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	By David Busch ISBN: 1-932094-19-9 350 pages

	Ebook code	: VP01
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Description

Written from a photographer’s point of view, "Digital Retouching and Compositing: Photographers’ Guide" solves every snap-shooter’s real-life problems painlessly. It distills complex topics down to a few pages of explanation and easy steps so users can quickly and dramatically change the way photos look. The book is divided into three parts: Mastering the Basics, Practical Retouching, and Compositing Magic. Each section builds on the last so that readers can become comfortable with making precise selections, doing simple retouching, and adjusting tones and colors before jumping into major topics like retouching portraits or creating realistic composites.

Features

	Quick reference to specific digital retouching and compositing techniques that dramatically enhance photos
	Aimed squarely at beginning and intermediate level digital and film camera users
	Includes a source file CD-ROM and glossary of terms

Table of Contents

1. Retouching and Compositing from 50,000 Feet
2. Selecting Objects and Backgrounds
3. Cloning, Patching, and Healing
4. Adjusting Tones
5. Adjusting Color
6. Simple Retouching Techniques
7. Retouching Portraits
8. Creating Duotones, Tritones, Grayscale, and Colorizations
9. Photo restorations
10. Simple Cropping and Combining Techniques
11. Compositing to Improve a Picture
12. Invisible Compositing
13. Fantasy Compositing
14. Compositing and Retouching in Advertising

Author Bio

David Busch
Two-time Computer Press Association winner David D. Busch has been demystifying arcane computer and imaging technology for PC and Macintosh owners since the early 1980s. As a writer, photographer, and contributing editor for ten leading computer magazines, he has more than 70 books and 2500 articles to his credit. To name a few, he authored "Adobe Photoshop CS: Photographers' Guide" (ISBN 1-59200-172-6), "Mastering Digital Photography" (ISBN 1-59200-114-9), "Digital Retouching and Compositing: Photographers' Guide" (ISBN 1-932094-19-9), and "Digital Photography Solutions" (ISBN 1-59200-109-2). In the computer and imaging field, he’s been a contributing editor, columnist, or writer for magazines as diverse as HomePC, MacWorld, Internet World, NetGuide, Windows Magazine, Windows Sources, Computer Shopper, and many other publications.

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