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A Beginner’s Guide to Digital Image Repair in Photoshop: Volume 1

Touching Up Your Historical Photos

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  • © 2024

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Authors:
  1. Jennifer Harder

    1. Delta, Canada

  • Focuses on techniques to restore old, vintage photos (which could be adapted for modern photos as well)
  • Review old and new tools and filters that can be used to retouch photos
  • Create basic parallax animations in Photoshop and then create a project

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About this book

Digitally restore your old photos in Photoshop for print out or to use online as still photos. This first of two volumes will show you some of the basic techniques you can use in Photoshop to preserve or repair damaged family and historical photos.

In today’s digital world of smart phones and cameras, you can easily transfer your photos from phone to computer. However, occasionally you’re left with an old or damaged version of the image and the uncertainty of how to fix them. Aided by the sound advice and tips from author Jennifer Harder, this book will show you how to do so with just a few basic corrections in Photoshop. Using healing tools, basic color correction tools, layer masks, and workspace commands to fill in missing gaps, you’ll be able to print out an unblemished picture or post it on your social media page.

A Beginner’s Guide to Digital Image Repair in Photoshop: Volume 1 provides the know-how to help preserve your family treasures.

What You Will Learn

  • Review scanner basics for digitizing your photos
  • Use various “healing” and color adjustment tools in Photoshop for restoring photos
  • See how custom selections and layer masks can be used in the photo restoration process
  • Apply various workspaces to fill in missing details in an image or merge photos

Who Is This Book For

Users who want to learn how to repair old historical photos and slides for digital presentation or for print as well as those who are interested in basic animation.

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Preparation for Working with Old Historical Photos

    • Jennifer Harder
    Pages 1-53

  3. Setting Up Your Photoshop Workspace

    • Jennifer Harder
    Pages 55-111

  4. Tools for Photo Restoration: Part 1

    • Jennifer Harder
    Pages 113-194

  5. Tools for Photo Restoration: Part 2

    • Jennifer Harder
    Pages 195-261

  6. Tools for Photo Restoration: Part 3

    • Jennifer Harder
    Pages 263-295

  7. Masks, Selections, and Filling in the Gaps: Part 1

    • Jennifer Harder
    Pages 297-355

  8. Masks, Selections, and Filling in the Gaps: Part 2

    • Jennifer Harder
    Pages 357-432

  9. Masks, Selections, and Filling in the Gaps: Part 3

    • Jennifer Harder
    Pages 433-514

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 515-527
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Delta, Canada

    Jennifer Harder

About the author

Jennifer Harder has worked in the graphic design industry for over 15 years. She has a degree in graphic communications and is currently teaching Acrobat, and Adobe Creative Cloud courses at Langara College in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is also the author of several Apress books and related videos.

 

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Beginner’s Guide to Digital Image Repair in Photoshop: Volume 1

  • Book Subtitle: Touching Up Your Historical Photos

  • Authors: Jennifer Harder

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0450-2

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Jennifer Harder 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 979-8-8688-0449-6Published: 21 August 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 979-8-8688-0450-2Published: 20 August 2024

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 527

  • Number of Illustrations: 559 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Computer Graphics

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