Understanding Adobe Photoshop CS4- P8

Understanding Adobe Photoshop CS4- P8: Learning Adobe Photoshop is essential to success in digital media industries.Photoshop is a gateway into several related technologies. From digital image acquisitionand processing to typography and compositing, Photoshop is often your fi rstintroduction. If you can master this program, you can go on to success with severalother technologies. With this in mind, it is important to learn Photoshop with oneeye on the present and the other on the future.
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Understanding Adobe Photoshop CS4- P8198 Chapter 11 Repairing and Improving Photos Faded Historical Photos A common problem with old black-and-white or sepia-toned photos is that they fade over time. You can use a Levels or Curves adjustment, but both commands often introduce color artifacts into the image. A few extra steps are needed to get the best results. 1. Close any open fi les, and then open the fi le Ch11_Fading_His- torical.tif from the Chapter 11 folder. 2. With the Eyedropper tool, sample the color tint if you want to retain it in the fi nished piece. 3. Leave the photo in RGB mode but strip away the color. Choose Image > Adjust > Desaturate or press Shift+Command+U/ Shift+Ctrl+U. 4. Perform a Levels adjustment and restore the white-and-black points. Drag the black Input Levels slider and the white Input Levels slider toward the center. 5. Add a Solid Color fi ll layer by choosing Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Color. Click OK. The Foreground color you previously sampled will load automatically. 6. Set the Color Fill layer to use the Color blending mode. Adjust the Opacity slider as desired. Restoration in Action 199Blown-out SkiesA professional photographer can spend a goodpart of a day waiting for the perfect sky andweather conditions. You, however, may not be aslucky. Skies will often be washed out and appearmissing due to overexposure. One solution isto take pictures of the sky when it looks its best,and then use a few techniques to combine two ormore images into a new composite.1. Close any open fi les, and then open the fi le Ch11_Fix_Sky.tif from the Chapter 11 folder.2. Use the Color Range TIP command (Select > Color Shooting Skies Range) to choose the sky region. I have found the desert or the ocean to be the best place to shoot3. Subtract any stray selec- the sky. This is often because the tions in the lower half of the amount of environmental and light photo by using the Lasso pollution is greatly reduced. Don’t tool and holding down the worry if this isn’t an option for Option/Alt key. Alterna- you, just keep your eyes out for a tively, switch to Quick Mask great day with beautiful skies and mode for more detailed remember to shoot some still plates for your collection. touch-up of the selection.4. Double-click the Background layer to float it. Name the layer Boat and click OK.5. Invert the selection by choosing Select > Inverse or by pressing Shift+Command+I/ Shift+Ctrl+I.6. Click the Add layer mask button to mask the sky area. You’ll fi nd a diverse collection of my favorites in the Chapter 11 folder in a subfolder called Skies. Match one that has the right color and time of day for this photo (try DSC_2197.jpg). Feel free to use the others for future projects.200 Chapter 11 Repairing and Improving Photos 7. Choose File > Place and select the fi le DSC_2197.jpg. Press Return/Enter to apply the placed photo. 8. Drag the sky photo behind your masked image. Use the Free Transform command to scale and position the clouds. There will likely be fringe on the edges that will need touching up. 9. Select the Layer Mask thumbnail and adjust the Feather slider in the Masks panel. ...