Chapter 13. Keeping Up Appearances: Techniques for Retouching Images

In this chapter, you'll learn

  • How to assess an image for retouching

  • How to improve overall color

  • How to remove unwanted image elements

  • How to use color to enhance image elements

  • How to add new elements to the image

  • How to finish the image makeover using some final touches

I call this project “Keeping Up Appearances”…after all, it's often said that appearances are everything!

In this particular project, we will take a ho-hum, rather dreary-looking photograph of a beautiful old house and give it a Photoshop makeover.

Why? Well, just think of the possibilities. Perhaps a real estate agent has engaged your services to create images for sales brochures. Or maybe you are thinking of doing ...

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