Dust, Light Scratch, and Stain Removal - Beginning Photo Retouching and Restoration Using GIMP - page 146

6. The remaining work is just a matter of removing the dust specks, using the

Healing tool in most cases. Larger blemishes are usually better removed with the
Clone tool (Figure 6-12 ).

Figure 6-12. Removing larger imperfections with the Clone tool

This image had a great deal of dust, some small scratches, and a few other imperfections that required
some time and work to remove, but the result is a much cleaner image (Figure 6-13 ).

Figure 6-13. Before and after comparison