Beginning Photo Retouching and Restoration Using GIMP - Phillip Whitt

Beginning Photo Retouching and Restoration Using GIMP

Learn to Retouch and Restore Your Photos like a Pro

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Buch | Softcover
335 Seiten
2023 | 2nd ed.
Apress (Verlag)
978-1-4842-9264-8 (ISBN)
64,19 inkl. MwSt
Digitally repair damaged prints, correct color shifts, and even colorize black and white images. This thoroughly revised book will show you how to retouch and restore photos using the most up-to-date version of GIMP and it's latest tools and features.Basic knowledge of GIMP is helpful, but the first chapter provides an overview of the free, open source image editing program. You'll then see how GIMP is a worthy alternative to Adobe Photoshop. You'll also work with step-by-step tutorials to duplicate the results using the same practice images used in the lessons. Because it is cross-platform friendly you can turn “unfixable” photos into digital art on Windows, macOS, and Linux enhancing your learning experience. 

Beginning Photo Retouching and Restoration Using GIMP provides insight into the powerful program's wide set of features for just about any type of retouching or restoration work.


What You'll Learn





Acquire the best scans and digitize large photographs
Adjust contrast and exposure to make dull images “pop”

Remove cracks, creases, tears, and blemishes
Retouch portraits and replace backgrounds
Preserve your newly restored and printed photographs, and properly store originals


Who This Book Is For

Anyone interested in retouching or restoring photos, whether they are family archivists genealogists,  photographers, designers, or students―particularly those requiring a powerful program, but don’t want or need to use Adobe’s subscription-based service to access Photoshop. 

Phillip Whitt is an author, photo retouch professional and graphic designer. He is the author of several Apress books and video tutorials pertaining to image editing. He has edited, retouched, and restored countless digital images since the late 1990s. Mr. Whitt has served both clients from the general public and a number of commercial clients over the years. In addition to over 20 years of image editing and graphic design experience. In addition to writing and working with images, Phillip continues to learn.  In recent years, he’s earned an Expert Rating Certification in Adobe Photoshop Skills, as well as VTC certifications in GIMP and Scribus.

Introduction.- ​Part 1: Starting with the Essentials.- Chapter 1. An Overview of GIMP 2.10.- Chapter 2. Digitizing Your Photos, Negatives, and Slides.- Part 2: Tone, Exposure, and Color.- Chapter 3. Correcting Tone and Exposure.- Chapter 4. Color Correction and Restoration.- Chapter 5. Creative Use of Color.- Part 3: Digital Clean Up and Repairing Damage.- Chapter6. Dust, Light Scratch, and Stain Removal.- Chapter 7. Repairing Moderate and Heavy Damage.- Part 4: Retouching Faces, Fun Projects, Preserving Your Images.- Chapter 8. Editing Portraits and Recomposing Images.- Chapter 9. Sharpening Images.- Chapter 10. Fun and Artistic Projects with Your Photos.- Chapter 11. Printing and Preserving Your Images.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 295 Illustrations, color; 47 Illustrations, black and white; XXXII, 335 p. 342 illus., 295 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Berkley
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Informatik Grafik / Design Gimp
Mathematik / Informatik Informatik Software Entwicklung
Schlagworte beginning photo editing • digital illustration • GIMP • image editing • photo editing • photo restoration • photo retouching
ISBN-10 1-4842-9264-2 / 1484292642
ISBN-13 978-1-4842-9264-8 / 9781484292648
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