Easy fix for LOTS of dark spots (fabric weave of art scan)? AI?

[Annika_B2426]

Hi there! I need an EASY way to get rid of LOTS of repeating dark spots. I am making BIG art prints out of my paintings that are painted on cotton fabric - the holes in the weave of the fabric show up as darker spots, see screenshot. 

I tried lots of instruction on getting rid of repeating patterns. The only thing that worked was an FFT. But it didn't work well with every painting. Right now I am manually editing out the more noticable spots with spot healing. But boy, are these two options complicated/a lot of work. 

I don't have experience with all of the new editing capabilities, AI etc. But if one click can edit out people perfectly, there should be an easy fix to make this pattern less noticable, brighten up/blend in the dark spots, right (either in PS or LR), right?!

Also, the fabric is super fuzzy. I hope there now is also a way to easily, automatically edit this out with a few clicks, instead of manually healing away every single fuzz :'(?

Thank you!

[Rob_Cullen]

I know of this "Pattern Suppressor" set of actions for Photoshop that do use FFT.

It is not intuitive or easy to use, but with experiment it might solve your requirements.

Could not find the original source, but I have the installer in a zip file:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hrujit2gywww71gngrpku/Ft-Pattern-Suppressor-v2.zip?rlkey=s772j97jqbft...

[Annika_B2426]

Thanks! I did try a type of pattern suppressor/FFT. As mentioned that was indeed the only thing that worked at all (but if I recall corrctly, not well for all paintings). And it was pretty complicated.

I was hoping there were newer, easier ways with all of the modern editing options and AI etc

[Stephen Marsh]

Please provide before and after examples.

[annika_3701]

@Stephen MarshI attached a few more before examples. Don't really have good after examples that would help out here. Thanks for having a look!

[annika_3701]

(My "thanks so much..." comment was actually the answer to the comment that is now missing. Not sure why it's now shown as an answer to your comment)

[annika_3701]

Thanks so much! I'll try these out and let you know if I need further info

[annika_3701]

Hi everyone,

someone gave me advice on my post "Easy fix for LOTS of dark spots (fabric weave of art scan)". Now I wanted to try the suggestions out - and the comment is gone?! I can't even find the mails mentioning the profile name. I hope the right person sees this :D. Or someone else can help me out on this question: https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/easy-fix-for-lots-of-dark-spots-fabri...

[James_alexander]

Looks like the comment vanished into thin air. Maybe someone else remembers the fix? Drop it here if you do.

[davescm]

I've merged your new thread with your existing thread on this issue. Please keep to one thread per issue, it avoids confusion for those trying to help you.

Dave

[annika_3701]

I posted it as a separate thread with a very specific title on purpose because I'm sure the person I'm looking for wont look at the same thread again :(! We can keep the solution finding to this original post, but the new post was for finding the commenter. Can you de-merge it again, please?