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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Image Enhancement - Retouching & Healing

Doing the old man's face took a bit of patience and tenacity.  But this is a good technique for healing damaged photos.  I know I have some of these in my collection.  It should be fun to restore them.



Healed Bluebeard

Here are the two faces of Hannah that I've practiced retouching.  I found this a very interesting tutorial. I'm sure that I have many images that will benefit from these skills.  I look forward to working on them when I finish this class and have more time.



Face of Hannah
One question I have is that when using the brush tools, I see a circular swish (like what you get when you sand with a circular sander).  Is that trail based on the flow or intensity coverage or based on the speed of moving the brush?   Also, the book doesn't mention using a graphic tablet in this exercise, but I wonder if that would provide more control over the tools?  I'd like to hear some comments about using one so I can decide if I should buy one? Thanks in advance.

2nd Face of Hannah


Question for  my fellow students.  Are any of you using supplemental books or web tutorials?  Could you share the titles and/or locations of those items you find more useful than our textbook?