Re: Elliminating dirt from sign

with such a physically small image, it's really impossible to get a good 
look at the details. There are many ways one could do it, cloning, the 
example Roy gave, plus many others. resampling the DPI wouldn't be that 
relevant here, but being able to see a larger image in terms of #s of pixels 
would let people give you a better idea of how to go about it.


"Michael" <workpage@aol.com> wrote in message
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Is there any way that I could make the enclosed below, cleaner (or 
immaculent?)  As broad as it's long, if attempting to clone around the 
letters, then it's going to take all day making the sign look more 
presentable.

Any quick fixes remain appreciated.

Thanks


Michael

Ps.  Intentionally resampled down to 200dpi; previous attempts to send above 
have failed.

The first thing I would try is to mask the sign and apply a contrast 
enhancement (see the attached example). 

I forgot to mention how to get rid of any colors that do not go to black or 
white (like the cyan in the example). Copy the masked area and paste as a 
new document. Convert it to black and white (or grayscale), then convert it 
back to color and then copy and paste it back into the original image. 

Is there any way that I could make the enclosed below, cleaner (or immaculent?) 
As broad as it's long, if attempting to clone around the letters, then it's
going to take all day making the sign look more presentable.

Any quick fixes remain appreciated.

Thanks


Michael

Ps.  Intentionally resampled down to 200dpi; previous attempts to send above
have failed.

Michael wrote:
> Is there any way that I could make the enclosed below, cleaner 
> (or immaculent?)  As broad as it's long, if attempting to clone around 
> the letters, then it's going to take all day making the sign look more 
> presentable.
>  
> Any quick fixes remain appreciated.

Mask the image so that just the sign is selected, then try applying the 
Smart Blur filter (Effects > Blur > Smart Blur).

Roy