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Retouching: Stuck pixels, noise, and more

Retouching: Stuck pixels, noise, and more

From the course: Processing Large Scale Black-and-White Photographs with Aperture

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Retouching: Stuck pixels, noise, and more

In the previous video, we looked at finding and eliminating sensor spots. In this, we'll look at something that's a little bit more common: things like stuck pixels, and just general dust or spots that may show up in your photos. We're going to start with this photo here of the Brandenburg Tor. If you look at the background, it's clearly shot at night, and ultimately I'm going to want the sky to be pure black. I'm not going to want anything to show up in there. And looking at it right now, it looks pretty good. It doesn't look like there's any spots in there, but the thing is, you have to make sure that you zoom in at 100%, and pan throughout the image looking for any spots that might be hiding. If a spot is only one of two pixels wide, as you zoom out, chances are, that pixel will now be drawn, and so you may completely miss the spot. So, let's just go ahead and zoom in. In Aperture, tap on the Z key to go to a 100%, and then I'll start panning around in here. This is still looking…

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