How to remove these scrapes from an image?

[jarsam]

Hello gang,

When restoring damaged old photos, I see from time to time photos containing scrapes, of the kind seen in this photo (eg: visible above and to the left of the building's chimney, and below and to the right of the park bench) http://s1076.photobucket.com/albums/...nScratches.jpg

I can't seem to figure out how to get rid of these marks (using Photoshop), which cover a significant proportion of this photo. Nothing I've tried has come close.

Is a liberal (and very time consuming) application of the clone tool my only option, or is there a more elegant solution to this problem?

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

Sam

[smaster]

Hello,
i didn't understand all of your post, i got only the scratches on the park bench.
Where are the other scratches you want to remove?

here is what i did which image analyzer:
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/316...001scrapes.png

[Cupcake]

Here is my try.
Heal ,clone , Painter 12 & new frame.
Larger if wanted.

[smaster]

Hello,
nice work cupcake! :-)
by the way, what did you with corel painter?

I want to remind that jarsam asked if there is another faster way, than the time consuming application of the clone tool.

i just removed the scratches the "frequency domain filter" of the programm "Image Analyzer" which was a pretty fast way (some seconds, less than a minute). If you are familar how to use this filter you could do this also in that speed.

another good tip is the discontinoued software "polaroid dust and scratch removal"
you could try this too.

greets

[Cupcake]

Thanks smaster!

[tawnidilly]

Half of the dog is missing

[smaster]

Here is a version i made with "Polaroid Dust and Scratch removal 1.0"
The Parameters with auto create mask,
Dust and Scratch Type: Light
Tile Size: 10
Defect level: 55
Mask Size: 4
Adaptive filtering: checked

http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/6...hes1adapt1.jpg

This tool is great if you can't remove the dirt by hand.

greetings smaster

[edbayani]

Here is an edit using cs4