Photo Salvage with Adobe Photoshop Techniques for Saving Damaged Prints, Slides and Negatives

by Drafahl, Jack; Drafahl, Sue

• ISBN13: 9781584280910
• ISBN10: 1584280913
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Amherst Media

Summary

Digital Files Introducing you to the basic tools needed for retouching in Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Elements, and offering complete instructions for restoring faded images, correcting exposure problems and colour balance problems, removing scratches, dealing with processing errors and reducing red-eye, this book will help restore your photos to top condition and enjoy them for years to come. Illustrated with 200 colour images.

Table of Contents

Introduction	7	(10)
Conversion to Digital	10	(8)
Digital Camera Files	11	(1)
Scanners	11	(2)
Applied Science Fiction	13	(2)
Hardware	15	(2)
Computer	15	(1)
Monitor	16	(1)
Mouse	17	(1)
Maintenance Program	17	(1)
Digital Retouching Tools	18	(12)
Clone Tool	19	(1)
Healing Brush and Patch Tool	20	(1)
Burn and Dodge Tools	21	(1)
Sponge Tool	22	(1)
Crop Tool	22	(1)
Selection Tools	22	(2)
Marquee Tools	23	(1)
Lasso Tools	23	(1)
Magic Wand Tool	24	(1)
Eyedropper Tool	24	(1)
Zoom Tool	24	(1)
Eraser Tool	24	(1)
Blur and Sharpen Tools	25	(1)
Hand Tool	25	(1)
Pulldown Menus	25	(5)
Image>Adjust	25	(3)
Edit>Transform	28	(1)
Filters	29	(1)
Faded Images	30	(8)
Digital ROC (Reconstruction of Color)	32	(1)
Digital ROC Plug-in	33	(1)
Auto Color	33	(2)
Using the Levels Editor with Slides	35	(1)
Using the Levels Editor with Prints	35	(2)
Eyedropper to the Rescue	37	(1)
Exposure Problems	38	(10)
Underexposure	39	(3)
Auto Contrast	40	(1)
Auto Levels	40	(1)
Levels	41	(1)
Overexposure	42	(5)
Levels	43	(2)
Auto Levels	45	(1)
Dodge and Burn	45	(2)
Don't Despair	47	(1)
Color Balance Problems	48	(8)
What's the Cause?	48	(1)
Here's the Cure	49	(7)
Variations	50	(1)
Auto Color	51	(1)
Levels	51	(2)
Eyedropper	53	(2)
Color Balance Function	55	(1)
Scratches	56	(8)
Clone Tool Tips	59	(4)
Healing Brush and Patch Tool	63	(1)
Processing Errors	64	(13)
Under- /Overprocessing	64	(3)
Color Negative Film	65	(2)
Slides	67	(1)
Chemical Contamination	67	(5)
Poor Dmax	67	(1)
Color Streaks and Chemical Spots	68	(4)
Let's Stick Together	72	(2)
Mounter/Film Cutting Damage	74	(3)
Creases, Tears, and Burns	77	(9)
Creases	77	(4)
Tears	81	(2)
Burns	83	(3)
Stains and Crayons	86	(7)
Stains	86	(4)
Crayon Marks	90	(3)
Red-Eye Reduction	93	(4)
Adobe Elements	93	(2)
Adobe Photoshop	95	(1)
Even More?	96	(1)
Reflections	97	(3)
Get a Game Plan	97	(1)
Grab Those Tools	98	(2)
Grain Reduction	100	(5)
What's the Problem?	100	(1)
Digital GEM (Grain Equalization Management)	101	(1)
Get the Tools Out	102	(3)
Filter Menu	102	(2)
Select Menu	104	(1)
Busy Backgrounds	105	(3)
Let's Go to Work	105	(3)
Soft Focus and Blurred Images	108	(5)
Sharpen Tool	108	(3)
Here's What Adobe Says	109	(1)
What Did They Say?	110	(1)
Third-Party Filters	111	(2)
Image Output	113	(5)
Inkjet Prints	113	(1)
Film Recorders	114	(1)
Digital Photo Labs	115	(1)
Web and E-mail	116	(2)
Putting It All Together	118	(4)
Final Thoughts	122	(2)
Appendix	124	(1)
Index	124