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Removing dust with Camera Raw

Removing dust with Camera Raw

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Removing dust with Camera Raw

- One problem with shooting panoramic photos You get a little bit of spot on the sensor itself it's going to be across every single image. So you really have to decide how you want to fix this. Remember, we talked about when you're out there shooting try to avoid changing the camera lens in dusty situations, like, I don't know, in a desert. But if you have to change a lens take advantage of some of the tools at your disposal. So when you remove the lens cap and you take that off you can use the dust blower. Remember, you have the camera pointing downward and a few good brushes there will go ahead and clean that out. Now you'd then do the lens swap and that's fine Try to keep the camera clean when you're shooting. But if after the fact you have to deal with it in post there's a couple of strategies. Let's start by dealing with it inside the panoramic photo itself and take a look at the individual components. This particular image definitely has some dust problems. Now you don't always…

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