This third edition of Digital Restoration from Start to Finish walks you step-by-step through the entire process of restoring old photographs and repairing new ones using Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, GIMP and more. This best-selling guide is now updated with the latest software advancements, and new techniques including hand-tinting in lab, repairing water damaged photos, and tips for the spot healing brush and masked layers. No process detail is overlooked, from choosing the right hardware and software, getting the photographs into the computer, getting the finished photo out of the computer and preserving it for posterity.LEARN HOW TO:Scan faded and damaged prints or filmsImprove snapshots with Shadow/Highlight adjustmentCorrect uneven exposureFix color and skin tones quickly with Curves, plug-ins, and Hue/Saturation adjustment layersCorrect uneven exposure and do dodging and burning-in with adjustment layersHand-tint your photographs easilyCorrect skin tones with airbrush layersClean up dust and scratches speedily and effectivelyRepair small and large cracks with masks and filtersEliminate tarnish and silvered-out spots from a photograph in just a few stepsMinimize unwanted print surface texturesErase mildew spotsEliminate dots from newspaper photographsIncrease sharpness and fine detailMaximize print quality