Photoshop Elements 2 Restoration and Retouching [Paperback]

Laurie Ann Ulrich (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764524747 | ISBN-13: 978-0764524745 | Publication Date: February 14, 2003 | Edition: 1

* Presents the capabilities of Photoshop Elements in an easy-to-understand language geared to the home user
* Enables readers to restore damaged archival photos, repair scratches and tears, enhance color, and correct poor exposure
* Makes the reader a digital plastic surgeon who can correct wrinkles, blemishes, figure flaws, and "bad hair days"
* Includes information about printing, storing, and protecting images
* Appeals to the growing market of consumers interested in genealogy and preserving family heritage

Editorial Reviews

Review

“…very useful to any digital photography enthusiast…” (PC How To Digital Photography, May 2004)

From the Back Cover

Preserve and restore heirloom photos, or become a digital plastic surgeon

If you’re a photo hobbyist, genealogy enthusiast, or small-business owner with a Web site to maintain, the release of Photoshop Elements 2 has finally put professional digital photo editing capabilities within your grasp. This book shows you, step by step, how to use these easy yet powerful tools to revitalize faded pictures, enhance new images, restore treasured family photos that have suffered damage, produce top-quality prints, and even remove embarrassing physical flaws from your subjects. And once you’ve created your masterpieces, designer and Photoshop instructor Laurie Ulrich tells you how to protect and preserve your precious photos.

• Reverse the effects of time, improper storage methods, weather, and poor photographic technique
• Correct exposure and eliminate red-eye
• Apply dazzling special effects to photos and original artwork with Photoshop Elements’ automatic features
• Understand the Photoshop Elements interface and learn how to find help using the Hints and Recipes features
• Improve color and contrast
• Remove objects from a photo and rearrange elements for more a pleasing composition
• Reconstruct torn images and erase the effects of dust and water damage
• Fix "bad hair days,"change body shapes, and apply digital cosmetics
• Master the Effects, Filters, and Palettes unique to Photoshop Elements 2

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (February 14, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764524747
• ISBN-13: 978-0764524745
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,396,243 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This may be my favorite computer book ever!, June 4, 2003

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"mizwiz2468" (Providence, RI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Photoshop Elements 2 Restoration and Retouching (Paperback)

I usually search the web and ask friends for help when I have to learn software, but the cover of this book made me want to check it out, and I'm glad I did. This is a great book!!! Laurie Ulrich really knows about retouching and restoring photos and you can tell she really cares about her readers and has a feel for the kind of stuff people want to do with their family photos, old pictures, and so on. The book is fun to read and is written in a very easy friendly and readable style. She doesn't talk down to you and she doesn't make a lot of jokes (like in a Dummies or Idiots book) to make her point. The author respects her readers and what they want to accomplish and I recommend this book to anyone who wants to really learn Photoshop Elements and start making use of all those photos you have lying around or the really damaged ones you thought would never be useable again. GET THIS BOOK!

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is just what I needed., March 22, 2003

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Kevin H (Haddonfield, NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Photoshop Elements 2 Restoration and Retouching (Paperback)

I've been given the job of restoring my family's huge collection of photos. We have some going back to the 1800's, along with newer ones taken with Polariods where everyone has red-eye. I'm using the photos to make a big family tree book and a web site for both branches of my family. Restoration and Retouching with Photohop Elements 2 has taught me so many great tricks and I've been able to salvage a ton of the photos I thought were completely lost forever. We had burned photos, pictures that kids had drawn on, and one that a dog had chewed up. I've been able to put most of them back together and its all thanks to this book. I recommend this well written and fun book to anyone who has pictures they love and want to keep, because it even tells you how to care for your printed photos so you'll have both the scanned version you fix up and the original picture. Another thing I've also learned how to turn photos into presents by adding cool frames and making photos look like paintings and drawings.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Must Have for photo and elements users, May 17, 2003

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Raymond I Carpenter (Orland, Maine United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Photoshop Elements 2 Restoration and Retouching (Paperback)

I have been retouching photos for awhile now and recently bought this book just to check it out. I found myself not being able to put it down. From beginning to end Laurie has done an oustanding job presenting each step in simple easy to understand steps. I dont think anybody will be dissappointed buying this book.