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Photoshop Photo Image Retouching, editing

1. Adobe Photoshop: Fixing a Bad Photograph
   This site shows an example of a poor photograph and the steps the author took to correct it. It is a useful guide to using photoshop to correct or retouch your own photographs. Departments/Topics: Photography - retouching, techniques, tools and -- Site content author: . This link was submitted by: Gulley, posted on 02/10/2003
2. Adobe Photoshop- Retouching Images
   This website is very useful for a beginner photoshop user interested in retouching images. It consists of three easy to follow pages describing basic retouching skills. These skills include removing dust marks and scratches, blurring and sharpening image areas, lightening and darkening image areas, altering the saturation of an image, and erasing parts of an image. Departments/Topics: Photography - retouching, techniques, tools and -- Site content author: Freeskills. This link was submitted by: George, posted on 02/10/2003
3. Adobe Photoshop - Retouching Images
   This site is pretty much strait forward, information wise. The author provides the reader with strait forward steps, dealing with retouching in general, blurring/sharpening an image area, lightening/darkening an image area, doge, etc. Also the author provides you with a total of three pages of helpful information. Overall, personally I think this web site does a better job of clearing up some confusion on retouching photos using Photo shop then our textbook. Departments/Topics: Photography - retouching, techniques, tools and -- Site content author: . This link was submitted by: Robertson, posted on 02/10/2003
4. Dsigning.com-Photoshop (Portal - NOT a Tutorial)
   This is a handy-dandy little website that has a lot to offer in the realm of Photoshop 6. It has links that explain quick mask modes, color modes, and how-to's that create some pretty cool effects! This site also offers help on some web design features, as well as paint shop. Another cool thing about this site is that others can post their own links and tutorials under the "Associate sites" link. Departments/Topics: Portal - links to other sites, tutorials and Portal -- Site content author: Joel Abrahamsson. This link was submitted by: Carissa, Hensley, posted on 02/10/2003
5. Graphics: Photoshop Retouching Techniques
   This site is an article stating photograph touchup tips for all photoshop users. I found the information found here very helpful. Provided are generalized tips like working form a 100 percent viewing for better perception of the real thing to more specified problem like removing lines, and spots, etc. Departments/Topics: Photography - retouching, techniques, tools and -- Site content author: Macworld. This link was submitted by: williams, posted on 02/10/2003
6. Graphics: Photoshop Retouching Techniques
   This site offers background information on how to do retouching with photoshop and also helps you to understand which tool fits the technique you are trying to achieve. It tells you how to remove spots with the rubber stamp, remove lines with both the rubber stamp and pen tools, and also how to remove features by using the feathering technique. Departments/Topics: Image Editing, tools, healing, clone and -- Site content author: Mac Publishing, LLC (written by David Blatner). This link was submitted by: Girard, posted on 02/10/2003
7. Image Retouching 101
   This site is really cool. There is tons of information on phot retouching. It has some pictures and gets really detailed by showing a picture and showing what would inprove it. It talks about tones, brightness, contrast, gamma (whats between black and white) and focus. The best part of this site i think is that it shows you how to figure out whats wrong with an image. Departments/Topics: Photography - retouching, techniques, tools and -- Site content author: Gary David Bouton. This link was submitted by: Sadick, posted on 02/10/2003
8. Image Retouching 101
   I found this site to be very helpful in understanding the details behind making an image look its best. I was introduced to the 0-255 brightness scale, which I was previously unaware of. This scale is supposed to more accurately allow you to play with the tones and colors of an image or a photograph. I also learned the importance of the brightness, the contrast and the gamma tools. These are all important elements in achieving the appropriate intensity of the tones without shifting the colors. I think this guy really knew his stuff and he conveyed it very well. Departments/Topics: Image Editing, tools, healing, clone and -- Site content author: Fuse - article written by Gary David Bouton. This link was submitted by: Wolfe, posted on 02/10/2003
9. Photoshop Additional Topics
   This site provided clear definitions of the usage of the airbrush, rubberstamping, smudge tool, pencil and dodge tool as to why they are important in photo retouching. However no visual examples were provided which made it very difficult for me to visualize the different techniques they were explaining. The only other helpful advice the site offers is percentages to set the airbrush or the smudge tool when retouching so you don't over or under do it. Departments/Topics: Photoshop Resources Report and -- Site content author: Eye Design. This link was submitted by: Marietta, posted on 02/10/2003
10. Photoshop retouching techniques (About dot com)
    various photo retouching tech.'s listed...red-eye, whiten teeth, etc. Departments/Topics: Photoshop Tutorial Report and -- Site content author: . This link was submitted by: Newton, posted on 02/10/2003
11. Special FX- Tutorials (Portal)
    By sensing the terms that the web site is using (such as Rap Style, or like :)...etc) visitors might think this web site is not that professional. However, once the visitors find out the specific tips of info that they want to learn, this web site offers you the knowledge by step by step. Further more, instead of just showing the information, this web site actually compares with the actual Image as they go through the information of tool bars and palettes. The only problem is, it will not be that easy to click the right button. They sure did a poor job on positioning the button. Departments/Topics: Portal - links to other sites, tutorials and Portal -- Site content author: Colin Smith. This link was submitted by: Lee, posted on 02/10/2003

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