Photoshop: Restoration and Retouching
By Eugene E. Kim
When I was born, my parents fantasized that I would grow up to become a great artist. My inability to draw a straight line, however, quickly ended that dream. All the same, I was excited to receive my first painting software 15 years ago. The box showed wonderfully intricate pictures that people had drawn using the software. Unfortunately, my hopes for similar results were quickly dashed when I discovered that I could draw a straight line with the software, but not much else.
My artistic clumsiness extends to cameras as well. Despite the best efforts of camera manufacturers to develop true point-and-click devices, I still manage to muck up the occasional snapshot. Theoretically, I could use the computer beneath my desk to correct an underexposure or remove an awkward blemish. However, doing so would mean using Photoshop or something similar, which brings me back to where I started.
Hope sprang anew when I received Katrin Eismann's Photoshop Restoration & Retouching in the mail, and this time my dreams were fulfilled. Eismann's book is a step-by-step, illustrated primer that explains how to retouch digital photographs using Adobe Photoshop. This is a godsend for amateurs like me, who simply want to make their pictures look a little better.
Photoshop: Restoration & Retouching
By Katrin Eismann
Que, 2001, 276 pp.<>
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