Take years off your keepsake photos or enhance the current ones with Photoshop CS3's powerful tools and the expert techniques and tips you'll find in this comprehensive guide. Using step-by-step instructions and over 500 pages of full-color examples, this book shows you how to clone, blend layers, add contrast, reduce glare, soften wrinkles, rescue torn photos, and more. From portraits to landscapes to architectural masterpieces, fine-tune your favorites with this expert guide.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Part I: Digital Image Fundamentals.

Chapter 1: Adjusting Image Brightness and Contrast.

Chapter 2: Working with Color.

Chapter 3: Understanding Raw and High-Bit Files.

Chapter 4: Working with Layers.

Chapter 5: Getting Organized.

Part II: Photoshop Tools and Techniques.

Chapter 6: Using Photoshop’s Main Retouching Tools.

Chapter 7: Working with Selections.

Chapter 8: Creating Flexibility with Layer Masks.

Part III: Restoration—Rescuing Damaged Photos.

Chapter 9: Starting with the Scan.

Chapter 10: Solving Typical Repair Problems.

Chapter 11: Finishing Touches.

Chapter 12: Hands-on Restoration Project: The Complete Workflow.

Part IV: Retouching—Taking Images to the Next Level.

Chapter 13: Using Strategies for Success.

Chapter 14: Solving Special Portrait Retouching Problems.

Chapter 15: Hands-on Portrait Retouching Project: The Complete Workflow.

Chapter 16: Hands-on Architectural Retouching Project.

Index.

Mark Fitzgerald is a Photoshop teacher and consultant who specializes in helping professional photographers thrive in the digital age. He has taught hundreds of photographers how to smooth out their workflow and get the most from their important images—through private training, classes, and workshops. Mark is an Adobe Certified Photoshop Expert and an Adobe Certified Photoshop Instructor. He and his wife Julia (with their two dogs, Ruby and Hazel) live in Portland, Oregon, where Mark owns a consulting business called The Digital Darkroom.

Restore, refresh, and fine-tune your favorite photos

Take years off your keepsake photos or enhance the current ones with Photoshop CS3's powerful tools and the expert techniques and tips you'll find in this comprehensive guide. Using step-by-step instructions and over 500 pages of full-color examples, this book shows you how to clone, blend layers, add contrast, reduce glare, and more. From portraits to landscapes to architectural masterpieces, fine-tune your favorites with this expert guide.

• Harness the tools of the retouching trade: brushes, cloning, and others

• Use layers and masks to build a non-destructive workflow

• Rescue faded, torn, or stained photographs

• Soften wrinkles, brighten eyes, tame hair, and smooth skin

• Restore sepia-toned, black-and-white, and full-color photographs

• Master resizing, resampling, resolution, and scanning

Companion Web Site
Visit www.wiley.com/go/restoration and download the practice files from the book. You can start with the original images and work through the author's step-by-step instructions in the book.

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Distributor: John Wiley & Sons
Publication Date: 03-17-2008
Pages: 489
Measurements: 233.6mm X 187.89mm X 25.099mm X 40.64oz