How do you remove a sun spot from a picture in Corel Photo Paint?

Question

I took a digital photo (8.2 megapixels) for a project I am doing and i have a sun spot in one corner. I did NOT take the photo in raw format. I have Corel Draw 10 and Corel Photo Paint 10.

I have Corel Draw 10 and Corel Photo Paint 10. The photo which is about 8.2 megapixels was not taken in raw format. The sun spot is partially in the blue sky and partially over some tree leaves.

Answer 1

If the sunspot is in a patch of blue sky or so, the solution is easy - just copy or clone a bit of the surrounding area and plaster that over the sun spot.
If the sun spot is in an area with a lots of detail, things get tricky. You could try to isolate the sunspot and reduce the color of the sun spot for that area.

Answer 2

Clue, most useful in bright light but doable anywhere. I've gotten into the habit of always setting the exposure about a full stop under what the meter thinks I should do, and adjusting it in post process. The reason is that once the light has blown out, that's the equivalent of a pure black area on a film negative. As was mentioned, once that detail is gone there's *no* way to get it back. This one is -very- close to losing a *lot* more than you did lose. Yes there are a few minor blown areas, and that shadow is not cool, but it's still an 'excellent newbie snapshot quality' pic. It's got very good composition and you got them at -exactly- the right smile-moment. Those aspects count for *tons* even given the 'errors,' Practice practice practice, live and learn. I'd slightly soften some of the 'texture' on her forehead, and smooth the lines around both their eyes. Not remove them because that's unnatural, just 'take off a few years.' You could also remove the caps on his teeth, which isn't what he looks like but again reverses the calendar. Or not necessarily remove but dull them down so they stand out less. You can do all of this in layers and never lose the original so nothing is 'permanently' edited. I was half thinking of suggesting moving them a little more to thee center, but that would move some of her hair out of the frame and that's a very important aspect of the pic.