Water spot removal

[Guest]

I am trying to remove water spots, and not sure the procedure.

I have two jpg's that are almost identical, one with spots and one without.

I watched a video that talks you through taking these two jpg's and creating a layered image in PS. Then aligning them, creating a layer mask and using the black brush tool to eliminate the water spot and let the other layer without the water spot show through.

I cannot get it to work, and the paint brush simply paints black like it should.

I would be grateful if someone could explain how I can remove water spots with this or another procedure.

Thanks in advance for any feedback.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

I don’t understand.

If you have the image without the water spots what is the damaged version good for?

Please post meaningful screenshots.

I cannot get it to work, and the paint brush simply paints black like it should.

I suspect you should be painting on a Layer Mask instead of the Layer.

[Ares Hovhannesyan]

You can use Content Aware fill.

Content Aware Patch and Move in Adobe Photoshop

or Patch Tool

https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-use-the-patch-tool-in-photoshop/ 

[Norman Sanders]

It sounds as though you are painting in black on the image rather than on the mask. Click on the mask in the Layers panel. It will show a frame around it indicating that is where the work will be done, Then paint in black to reveal the area in the layer below it.