[EKIMIKE]

Originally Posted by LJR69

EKIMIKE - I agree that the omission of a clone tool in CaptureNX is a somewhat bizarre one. However, if the dust spot is on a clean smooth area such as sky, then you can use the colorize tool very effectively.

1) Click the plus selection brush. A new colorize Edit Step will appear in your edit list

2) Double click the brush tool to bring up the brush options. Set the opacity to 100% and hardness to 0% and click OK

3) In the colorize options palette click the eyedropper (next to color indicator). Place the eyedropper on the area of the background near the dust spot and click the mouse.

4) Using the + selection brush paint over the dust spot (ensuring that you make the brush size the same as the dust spot in order to do the 'repair' in a single attempt)

All in all this takes a few seconds. The limitation is that if you are working on dust spots on textured surfaces, complex colour patterns, etc, then it's not as effective. But normal smooth surfaces (where, let's face it, any spots are most apparent) and heavy bokeh backgrounds it works really well on.

Thats perfect thanks. It suffices for dust spots however its not the perfect clone tool. Thank you