WSC wrote:
Luminosity mask. Or make a copy, invert, load it as selection, go to original mask and use overlay or softlight.

Thanks for your help.
Actually, I'm trying to "improve" D&B skin cleaning with neutral gray layer. That is to say: Seeing color photo or decolorized version while working on flat neutral gray layer. Hoping I could use a relatively larger brush to deal with a bunch of spots with one stroke.
I just tried Luminosity mask, which seems not suited for subtle pore level variations;
I also tried select dark spots with magic wand, not good either.
But selecting within a threshhold layer works! I'll do more tests.

John Ciambriello wrote:
Hello,

if this is a mask issue and the colors you are talking about are mostly flat and not a lum mask, you can simply select the lighter color and paint right over the dark spot. It is were a lum mask this would not be possible because of the detail involved. But if its just flat color you can paint over it without a problem. It does seem logical to use the clone stamp but it will not work correctly while in mask mode.

Try it and see if that helps.

I would be happy to discuss this further if need be.


Have a great day!


John

Thanks for your help. I appreciate it.

findart wrote:
Hoping I could use a relatively larger brush to deal with a bunch of spots with one stroke.

Yes, it's perfect job for luminosity mask.