I found this earlier thread and wondered if anyone has any new tips/suggestions to add after 13 years:

https://www.largeformatphotography.i...ht=dustbusting

The consensus in 2008 seemed to be:
1. use the spot healing brush
2. dustbust at 100%
3. for big prints from 8x10 film, e.g., print size of around 96" on the long side, dustbusting may take days rather than minutes or hours
4. to minimize time spent dustbusting, make sure you are not busting dust too small to see on the final print (maybe easier said than done when monitor resolution is much less than print resolution)

I am currently dustbusting 8x10 scans for mural sized prints (96" or so) and having the same issues discussed in this thread from 2008.

I tried the Filters>Noise>Dust&Scratches filter, but it will not work for me b/c it immediately lowers the sharpness of everything in the image. So, I am using the Spot Healing Brush.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to speed up dustbusting w/o sacrificing sharpness (other than #4, above)?

Thanks!
Michael