A Beginner’s Guide to Digital Image Repair in Photoshop: Volume 1 : Touching Up Your Historical Photos

Digitally restore your old photos in Photoshop for print out or to use online as still photos. This first of two volumes will show you some of the basic techniques you can use in Photoshop to preserve or repair damaged family and historical photos. In today’s digital world of smart phones and cameras, you can easily transfer your photos from phone to computer. However, occasionally you’re left with an old or damaged version of the image and the uncertainty of how to fix them. Aided by the sound advice and tips from author Jennifer Harder, this book will show you how to do so with just a few basic corrections in Photoshop. Using healing tools, basic color correction tools, layer masks, and workspace commands to fill in missing gaps, you’ll be able to print out an unblemished picture or post it on your social media page. A Beginner’s Guide to Digital Image Repair in Photoshop: Volume 1 provides the know-how to help preserve your family treasures. What You Will Learn Review scanner basics for digitizing your photos Use various “healing” and color adjustment tools in Photoshop for restoring photos See how custom selections and layer masks can be used in the photo restoration process Apply various workspaces to fill in missing details in an image or merge photos Table of Contents About the Author About the Technical Reviewer Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Preparation for Working with Old Historical Photos Brief Photo History and Reason for Photographic Damage Organization of Your Photos Scanner Purchase Types of Scanners for Film Slides and Negatives Scanner Basics Review (Maintenance) Flatbed Scanner Option 1: Quick Scans of Photo Prints Directly into Photoshop Scanning the Photo Scanner Color Modes Flatbed Scanner Option 2: Using Your Scanner Dialog Box for Prints, Slides, and Negatives A Digital Camera (for Large Format Files) Summary Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Photoshop Workspace Creating a New File and Workspace Setup Setting Up the Workspace and Review of the Main Panels and Tools Tools, Panels, and Contextual Task Bar Overview Review Tools Options Bar and Tool Presets Panels Contextual Task Bar History Comments Color Swatches Gradients Patterns Properties Adjustments Libraries Layers Channels Paths Rulers and Guides Opening Your Scanned File Creating Image Duplicates Adjusting Scanned Image Adjusting Image Size Saving Changes to Your Scanned Files Single Layer Project: Open and Save a File in a PSD Format Summary Chapter 3: Tools for Photo Restoration: Part 1 Identifying Photo Damage/Issues and Working with the Healing Tools Clone Stamp Tool (S) and Clone Source Panel Working on More Than One Layer in a Nondestructive Way Putting Your Knowledge into Practice Spot Healing Brush Tool (J) Remove Tool (J) Healing Brush Tool (J) Patch Tool (J) Content-Aware Move Tool (J) Red Eye Tool (J) Summary Chapter 4: Tools for Photo Restoration: Part 2 Other Tools for Restoration Eraser Tool (E) Brush Tool (B) History Brush Tool (Y) Pencil Tool (B) Color Replacement Tool (B) Blur Tool Sharpen Tool Smudge Tool Dodge Tool Burn Tool Sponge Tool Summary Chapter 5: Tools for Photo Restoration: Part 3 Cropping Images with Crop and Perspective Crop Tools Crop Tool (C) Perspective Crop Tool (C) Organizing Your Layers Panel: Moving and Copying Layers Create New and Duplicate Layers Delete Layers Copying Layers Colorizing Group Folders Renaming Layers and Folders Photo Project (Army Image) Summary Chapter 6: Masks, Selections, and Filling in the Gaps: Part 1 Photoshop’s Selection Tools Rectangular Marquee Tool (M) Copying Parts of a Layer Elliptical Marquee Tool (M) Modifying the Selection via the Menu Lasso Tools for Custom Selections Lasso Tool (L) Polygonal Lasso Tool (L) Magnetic Lasso Tool (L) Refining the Selection with Quick Mask Mode (Q) Summary Chapter 7: Masks, Selections, and Filling in the Gaps: Part 2 Complex Selection Tools Magic Wand Tool (W) Object Selection Tool (W) Quick Selection Tool (W) Understanding the Select Subject Button Working with the Select and Mask Workspace Quick Selection Tool (W) Refine Edge Brush Tool (R) Brush Tool (B) Object Selection Tool (W) Lasso Tool (L) and Polygonal Lasso Tool (L) Hand Tool (H) Zoom Tool (Z) Properties Panel View Mode Refine Mode Edge Detection Global Refinements Output Settings Other Selection Options You May Want to Explore from the Select Menu Color Range Focus Area Sky Selection Saving Selections in the Channels Panel Load a Selection Creating Separate Channel Selections from an RGB Photo Summary Chapter 8: Masks, Selections, and Filling in the Gaps: Part 3 Creating Layer Masks Enable/Disable Layer Mask Adjusting a Layer Mask in the Properties Panel Adding Smart Object Layers Edit ➤ Transform Review (Scale and Rotate Smart Object Layers) When to Use Content-Aware Scale Filling in the Gaps Content-Aware Fill Dialog Box and Workspace Sampling Brush Tool (B) Lasso and Polygonal Lasso Tool (L) Hand Tool (H) Zoom Tool (Z) Overlay Area Preview Panel Content-Aware Fill panel Sky Replacement Could Sky Replacement Be Used on Vintage Photos? Move Sky Tool (V) Sky Brush (B) Hand Tool (H) Zoom Tool (Z) Sky Options Other Photo Stitching Options You May Want to Try Edit ➤ Auto-Align Layers Edit ➤ Auto-Blend Layers File ➤ Automate ➤ Photomerge The New Features of Generative Fill Content Credentials (Beta) Panel Photo Project Summary Index