Focal Press Book: Digital Restoration From Start to Finish: How to repair old and damaged photographs by 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 computer and preserving it for posterity.
About the Author: Ctein is a photographer and artist living in Daly City, CA. Contributing editor to PHOTO Techniques and Rangefinder magazines and runs his own photo restoration business: www.photo-repair.com.
Readership: Amateur photographers looking to do their own photo restoration work, and photo business owners offering restoration services. It is assumed the reader already understands the basics of working with computers, printers, and photographs.
- 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
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
| Subject | Introduction to Digital Photography & Imaging |
| Author | Ctein |
| Edition | First |
| Hard/Soft Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 480 |
| Dimensions | 7.5 x 9.75" (191 x 248 mm) |
| Illustrations | Yes |
| ISBN Number | 978-0-240-80814-7 |
| Publisher | Focal Press |
| Date Published | November 2006 |
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