Learn to remove wrinkles, unwanted backgrounds or color casts, image flaws or 10 extra pounds so images look better than reality.

Photoshop Restoration and Retouching is a hands-on book for designers, photographers, commercial illustrators, and artists who seek to make the best out of the not perfect. The world is full of imperfections, but professionally-prepared images never show those blemishes, cellulite, poorly reproduced colors, stray hairs or wrinkles. This book will walk readers through all kinds of repair and correction, including:

• Improving contrast and tone
• Correcting color, either from a bad original or a bad scan
• Removing unwanted elements from photographs
• Repairing heirloom originals with problems such as mold spots, cracks, or torn corners
• Improving portraits by removing blemishes, removing distracting elements, or replacing closed eyes
• Tips and tricks for glamour and fashion photographers