Remove dust spots from your photos in a single click and save time manually selecting multiple areas of an image affected by sensor dust. You need to be using Capture One 23 (16.2) or newer in order to use this feature.
This tool is different from the Spot Removal tool found in previous versions and has been reworked to focus on Dust Removal with an AI-driven automatic removal option.
The Auto Dust Removal tool is found by default in the Refine tool tab, with the tool itself found underneath Film Grain, when using the default Workspace:
Automatically removing dust works both on individual images and batches. The default shortcut is Opt/Alt + O - this will run an analysis on your image and automatically detect areas affected by dust spots.
You can see which areas of the image are affected by selecting the Remove Spot cursor tool, found in the Toolbar:
You can also use this cursor tool to manually remove dust spots by clicking on the affected areas and pressing the Backspace key.
The dust and spot have been split into two separate cursor tools instead of a shared tool.
Removing dust might leave a visible trace in some images.
You can change the size of the spot removal by clicking and dragging on the affected area:
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Agree with above note.
I tested on a number of images. It sometimes leaves a trace of the spot or dust.
Will it also work on scanned filmphotos? seems to do the work only on "dark" dust spots not on white dust spots after inverting a negative filmphoto.
is there a plan to put some kind of AI dust removal for scanned filmphotos in it?
I’m confused by this paragraph in the article.
‘The dust and spot have been split into two separate cursor tools instead of a shared tool. The new feature will be launched in a beta mode as we are still working on improving the image quality.
Removing dust might leave a visible trace in some images.
You can change the size of the spot removal by clicking and dragging on the affected area’
Auto dust removal has replaced the dust and spot removal tool. Yet this seems to imply they both still exist and both are, in fact, available from drop down menu. However the action button only says remove dust whether spot or dust is chosen.
Yet in paragraph I quoted both dust and spot tool are mentioned as if they are still separate tools ?
sven weber
It didn’t work at all on a few scanned negatives I tried it with
Michael Parker They're available as cursor tools from the Toolbar, but not as Tools themselves. This is so you can remove additional spots, in addition to what the Dust Removal (BETA) tool recommends.
Have I understood you correctly? I of course want this to be as clear as possible for yourself and other users.
Jack W
My understanding now is the the spot removal and dust removal tools are still available from the toolbar.
The beta dust removal tool which has a drop down to select either dust or spot is automatic and it doesn’t matter if dust or spot is chosen for the auto detection and fixing ?
Michael Parker The automatic functionality is intended for dust spots. Other "spots" could be anything, such as a star in a night sky – so the automatic functionality only applies to dust removal.
When changing to "Remove Spot" this is where you can manually remove spots/dusts. Keep this set to "Remove Dust" to ensure the automatic detection of dust in your images.
Jack W
Thank you for the clarification
Michael Parker You are most welcome.
it is just not working! in blue skyes it leaves white spots everywhere, no matter you do it automatic or manually. please leave the fashionable ai out of the game until it really works (or at least make the old way accessible as a work around). i'll go back to version 15.
This tool is not working at all for me. It can't find dust or spots. (I am running the 30 day trial version 16.2.3.1471)
The healing tool is what should be automated. It is much smarter in covering up dust or spots.
Please perfect the dust spot removal based on a film scan. This would drastically save time for film photographers. I would use Capture One so much more often if a tool for film dust was fast and easy.
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