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Summary: Classic techniques go digital
Review: I'm very impressed with this book. It teaches the fundamentals of evaluating images and then shows you how to repair them effectively. If I could fault the book at all it would be that at times the effect is sometimes so subtle it's hard to see the fix, if not flatly impossible. But in most cases the problem is very obvious. This is a must have book for those looking to scan and fix very old photos so that they can be preserved digitally. This book teaches all of the tried and true analog photo fixing techniques with our new digital tools.
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Summary: Very Disappointing
Review: If you just want a book on theory and cutesy Photoshop humour then this is the book for you.
Very little practical advice here, for example in Unsharp Mask Filter she explains the history, then explains in detail the theory behind Amount, Radius and Threshold but gives you no numbers to try as a stating point. Again all theory no practical info at all. You really have to look hard to see any difference in many of the before and after samples. In fact most of the photos are too small or lack detail to be of any real help. Often she takes the long way around to fix a photo, why show us how to do it in seven steps when three will do?
There are much better Photoshop books on the market that cost a lot less, for example check out the Photoshop books by Scott Kelby.
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Summary: the second edition of a real winner
Review: If your interests include digital restoration and retouching, as mine do, consider this book to be a "must have"- at the very top of your list.
It's nothing less than a tour-de-force on the subject by an internationally renowned expert in the art.
With her second edition of the work, Katrin succeeds in doing the impossible- surpassing the unsurpassable first edition.
The book is very well, and clearly, written- attesting to the fact that she's a gifted teacher, as well as artist. Many kudos- and thanks- Katrin.
Robert L. Pike, photographer- and Photoshop wannabe
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Summary: The "Must Have" Photoshop Retouching/Restoration Book
Review: Katrin Eismann's new Photoshop book is the updated version of her very successful restoration/retouching Bible. She is a brilliant teacher who uses her vast knowledge and precise communication skills to demonstrate sophisticated techniques at workshops throughout the world. In this book Katrin provides a carefully crafted manual for repairing and enhancing photographs using Photoshop 7, Adobe's latest update of its challenging image software program. This second edition offers step-by-step demonstrations describing how to approach the most common problems one encounters when working with faded, damaged photographs. Among the many subjects covered are: color, contrast, tone, exposure correction, mold damage, stains, cracks, red eye, torn edges, working by the numbers, replacing missing information and removing dust and scratches. Katrin's approach to portrait retouching emphasizes the subtle touch. In her extensive chapter on developing a portrait retouch strategy, she thoughtfully discusses and demonstrates the steps for removing blemishes, reducing wrinkles, and improving eyes, lips and hair. A comprehensive website supplements the book. Readers can download most of the photographs, making it easy to practice using techniques on the same images found throughout the book. This great book by the "Photoshop Diva" will teach you more about Photoshop than you can possibly imagine.
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Summary: Great Resource for Web Developers
Review: Sooner or later most web developers will be approached by family members with the idea of setting up a web site to share all those old family photos. You may have even volunteered to do this. After all, it sounds like fun, until you are faced with hundreds of photos that have lain in attics, garages, basements and barns for the last 50 years. Getting these photos into some sort of presentable condition is not just a matter of scanning and sizing. This kind of work calls for an expert, and in this book Katrin Eismann does her best to make you one. Eismann's book is not for Photoshop novices: you will need to know how to use the tools and work with layers. But everything else you need to restore photographs, even torn, stained, faded and moldy ones, is presented clearly and in great detail here. You will get the most out of it if you take the time to download the practice images from her web site and go through the step by step instructions. Even if you have considerable experience with Photoshop you will find new tools and techniques. The retouching sections are very interesting to just about anyone who works with photos. Here you will learn how to remove blemishes, wrinkles and unwanted pounds as well as any plastic surgeon. Photoshop Restoration & Retouching, 2nd Edition is not just a "how to" book, but a "why" book, and a terrific way to learn how to work with photographic images of all kinds.
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Summary: Best book in this area!
Review: There are numerous books on this subject, and it wasn't until I browsed through many that I finally selected this book. Few reasons why I selected this book against others:
1. the audience is photographers, especially those who own older photos that requires restoration. 2. the format is great - plenty of diagrams and photos and text in bulleted and easy to follow sequence. 3. plentiful tips - 350 pages jammed packed with ways to make your photos better. 4. tips are easy - there are books out there that provides tips on sharpening, correcting exposure problems, etc. But this book makes them so easy! I'm an intermediate photoshop user, and this book suits me well.
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Summary: interesting tricks
Review: this book has some very useful info regarding retouching, some of which i had never seen before, but i don't like that fact that she shows readers the color balance and levels tools as they are for AMATEURS only!!!!! if you were to start using those tools during an interview you would severely limit your chances of landing the job. Despite this issue I would still recommend this book.
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Summary: A Definitive Guide to Photo Retouching & Restoration
Review: This book is excellent. It is well written and easy to follow. What I also like about the book is the abundant source of sample files that are available at Katrin Eismann's website. I would recommend this book to all Photoshop users ranging from beginners to intermediate to expert to so-called expert who would deem this book only for beginners.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: This book is remarkable both for its scope and for the depth of knowledge, natural teaching ability, and trustworthiness of its author. The book starts with both general and specific corrections to tone, exposure, and color, and goes on through restoring faded and damaged photos, adding and removing elements, and all the way to professional portrait retouching including glamour and fashion retouching. Katrin presents an inherently fascinating subject in clearly written and illustrated step-by-step explanations. She details her own work and the carefully chosen work of others with tremendous respect for differences in approach, while ensuring that every method she presents is of the highest caliber. Her respect for the retouchers whose work she features extends also to the subjects of the photos. Her straightforward and thoughtful appraisal of what it is we are about when we restore or retouch photos is unmatched by anything I've seen in other books. Philosophically as well as technically, readers are in good hands with Katrin.
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Summary: Must have book
Review: Wow, this is my second edition book from Katrin Eisman, the first was great, and so is this. I could not put it down, I sat by the computer and worked along with her doing retouching and restoration from the book. I can not find another book that is even close to this one, this is a must for photographers that use photoshop. I call this my "Photoshop Bible" Very easy to use, you can go along with her and work on the same photos that are in the book, just have to download them from her web site. Again, don't pass this one up.
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