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Printing & Imaging Technology
Digital Photo Retouching:
Quick Fixes for Digitally Captured
Photographs
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Introduction
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Photos may be digitally captured using
digital cameras or flatbed scanners.
Although every attempt should be made
to get the best photo from the camera,
retouching is needed sometimes.
This lesson teaches concepts that are
simple to execute with industry standard
photo editing software. Professionals
can get even better results using more
advanced techniques.
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Some Uses of
Photo Retouching
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To improve personal photos
To edit professional photos
To edit photos for continuity within a project
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Repairing Imperfections
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Scratches
Water spots
Torn edges
Discoloration
Red Eye Repair
Original photo
water spots and torn edge
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Retouched photo
spots and edges fixed
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Brightness and Contrast
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Switching the
image to black
and white helps
with understanding
the adjustments
Shadows
Mid-tones
Highlights
Retouched photo
spots and edges fixed
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Retouched photo – b/w
brighter and contrast adjusted
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Recoloring and
Adjusting Saturation
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Color reference
Color balance
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Understand the
context of image
Objects must
match context of
the image
Saturation –
(amount of color)
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For each object
For overall image
Retouched photo – b/w
brighter and contrast adjusted
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Retouched photo
Colorized
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Colorization Questions:
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Do any of the colors look
like they do not belong?
Why or why not?
The black hat was
actually recolored with
black. Why would you
add black back to the
colorized image?
What objects should
have been colorized in
the image but were not?
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