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Digital Restoration From Start to Finish: How to Repair Old & Damaged Photographs
Digital Restoration: Start to Finish guides you step-by-step through the entire process of restoring old photographs and repairing new ones using Adobe Photoshop, plug-ins, and Picture Window. Nothing is left out, from choosing the right hardware and software and getting the photographs into the computer, to getting the finished photo out of the computer
and preserving it for posterity.
With this book you will learn how to:
scan faded and damaged prints and films
improve snapshots with the Shadow/Highlight adjustment
correct uneven exposure and do dodging and burning-in with Curves adjustment layers
scan and recover nearly blank photograph
fix color with Curves and Hue/Saturation adjustment layers
fix skin tones with airbrush layers
hand-tint a photograph easily with masked layers
fix color with plug-ins
clean up dust and scratches
repair small and large cracks with masks and filter
eliminate tarnish and silvered-out spots from a photograph
minimize unwanted print surface textures
erase mildew spots
eliminate the dots from newspaper photographs
increase sharpness and fine detail in a photograph
* Clear and easy to understand with over 500 illustrations and step-by-step instruction
* Explains what inexpensive alternatives to Photoshop are available for you to use
* Highlights Photoshop plug-ins that can do restoration work quickly
FEATURES:
* Clear and easy to understand with over 500 illustrations and step-by-step instruction
* Explains what inexpensive alternatives to Photoshop are available for you to use
* Highlights Photoshop plug-ins that can do restoration work quickly
CONTENTS:
Part 1: Introduction; Why Restore Digitally? Good Software For Restoration; Good Hardware For Restoration; Getting The Photo Into The Computer; Part II. Working Techniques; Restoring Tone; Retoring Color; Repairing Small Physical Damage; Repairing Large Physical Damage; Improving Beyond The Original: Part III. Getting The Photo Back Out Of The Computer; Prinint; Archiving And Permanence
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