Hello everybody

I could really use some assistance as how to remove several spots og stains from the skies in an image?? There was a periode some years ago where I was lazy and did not clean my sensor in my DSLR camera. On one image there is a rainbow and how to clean up the skies around it???? 

There must be a way. 

Hope you will guide me. 

Thanks very much :) 

Hi First do you have Photoshop if you do post your image in critique in forums and we will show you in real time.

Hi Lotte;

The easiest method I've found is using Photoshop's 'Patch Tool. ' It takes three steps.

1. Enlarge your spotty area to 100%
2. Select the Patch Tool Brush and circle the offending spot
3. Then drag the selected spot to a clean part of the sky, then let go, and the spot disappears like magic.

If you want a visual tutorial, search YouTube for 'Photoshop Patch Tool.'

Hello Lotte,

There's an even simpler method. On the toolbar there's a "Remove Tool". Make it an appropriate size and just "brush" it over the offending spot and it's gone. As Jim indicated, you can either search YouTube for "Photoshop Remove Tool" or use Adobe Help for instructions.

Hi, Jim thanks a lot for your guidance.

I love the patch tool but in this case there are multiples spots all around so I do not know if there is anything one can do in Photoshop to make is less time spending? 

Hi Mark and thanks for your reply and advice. 

As I wrote to Jim, it concerns multiples spots and I am not at all proud of being so lazy to not having cleaned my sensor bag then when I took the photos.

Anyway, now I just really would like to get a couple of my photos edited real nice since I think they could be curated in 1X, eventually. 

Hi Daniel and thanks for your advice. Yes, I import my files in Lightroom CC and and export to PS whenever I wish to edit more advanced etc. 

I will add the photos in question. Thanks.

I sympathize with your spot issue as I run into the same issue. For small spots, the Remove Tool works extremely well, I find setting it to between 30 and 50 px gives me a bit of room around the spot for the software to understand what you want removed and interpolate the background so it looks like it was never there. It's annoying to have to go around a great image "cleaning up", but it won't be great until you do. If there are several close together you can drag the tool (brush stroke) and take them out in one go.