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sourabhverma
sourabhverma
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May 2, 2019
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LR Editing (Blemishes and Scars Removal)

  • May 2, 2019
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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!

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Tony_See
Tony_See
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May 2, 2019

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
sourabhvermaAuthor
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May 3, 2019

Hi @Tony_See

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

Per Berntsen
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Per BerntsenCommunity Expert
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May 2, 2019

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
sourabhvermaAuthor
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May 3, 2019

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
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Per BerntsenCommunity Expert
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May 3, 2019

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.

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Anonymous
May 2, 2019

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

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