how to?

[puk]

from time to time i help my gf with some work on photoshop, and i need some tips on how to speed up some tasks that i have to do.
right now i need some tips on how to get rid of this "geen horizontal line"(result of a scanning process) very quick; how i do it is clone and correct but is time consumming!! i need something that will speed up the process of cleaning!!! i have to do 17 scans before 8 pm tonite!!
see the image attachetd(just a small portion of what i have to do)
OUT i realy need your MAGIC!! now!


pic removed.(too big)

[novadragoon]

select a bit just under it, like almost touching the bottom of the green line, select the full width, then press ctrl+t and resize your selection up to cover the line, it shouldnt look too bad, if it do sorries, i tried

[puk]

thanks, but like i said this is just a small portion of the image, if i do like you said it will clone my selection over the whole image and that is a NO!

[OuTpaTienT]

Well do you want to do it perfect, or is it more important to do it quick?

What dragoon said can indeed work.

What I might do is this:

Goto your Channels palette
turn off Red and Blue so you are only working on the green channel.
Target the green channel (highlight it in the palette)

Then use the Clone stamp to clone out that line.

I'd use a much smaller brush size then what you show in your screenshot
and a softer brush too. the brush should be just barely wider than the green line.

that method seems to be working good for me.

[Martoch]

Aw darnit OuT, you beat me...I was just about to suggest that he go to his channels palette and do what you just said. I must be getting better at PS than I thought.


Hey puk, I can only recommend 2 things to help you in the future.

1) Make a title say more than just "how to?"
2) Cut down your screenshot file size so us folks stuck on slower connections don't have to watch your image load piece by piece.

[OuTpaTienT]

As for the making a pass along the line with the cloning brush, just so you know, you can click at one end of the line then hold down SHIFT and click on the other end of the line. This will run the brush staight down the line in a snap.

[OuTpaTienT]

Actually the best solution is to get a new scanner. They're cheap.

Or scan the image, then shift it by a inch or so and rescan it. Then use the second scan to patch over the green line in the first

*Now that I think about it, that's really the best way to if you have time to rescan them.

[puk]

Actually the best solution is to get a new scanner. They're cheap.

this one is not cheap only close to $100G but something went wrong this time and a lot of "scratches" showed up on the final image that need to be cleaned up! QUALITY IS A MUST!!!!

sorry for the file size!!
i will try all your suggestions!! thanks!!

[OuTpaTienT]

$100,000.00 for a scanner?! Do they make scanners out of solid gold? And it messes up the scanned image with a green line? I'd be on the phone and all up in the face of some scanner manufacturer right about now.

[puk]

lol........ is not made of gold, jus an "industrial" one!
too bad that is sunday and the manufacturer is closed and somewhere in the states so to call him is not an option now!
the file will be send out to special printing for a poster of 48'x96' so it needs to be CLEAN!

and OUT........... is not only one green line there are more and different colours!

[puk]

As for the making a pass along the line with the cloning brush, just so you know, you can click at one end of the line then hold down SHIFT and click on the other end of the line. This will run the brush staight down the line in a snap.

this one is a "TIME SAVER" thanks

[OuTpaTienT]

and OUT........... is not only one green line there are more and different colours!

Oh man you're in big trouble.

Are the lines showing up in the same place every time. Or does it vary?

Anyways, I still think the best solution is to scan each image at least twice. Then overlay the images and mask out the lines. IOW use the clean sections from two or even more scans to make up one complete good image. Understand?

[puk]

Oh man you're in big trouble.

Are the lines showing up in the same place every time. Or does it vary?

Anyways, I still think the best solution is to scan each image at least twice. Then overlay the images and mask out the lines. IOW use the clean sections from two or even more scans to make up one complete good image. Understand?

me trouble?? tell me 'bout!!

it does show up randomly!
to make a correction i guess i put one zero in puls to the price of the scanner($10G's)!

[taije]

your best bet is to get a new canner. That way you don't have to fix anything

[OuTpaTienT]

A new 10 grand industrial scanner. Yeah. Just pick one up on the way home from work one day next week. No problem.

[MitaDC]

is that 100G's or 10G's? can u post a link of it? I would love to see this thing lol... gl on your images btw

[OuTpaTienT]

is that 100G's or 10G's? can u post a link of it? I would love to see this thing lol... gl on your images btw

I don't know what kind of scanner puk is using, but you'd be amazed at the price of some professional scanners.

Look here: http://www.flatbed-scanner-review.or...n_scanner.html

Quite a variety of tabloid sized flatbed scanners are available, costing from $12,000 up to over $41,000.

[puk]

is that 100G's or 10G's? can u post a link of it? I would love to see this thing lol... gl on your images btw

it's a VIDAR 36' scanner, not sure what model, here is a link http://www.superwidescanners.com/vidarindex.htm

cleaning was a pain, but completed!
thanks for all suggestions!

[StayingOccupied]

use the band-aide tool

[OuTpaTienT]

use the band-aide tool

haha. That's a cute name for it. You mean the Healing Brush.