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Repair Damaged Scan

Restore the scanned damaged artwork so it is reproducible for print — remove dust, scratches, and tears, retouch missi…

2heights
2tasks
1roles do it
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The same job, four heights

do it · improve it · decide · become
AExecute — “help me do it”Restore the scanned damaged artwork so it is reproducible for print — remove dust, scratches,…+
Restore the scanned damaged artwork so it is reproducible for print — remove dust, scratches, and tears, retouch missing ink areas, and save a high‑res [tiff] and a layered [psd] with restoration steps preserved.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.
BImprove — “do it better”Make the scanned artwork print‑ready with minimal surprise for the vendor: repair dust,…+
Make the scanned artwork print‑ready with minimal surprise for the vendor: repair dust, scratches and missing ink with careful cloning and healing, retain a restoration layer set, run a final noise and contrast pass to match plate expectations, and deliver a [tiff] plus a [psd] with restoration notes and estimated fidelity to the original.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

The real tasks

1 of them
Clean up scanned, damaged artwork to make it reproducible for the print run.

Who does this

1 roles
Art Director

Questions people ask

honest answers

Because you rarely think 'I want the redaction tool'. You think 'I have to share this without leaking the client's details'. Start from the need, and the feature finds you.

Real. Every job here was drawn from what people in real roles were actually seen doing in Photoshop — not a feature checklist.

No. Each page gives you a ready prompt you can paste into an AI assistant, plus the plain steps to do it yourself. Start with either — the goal is the finished job, not the tool.