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 > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
