Improve and enhance black and white and color photographic images quickly and easily. Exposure errors and faded photographs are now a thing of the past. Accurately adjusting skin tone, removing colorcasts and color correction are essential skills in digital photography. Add to the richness of a photograph with color enhancement and dramatic lighting effects. Now you can apply these professional techniques, step-by-step to your photographs and digital image creations.

Evaluate Image Tonality
Adjust Image Tone and Contrast
Improve Highlights and Shadows
Restore and Repair Faded Photographs
Apply Color Correction Techniques
Exposure Compensation and Correction
Color and Lighting Enhancement

Bring your imagery to life by properly adjusting tone, contrast and color. Transform flat & faded photographs into images that pop right off the page!

Now you can make less than perfect portraits beautiful and beautiful portraits perfect! Learn how to accentuate & improve portrait photography with digital retouching techniques used by the professionals. Discover techniques for makeup & hair repair, brightening & enhancing the eyes, improving skin texture and even performing digital liposuction. Master tone, color & detail techniques that bring out the best in every photo.

Facial & Body Toning
Accentuating the Eyes
Concealing Blemishes
Remove Red Eye
Background Retouching
Wrinkle Reduction
Glamour Techniques

Learn the key elements of effective portrait retouching. Accentuating the natural reatures & minimizing the blemishes all while maintaining the individuality of the person in each photograph.

Aaron Sims’ second DVD illustrates the process of designing a full character in a 3D environment. Starting by creating a quick concept in Photoshop, Aaron models the character in XSI, texturing it in Deep Paint. Aaron shows how to use XSI to build the rig and pose the character, and then sets it in an environment where he lights and renders it. Finally, he finishes the piece in Photoshop, showing you techniques to give your design a refined and completed look.

The Techniques of Aaron Sims: Volume 2: Designing with Photoshop, XSI, and Deep Paint

Ideal for scrapbookers, serious and casual photographers, and budding graphic artists alike, Photoshop Elements 8 is more powerful and easier to use than previous versions. But figuring out how and when to use the program’s tools is still tricky. With this book, you’ll learn not only what each tool does, but also when it makes the most sense to use it and why. You get easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for everything from importing photos to organizing, editing, sharing, and storing your images. And if a feature isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be, we’ll tell you.How do you use the Photomerge Exposure? How do Quick Fix previews work? With a gentle introduction to get you started quickly, and advanced tips to help you produce really creative work, this Missing Manual provides the answers you need.Get crystal-clear and jargon-free explanations of every featureLearn to import, organize, back up, and fix photos quickly and easilyRepair and restore old and damaged photos, and retouch any imageJazz up your pictures with dozens of filters, frames, and special effectsRemove unwanted objects from images with the new Recompose toolLearn advanced techniques like working with layers and applying blend modesDownload practice images and try new tricks right away