How eliminate blue smudges

[Carl24085347ay8j]

[Doug A Roberts]

These are artefacts of the original photo?

You can use Photoshop to get rid of such things. It can be painstaking, careful work though. It's a skill, not a simple process.

[kevin stohlmeyer]

@Doug A Roberts it appears to be a photo taken of the original in the frame note the reflections.

[Monika Gause]

Are they in the original photo?

They look like they also could originate from the digitization process. So maybe you could get it scanned again?

[kevin stohlmeyer]

First, this is really a Photoshop issue, not Illustrator.

Second, scan the image do not take a photo and take it out of the frame - what you are seeing is reflections and the quality is poor.

If capturing with a camera is the only option, take it out of the frame, lay it on a flat surface and photograph straight down. This should elminate the reflections.

If this is your only available image - you can add layers in Photoshop to adjust the hue/saturation and then mask out the purple areas. You can also use a levels layer mask to remove the screen/window reflection in the top right.

[Jacob Bugge]

Carl,

Like Monika, I think it looks like scanning artifacts, such as those made from slides/transparencies, and there are many, including the notable stripes (green to the left/in the middle (wall (along with blue), shirt, arm, wrapping, tablecloth), purple to the right (tee)); remember the blue smudge on the tongue.

[kevin stohlmeyer]

@Jacob Bugge Its a reflection of a window from shooting a picture frame. Look at the entire image - its trees and sky reflecting.

[Jacob Bugge]

How about the regular stripes, Kevin?