| This chapter covers all types of image "repair" and the tools you'll need to restore and retouch images in a variety of situations. We'll first cover some basic tools used for all types of repair and then get into specific techniques for image restoration, glamour, portraiture, architecture, still life, and scenic subjects. NOTE There are some procedures, such as using a high-key glow effect for a glamour portrait, that may be considered retouching but (from a workflow perspective) are really special effects. Those procedures are covered in Chapter 11. Limit Destruction to a Retouching Layer Retouching, when done on the image itself, is totally destructive of any area that it affects. For that reason, you should do all the retouching on at least one separate retouching layer. You already started one of these in the "The Magic Action for Layered Workflow" section in Chapter 5 for spot retouching. What you'll be doing here, when the discussed techniques are necessary, is creating new individual layers for more specialized techniques and then grouping them so they are easy to find, move, rearrange, and blend. It is also done at this time because you need retouch at the earliest practical stage. First of all, you need to do it for quick client turnaround and before you or the client decide to do more "refined" destructive procedures. Second, the changes you are most likely to want to make for purposes of reinterpretation are those that follow this procedure in the workflow. Remember, one of the purposes of an organized workflow is to ensure minimum time waste when an image needs to be reinterpreted. |
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