[GrannyGrump]

I need some faster procedures for processing illustrations. I am in a sequence of heavily illustrated books, numbering in the hundreds for each book. I find that I am spending way too much time cleaning these manually.

I do use a lot of scripts in my image editor (PaintShop Pro v.9). I can batch process with my scripts -- for the first stage of initial cleaning. But due to the non-uniform results of paper aging, dirt, and damage, I still spend a lot of time manually using clone brush or smudge or dodge/burn, etc etc. I find that if I use scripts *too* much for cleaning, they bleach out way too much detail.

Does anybody have some time-saving tips?