Course Technology 2010, softcover, 7 1/2 x 9 1/4", 395 pages, color illustrations
Learn How to Rescue Old Photos and Improve Your Digital Pictures!
Fully revised to include coverage of the new features of PaintShop Photo Pro, Photo Restoration and Retouching Using Corel® PaintShop Photo™ Pro, Second Edition teaches you how to use PaintShop Photo Pro's plethora of top-notch photo editing tools to retouch, enhance, and restore your photographs. You'll benefit from the practical techniques and insider tips shown in this book, regardless of your skill level. After a brief introduction to PaintShop Photo Pro and other helpful topics such as scanning and organizing, you'll dive into detailed photo studies that showcase new and old photos alike. By examining actual photos from the author's collection, you'll learn how to retouch or restore digital, scanned, color, and black-and-white photos. Each study teaches you how to tackle specific problems, shows you the pros and cons of different techniques, and concludes with a fully restored or retouched photo. You'll learn how to do things like repair cuts and scratches, remove dust, blemishes, take out red-eye, enhance color, brightness, and contrast, remove distractions, correct perspective and lens distortion, and more. You'll even discover how to retouch people, enhance good photos, and explore ways to tackle "impossible" photos.
Benefits:
- Revised to cover the newest version of PaintShop Photo Pro, X3.
- Filled with real-world, practical examples for correcting photographs.
- The techniques covered in the book can be applied to the fields of photography, scrapbooking, genealogy, wedding planning, and more.
- Covers each essential feature of the latest version of PaintShop Photo Pro, a popular alternative to Photoshop.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
1. Preparing for Work
2. Removing Specks, Dust, and Noise
3. Finding the Right Brightness, Focus, and Contrast
4. Making Color Corrections
5. Repairing Physical Damage
6. Erasing Writing and Other Marks
7. Moving, Adding, or Removing Objects
8. Retouching People
9. Prognosis Negative
10. Making Good Photos Better
Appendix A: Paint Shop Pro Tools
Appendix B: Methods Summary
Appendix C: Download the Bonus Chapter
Index