cleanup the grunge in the frame border?

[Typo]

I'm having a bit of trouble removing the crap out of the frame border. I split the photo in 2 (picture on 1 layer & frame on another) as things I tried messed up the other. Should be simple but obviously I am missing it. I also tried to find that border online, but couldn't find anything close.

[Chris.]

Could also crop out the lower left border then rotate to desired position and paste it onto the damaged area(s).  :)

[jensend]

You could use the Dodge tool.
After you select the tool, set the range to Highlights and the Exposure to 10%.
Make the brush big and soft, and paint over each area until the gray is gone.

[Typo]

Thanks for the ideas, I'll try them later when I have more time.

Mike

[battleaxe]

If you have photoshop, Lasso the colored area , ctrl (cmd) j to put it on a separate layer, on the top bar go to  image-adjustments-replace color.  Select the color(s) to change and move the lightness bar to change the colors to white.

I find this works the best, but you have to isolate the area you are working on if the color is throughout the pic.  This is destructive which is why I put the area I am working on, on a different layer.

[Typo]

Much better, thank you.

[Mhayes]

Typo, that looks great! How did you end up doing it?

Margie

[Typo]

I used Tori's 1st method. I was just going to go down the list to find a solution that worked. I concentrated on the top as it was the darkest then cloned it around.

Tim Allen, is that you in there? :)

Mike