placed in an area that isn't similar to the immediate area around the blemish. It generally works very well and similarly to the Photoshop Spot Healing Brush tool. The only downside is some systems start to exhibit lag and slow down after placing a very large number of Spot Removal Clone or Heal spots. If this happens try unchecking of 'Use Graphics Processor' in Edit> Preferences> Perfomance menu.

Here's a good retouching video done entirely inside Lightroom Classic.

Jump to the 6:00 minute point to see just the Spot Healing blemish removal demonstration.

Learn Lightroom 6 / CC - Episode 4: Portrait Retouch - YouTube

[Tony_See]

I would suggest also that testing a workflow that suits your outcome will mean jumping back and forward to Photoshop.

If your scans (which I presume they are) aren't too large and have a reasonable DPI, using the Smart Object pathway to and from PS could work . . .

What size files are you working with Ged?

[sourabhverma]

Hi @Tony_See

These are not scans. The image size is 5472 X 3648 px with 300 dpi.