Using photoshop CS4 I find small dark spots on my images especially noticeable on black and white

What are you shooting with?

Could it be dots/particles on your lens?

Are you using a heavy editing program in CS4? I have found with programs (like Adobe Lightroom) that the heavier the effect, the more "spotty" the pictures come out to be.

DSLR or just a digital camera?

Using dslr just uploading how to get rid of spots in photoshop

Are they large spots? If so, use the bandaid/spot healing tool or clone stamp.

If they are minuscule "sandy" spots all over the picture, try messing with filters. Also, you can look under the saturation settings... I think. I tend to mess around with settings to find the best fix to each individual problem with photos.

I am semi-proficient in CS3... and shoot weddings/engagements on the beach - sand gets on my lens quite a bit. I've found that the spot healer and clone stamp work excellent for removing spots.

Sorry I can't help you more! Maybe a Photoshop expert will come along and offer better advice. For now, I'd start with the clone stamp/spot healer.

It may be small particles of dust on the mirror in your camera. Do the following test: Focus on piece of clean, white paper so it covers entire image. Take a picture. Download it to Photoshop and see if those spots show up again. If yes, then have your mirror (in your camera) cleaned.

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If you can post an image with spots it may help. Perhaps it is gain (ISO) related too...

Hi,
Can I send through an attachment to you. I was needing to please get some help with a particular pixelated effect, which was created in photoshop cs4??
It has pixelated edges that gradually fade into the background evenly??

Thanks Bettina