Photoshop CS3 Retouching Bible

Description

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.

CONTENTS:

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.