Books on retouching with Photoshop

[RonProwse]

Just got back from Red Sea trip, having taken loads of shots there are a few that i want to correct and i have no idea how to go about it in photoshop, so if anyone has recommendations of an how to book please let me know.



Ron

Photos to be posted shortly (the good ones)

[B]

photoshop for dummies is always good.. I find them very useful

B

[Skiver]

The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby is well written and contains all the techniques you would probably need, there is also a book by Martin Evening, Adobe Photoshop for Photographers, though this is more technical but goes into much greater depth on things like colour correction.

Best wishes
John

[copperband]

Originally Posted by RonProwse

Just got back from Red Sea trip, having taken loads of shots there are a few that i want to correct and i have no idea how to go about it in photoshop, so if anyone has recommendations of an how to book please let me know.



Ron

Photos to be posted shortly (the good ones)

Hi Ron,

Not a book but have a look HERE for an online quide to general editing.

Paul

[JAG]

Hi,

I have a pdf of a well known Photoshop book. Let me have your email address and I'll send you it if you like.

Cheers,

Ian

[diving_moose]

Hi,
I have just found a good guide to editing your underwater photos i will send you the link when i get home. Basically it does the job lot of getting rid of the washed out image and bringing the colours and stuff out, take it thats what your after.
Lee

[dlegros]

There is a lot of good stuff here as well.

Don't forget the Mandrake colour correction action

Dom

[StuartC]

Originally Posted by Skiver

The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby is well written and contains all the techniques you would probably need, there is also a book by Martin Evening, Adobe Photoshop for Photographers, though this is more technical but goes into much greater depth on things like colour correction.

Best wishes
John

I've got this, plus Photoshop CS essential skills by Mark Galer and Philip Andrews.
Both are very good and cover lots more than you'll probably ever use.
I prefer the essential skills book, as it's a little more focussed on producing certain outcomes, and the shadows and highlights section I've found quite helpful.

Alternatively, there's a couple of diving specific books out now-

Digital Imaging for the Underwater Photographer - Jack & Sue Drafahl
this has some useful sections on using photoshop tools to correct and touch up images.
I believe they now have a specific photoshop book out, which looks the same, and a quick skim through this looks like it's worth purchasing.

An Essential Guide to Digital Underwater Photographer - Michael Aw
lots of good reviews for this when it first came out, but it's really small (127pages) and a bit thin on detail.

[Tom D]

Apologies for hijacking this thread, but does anyone know of a similar guide for The GIMP?

For those of us (well.. me) that are too cheap to buy Photoshop.

Tom

[scubak3ato]

Hi ya,
well best ideas to start with are to open each image
then select image tab on top of screen down to adjustments, then auto levels and then auto colour. this should bring back the colour nicely.

Then if you fancied you could try a filter . . noise . . dust and scratches

Try a few and see how you go, if you need to clone areas or remove unwanted people or add in things then prob best to get photoshop for dummies etc..

hope this helps