Some way to set areas to ignore, opposite to the way that the areas for additional clean up are set would work.
In the attached example the males nipple is hidden by the dust removal. I tried applying the SuperFocus first as suggested but it was still removed and the faces were very fake.
First pic is superfocus + dust remove
Second pic is original
Hi.
You canāt currently choose areas to ignore however, you replace areas which have accidentally been removed by using the same Brush for adding additional damage repaire.
Dust & Scratch is very clever at what can be achieved however, sometimes it can get confused by trying to determine between what is a feature or a blemish.
In theses instances after you have applied Dust & Scratch the next thing to do is either Click on the Dust & Scratch filter you have already applied in the Layer Stack and your Screen will turn Blue
Now, when you move the Cursor over the image it will transform into a Brush which allows you to paint over and remove further damage which has been missed by the Filter
Inside, the centre of the Brush is the Plus Symbol if you hold down the Alternate/Option Key the Plus Symbol will turn into the Minus Symbol allowing you to paint over and put back areas which have been accidentally removed by the Filter.
Alternatively, you can also do this with the Preserve Text Function Select on the Preserve Text Filter then, pick either Custom from the Drop-down Menu or Click on the Symbol to the right of the same Menu which will take you to the Selection Brush
You wonāt be able to select areas for further Dust Removal but, you will be able to Remove areas which have been mistakenly removed previously.
Hope this helps
Thanks for the response. If that had worked with the Dust feature it would have been perfect but I couldnāt see any way to make the area selection stick. I can highlight an area but as soon as I release the mouse the area clears. I tried with the left right curly arrows in both directions.
However as you mentioned the Preserve Text as well I though Iād give it a try. Much to my amazement it worked! You can use the select area of Preserve Text to remove an unwanted area of dust removal.
Seems like it just needs a bit of bug fixing to get this to where is is needed.
The result with dust removal on and using Preserve Text area selection to clear dust removal over the nipple
Hi.
Iām glad the Preserve Text worked for you however, Iāve Just tried the Remove Additional Damage Brush and on My Computer itās working as expected however, thereās a little caveat I didnāt mention before that maybe leading to the confusion.
After you have applied the Dust & Scratch Filter and it has Removed something you didnāt want to Remove, as l mentioned previously Click on the Dust & Scratch Filter you have already applied within the Layer Stack and you will be presented with your Image again covered in Blue or another Colour
TIP: you can change the Colour of the Blue Overlay or Opacity by Clicking on the Coloured Square on the right and Clicking on the Number next to it and changing the Opacity from 100% to say 50%.
As before, move the Cursor over the image and it will Transform into a Brush with the Plus Symbol inside it.
Next either, Hold Down the Alternate/Option Key or if youāre using a Mouse Hold Down the Right Mouse Button so, a Minus Symbol spears in the centre of the Brush Click on the area you wish to bring back.
Caveat: This is where it gets Confusing:
When you Paint over the area you wish to bring back with the Brush it would appear you are removing the Blue Overlay however, as soon as you let go of the Alternate/Option Key or Right Mouse Button the Blue Overlay returns and it would appear nothing has changed except for the Undo & Redo Buttons the Curly Arrows become active and I believe you inadvertently Clicked on the Undo Button believing nothing had changed and thatās why I believe it didnāt work for you.
Next time, after painting over the area you wish to bring back donāt worry that nothing has happened or the Blue Overlay returns instead, Click on the Blue Done Button at the bottom then, wait a Second for the Image to Update and your image will be fixed.
Hope this helps
OK I tried it again and I think I see what was stopping it working for me. I was using the option to process the dust removal on my computer which was actually faster than the cloud operation. However, in this mode the remove option does not work.
When I tried using the cloud processing option, lo and behold it worked just like you said it would. I donāt really see what should be different between the two modes. Hopefully Topaz will consider this a bug and fix it.
That might explain why they werenāt quick to fix this last fall when everyone first started complaining. Perhaps they missed that it only worked correctly in the cloud. Iāve been avoiding using the Dust and Scratch removal because I simply had no way to exclude areas from being inappropriately ārepairedā.
Thatās interesting thanks for the following up Iāll give it a go
Youāre absolutely right thanks 
Is there an original of this posted here somewhere? Iām just curious what motivated the use of the Dust Removal filter.
Hi Robyn.
Hereās the original and Jpjunlimited is right it works with Cloud Rendered images not Local ones so, you have to use the Preserve Text to bring back areas you want
Have fun
You can see all the blemishes in the sky
