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
* 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
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Introduction 1
Why Restore Digitally? 1
About This Book 2
About Other Books 4
Keeping in Touch 5
Acknowledgments 5
About the Author 6
The Big Picture 7
"Where Do You Want to Go Today?" 7
The Art (and Craft) of Restoration 13
Fooling Around 16
A Modest Taxonomy of Restoration 19
Take Your Time 30
Hardware for Restoration 33
The "Bottom" Line 33
The Computer 33
Memory 34
The Monitor 37
Storage and Backup 39
Scanners 42
Printers 45
Sidebar: PPI, DPI, Resolution: What's the Diff? 48
Software for Restoration 51
Color Management 51
Profile Mechanic Monitor 52
Image Processing Software 54
Photoshop CS2 54
Picture Window Pro v4 56
Plug-Ins 60
DIGITAL ROC Pro and GEM Pro 61
DIGITAL GEM Airbrush Pro 66
Color Mechanic 67
Image Doctor 69
Focus Magic 73
Asiva Selection 75
Mask Pro 76
CurveMeister2 79
PixelGenius PhotoKit 81
PixelGenius PhotoKit Sharpener 82
Neat Image Pro+ 85
Getting the Photo into the Computer 89
Preparation and Cleaning 91
Scanning Prints-Maximize Your Information by Getting the Tones Right 95
Scanning Halftones 104
Pulling in the Color 106
Is 16 Bits Really Necessary? 109
How to Scan B&W Film and Glass Plates 113
Scanning Color Film 117
Resolution Decisions 120
Rephotography 126
Restoring Tone 129
What Makes a Good Print? 129
Curves 134
The Shadow/Highlight Adjustment 145
How to Improve a Copy Print 151
How to Correct Uneven Exposure 156
Repairing Uneven Density: Dodge and Burn with Masked Adjustment Layers 160
How to Enhance Almost-Blank Photos 167
How to Make Extreme Tone Changes without Distorting Colors 171
How to Fix Harsh Shadows on Faces 174
Restoring Color 181
What Makes a Good Print? 181
Getting the Color Right (Semi-)Automatically 186
Color Correcting in Layers 193
Getting Better Skin Tones 201
The Layered Approach 201
The Airbrushed Layers Approach 205
The Color Airbrushing Approach 211
Using Masked Layers to Hand-Tint Photographs 216
Fixing Chromatic Aberration with Picture Window 219
Fixing Color Stains and Development Marks 222
Plugged-In Color Correction 226
Making Masks 231
Why Mask? 231
Many Ways to the Same Goal 233
Isolating Cracks 236
Making Masks from Colors 244
Exaggerating Color to Select Tarnish 246
Exaggerating Color to Select Scratches 251
Exaggerating Color for Hand-Tinting Masks 257
Five Ways to Mask a Damaged Area 258
Damage Control 267
Simple Spotting 268
Polishing Out the Scratches 270
Finding Scratches with the Find Edges Filter 273
Minimizing Scratches with Masks and Curves 276
Enhancing Color to Attack Scratches 278
Filling In the Cracks 282
Removing Fine Cracks with a Mask and Median Filtering 284
Removing Fine Cracks in Stages with Repeated Median Filtering 287
Whittling Away at Wide Cracks 290
Paving Over Tears and Holes 295
Using the Spot Healing Brush 298
Clearing the Debris 298
Eliminating Tarnish 298
Picking the Right Color for B&W 302
Dealing with Textured Prints 305
Repairing Mildew 314
Tips, tricks, and Enhancements 315
Save Time by Using Your Keyboard and Your Mouse 315
Capturing a Long Density Range in a Scan by Stacking Images 316
Descreening a Halftone 320
Getting the Most Detail out of Your Photograph 322
What Do You Do with a Tintype? 326
Stitching Scans Together 328
Improving the Original 335
Examples 341
Repairing an Old Glass Plate 341
Repairing Color with a Good Scan 354
Mother and Child{97}A "Legacy" Restoration Job 361
A Faded E-l Slide 372
Reassembling an Astronomical Glass Plate 386
Rare and Historic Old Polaroid 399
Fixing a Photocopied Halftone 406
Restoring an Almost-Blank Photo 413
Printing Tips 423
Choosing the Right Printer 423
Choosing Your Print Media for Permanence 423
Profiling the Printer 425
Toning the B&W Print 429
Display and Storage Conditions for Maximum Print Longevity 441
Archiving and Permanence 445
The Special Needs of Digital Storage 445
In a Material World 446
Picking Up the Pieces 449
It's Just a Matter of Time 449
All Storage Is Not Created Equal 450
Can You Hear Me Now? 453
Babel Fish 454
Final Words 455
Index 457
