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Digital Restoration From Start to Finish: How to repair old and damaged photographs
Digital Restoration From Start to Finish How to repair old and damaged photographs Author:Ctein 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... more » 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« less