Digital Photo Processing [Paperback]

Chris Tarantino (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1592001068 | ISBN-13: 978-1592001064 | Publication Date: October 31, 2003 | Edition: 1

"Digital Photo Processing" covers not just the standard 'getting rid of dust and scratches' approach to retouching, but also looks closely at removing unwanted elements, adding items, changing positions, distorting images, and many other creative techniques to make great digital photos. It shows you how to take prints of old family photographs, badly shot digital images, and other hopeless cases and turn them into high quality digital images suitable for printing or posting online. Detailed, coherent, and highly illustrated instructions on software tools are included, making this the perfect guide for the amateur. This full color book is aimed at those new to photography who have been enticed by the falling prices of basic, but efficient, digital cameras.

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About the Author

Chris Tarantino is an expert at retouching and has worked in the retouching and color correcting field since 1983. Chris has been described as someone who "breaks" Photoshop to make it work better. His retouching work has graced many fashion and beauty magazines worldwide, including Vogue, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, and Harper's Bazaar. He has worked with many leading photographers to help them achieve their vision in the new digital world, including Steve Meisel, Mario Testino, Enrique Badulescu, and Nicolai Grosell. Books Chris has written include Digital Fashion Photography and Digital Photo Processing, and he is a contributor to leading photography and creative magazines. Currently Chris is working for Vaught Studio as their Beauty retoucher and in-house Photoshopopedia. Chris is a Adobe Certified Expert, an Adobe Community Expert, part of the Adobe Influencer Program, and is a moderator on the Adobe Help Forums for Photoshop, Lightroom, Bridge and Camera Raw. Of which programs he is at least a Beta Tester. In addition to writing and consulting about Photoshop, Chris also speaks at major Creative and Photography venues such as PMA and PhotoExpo. He also offers one on one training online using Adobe technology and online seminars in conjunction with Retouchpro.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: Course Technology PTR; 1 edition (October 31, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592001068
• ISBN-13: 978-1592001064
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 9.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,370,141 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Met Expectations, March 25, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Digital Photo Processing (Paperback)

This book does exactly as it says. It is meant for Photographers, both new and old, who are new to fixing and enhancing their own images. The book seems to be more about Adobe Photoshop Elements than it does Adobe Photoshop. There is only one exercise in the book that deals directly with Adobe Photoshop. While all the techniques can still be used in Adobe Photoshop, they are meant to get by the limitations of Photoshop Elements. Elements has none of the master controls that Photoshop does. This is a good introductory book for learning how to enhance your digital images and not a book for serious retouching. Color casts, Contrast, Sharpness, Over and Under exposure, some montaging, Black and White, Sepia Tones. They are all covered in an easy to read format. Once you have read this book, it will have gotten you prepared to take the jump from Elements to Photoshop a lot easier.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Book on Photoshop Editing, January 18, 2007

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Jesika Scherzinger (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Digital Photo Processing (Paperback)

The book is good at looking at a lot of the tools in photoshop, but does not cover all aspects. Many of the examples of the before and afters of the modified images are too subtle. It is difficult to see the change in the image and thus the benefit of using the tool. If the orginal photos were of poorer pictures which needed more work to improve them, the tools would be better showcased.

Otherwise, the book is well written, but the page layout can be confusing on some pages. It is not always clear which photo is associated with which step, and since some of the changes are subtle like mentioned about, it can be confusing.

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as I expected, March 14, 2004

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Michael Dukes (Columbia, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Digital Photo Processing (Paperback)

After getting "Digital Photo Processing" by Chris Tarantino and flipping through the pages, I was somwhat dissapointed. This is definately for an entry level digital photo enhancer. Most of the techniques are pretty obvious, and a few demonstrate an unprofessional technique and result. I was considering other titles in this series, but now, I think I'll invest in a different line of books.