Patent ID: 8385681

Claim:
A method for removing blemishes from an image, the method comprising: providing a display area for displaying an image; and providing a blemish removal tool for removing blemishes from the image by: receiving a selection of an area of said image; identifying a plurality of candidate edge intersects along a perimeter of the selected area; examining different pairs of candidate edge intersects to identify at least two edge intersects that have a plurality of attributes that meet a plurality of criteria; defining an edge between the two identified edge intersects that divides the area into two interior sub-areas; interpolating color values on the edge between the two identified edge intersects based on color values of the edge intersects between which the edge is defined; and using the interpolated color values of the edge to modify the plurality of color values in each sub-area independently from each other sub-area to remove a blemish from the image.