There's some info on the book and author here (interesting looking character):
http://photo-repair.com/DRBookPromo/DR_Intro.htm Also a very useful except from the book (on "Restoring Color" - excerpted from CHAPTER 6) here: http://photo-repair.com/DRBookPromo/DR_Excerpt3.htm Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia Quoting Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Excellent. I'll have to look for that. Ctein was the one I turned > to > in determining which enlarger lenses to buy. (Thanks to Shel for > guiding me tho this resource.) His advice seems right on. I look > forward to reading his book. > Paul > On Dec 26, 2006, at 6:03 PM, George Sinos wrote: > > > A few days ago I bought a copy of "Digital Restoration From Start > to > > Finish" by Ctein. It's published by Focal Press > > > > I expect this will become one of the books added to my > "permanent" > > bookshelf next to the computer desk. Very few books make it to > that > > spot, so this is high praise. > > > > My previous best references for this type of work were a pair of > books > > by Katrin Eismann, "Restoration and Retouching" and "Masking and > > Compositing". > > > > I still highly value Eismann's books, but am finding Ctein much > easier > > to read and in some areas much more complete. Where Eismann > spends a > > few pages on scanning, Ctein devotes a full chapter to getting as > much > > as possible out of the original before you ever get to > photoshop. > > > > The editors at Focal press have made this book much easier to use > by > > listing all of the How-to's in the front of the book. Throughout > the > > book, the how-to's are called out with red labels in the > margins. > > This is supplemented by a red rule in the margin denoting where > the > > how-to begins and ends. Illustrations are excellent. > > > > I've been jumping around, reading particularly interesting > sections of > > the book. The description of the curves function is about the > best > > I've read anywhere. > > > > My guess is this would be a great book to start learning about > > retouching. For those that would like to go into more detail, > > Eismann's books would make a great follow up. For most, it may > be > > the only reference they may need. > > > > See you later, GS > > <http://georgesphotos.net> > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Click for free info on online degrees and make $150K/ year http://tags.bluebottle.com/fc/KCuXzzWmbuYqzIlXyDjwn7raTfHZpb/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
