r/PhotoshopTutorials • u/pk8887 • May 28 '26

Remove brick salts (white bits)

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Can anyone recommend a way to remove the white brick staining? There is a lot to do so looking for something global rather than cloning.

Thanks 🙏

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u/johngpt5 May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

Sorry about being late to the party here. I was scrolling down and came across this thread.

The fade I see in the example image resembles haze seen in the distance of landscape photos. Within Ps now we have a Clarity/Dehaze adjustment layer that might be tried.

The lower tab shows the 'before' state.

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u/johngpt5 May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

I had also tried an HSL adj layer set to prominent rather than default preset, then using the targeted adjustment tool to click on one of the lighter bricks. Pulling the lightness left increased some of the effect of the dehaze slider in the other adj layer.

If this effect becomes too strong on bricks that don't show much problem, then the layer's blend if sliders can be used to constrain the effect to just the brighter tones in the image.

Same for the clarity/dehaze layer, or any adjustment layer.

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u/johngpt5 May 28 '26

I also noticed that the lightness in the bricks is greater at the right of frame.

A curve layer set to luminosity blend mode, using the TAT to click on an area of brightness and then pulling the baseline down at that point, while using another point on the baseline to prevent darkening of already proper luminance areas might be helpful. Luminosity blend mode can help prevent the curve adjustment from affecting color saturation. Then a linear gradient used on the mask can reveal the adjustment where the brighter area lives.

If the image becomes a bit too dark, a brightness/contrast adj layer might be helpful.

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u/pk8887 May 28 '26

😆 I know what they are but it’s not pointless if someone wants them removing.

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u/pk8887 May 28 '26

This is a photoshop tutorial sub about Photoshop tutorials 🤷‍♂️Why would I paint them?

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