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Erase dust, scratches, and tiny scanner marks from a vintage reference photo before tracing it.
2 ready prompts
Written for the moment this actually comes up.
Execute — do the immediate task
+Remove dust, scratches, and tiny scanner marks from the vintage photo by running a dust-and-scratch…
Execute — do the immediate task
+Remove dust, scratches, and tiny scanner marks from the vintage photo by running a dust-and-scratch pass and spot-healing remaining blemishes, then save a cleaned TIFF for tracing.
Pasted it? When the reply comes back, push once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part. — Did this prompt help?
Improve — make it easier to accept
+Prepare the vintage reference so tracing is accurate — run a conservative dust-and-scratch removal,…
Improve — make it easier to accept
+Prepare the vintage reference so tracing is accurate — run a conservative dust-and-scratch removal, then manually spot-heal areas where texture detail matters, preserve grain where it defines form, and save both 'cleaned_for_tracing.tif' and a copy with the removed artifacts highlighted for records.
Pasted it? When the reply comes back, push once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part. — Did this prompt help?
Who does this, and with what
The same task is different work inside a different job.
Illustrator / Digital ArtistAdobe PhotoshopDxO PhotoLabalso: Remove Scanner Marksalso: Restore Reference Image
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Every task here came from the work, not from a feature list — which is why the prompts name what you want done and never the button that does it. The tool changes; the work does not.
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