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AI/Plug-in's/Advanced Methods for Dust Cleanup on Products?

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
March 23, 2023
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Hello everyone,

I'm looking for recommendations on Photoshop Plug-Ins, Neural Filters, or AI software that can automatically remove dust from product images. I don't need to clean sensor dust, just the dust on the products like the one shown in the attached image.

I was considering trying Retouch4me, but it seems their website is currently down, and their tool is more portrait/skin based than product-based. As I work on hundreds of images per week, this is a time-consuming task, and I'm hoping to find a more efficient solution.

I've experimented with various combinations of D&S filters, High Pass Filters, Median Stack Mode, Darken Blend Mode, and Find Edges filters. While I've come close to success, I haven't found anything that works perfectly.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

NetPixel

Inspiring

The same here, I am desperatley looking for a dust remover plug-in.

Thank you!

M

manofiron07

Participant

use the dust and spec filter under noise really helps

K

Kim5CAE

Participant

Have you tried LaserSoft Imaging's SRDx plug-in?

J

J.C.C.1Author

Known Participant

I have not tried this one yet! I will give it a shot. It looks promising. For now I have just been using a layer with median noise filter, and then adding back in the noise so it matches the original image. Then brushing it in.

In terms of selecting the dust/scratches, does anyone have a good reccomendation for this? I have done some testing with Color Range, Find Edges, and using a High Pass filter.

Method used below

Duplicate Layer

Rename Duplicate "DUST"
Run a Maximum filter

Run a high Pass

Apply a Threshhold Adjustmen

Copy Canvas
Select Original Layer
Duplicate Layer

Create a blank layer mask
Apply Clipboard to Dust Layer Mask

Select the layer and Run a median filter

Here is a before and after or where I am at now.

M

mrshoffu

Inspiring

Thank you so much for listing this out! I recreated it and am testing it on a bunch of images. I liked the Retouch4me dust filter, but it honestly took a little too long and this seems to have done the trick. I really appreciate your taking the time to write it out with screenshots! also had to look up how to copy> apply that directly to a layer mask, so def learned some stuff today.https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj78rDcueeDAxVamIkEHR8wAtkQwqsBegQIDRAG&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DVzvv0DfvJm8&usg=AOvVaw2jW2NDOn2VRhjfhcuUE8vc&opi=89978449

Kevin Stohlmeyer

Community Expert

Hi @J.C.C.1 you could try using the Neural Filter JPEG Artifacts Removal - its kind of a hack, but I've had good success cleaning up minute specs in my images using it.