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How to repair old and damaged photographs
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By
. Ctein, Ctein is a photographer and artist living in Daly City, CA. He is a photographer, artist and contributor to PHOTO Techniques Magazine
and The Online Photographer. Widely recognized as one of the finest color printers alive today, he is an expert in processes from classic
dye transfer printing to state-of-the-art digital. He has nearly four decades of experience with electronic/digital printing and photography
and runs his own photo restoration business: http://photo-repair.com.
Description
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
Audience
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.
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
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 480 pages, publication date: NOV-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-240-80814-7
ISBN-10: 0-240-80814-2
Imprint: FOCAL PRESS
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