Beginning Photo Retouching and Restoration Using Gimp: Learn to Retouch and Restore Your Photos Like a Pro

This thoroughly revised book teaches you how to retouch and restore photos using the most up-to-date version of GIMP, currently in version 2.10.32. GIMP (which was version 2.8 at the time) has undergone many improvements since the first edition of this book was published in 2014. This updated edition explores some of the latest tools and features.

GIMP is a free, open source image editing program that is an alternative to Adobe Photoshop. GIMP is cross-platform, and can be installed on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Basic knowledge of GIMP is helpful, but Chapter 1 provides an overview of GIMP, helping beginners become acquainted with this powerful program. GIMP is a powerful program that offers a wide set of features for just about any type of retouching or restoration work. Readers will follow along using the step-by-step tutorials to duplicate the results using the same practice images used in the lessons.

What You Will Learn:

• Acquiring the best scans and digitizing large photographs
• Digitally repairing damaged prints, correcting color shifts, even colorizing black and white images
• Adjusting contrast and exposure to make dull images "pop"
• Removing cracks, creases, tears, and blemishes
• Retouching portraits, and replacing backgrounds
• Turning "unfixable" photos into digital art
• Preserving your newly restored and printed photographs, and properly storing originals

This book is for anyone interested in retouching or restoring photos, whether they are family archivists genealogists, photographers, designers, or students―particularly those requiring a powerful program, but don't want or need to use Adobe's subscription-based service to access Photoshop.

這本經過全面修訂的書籍教導讀者如何使用最新版本的GIMP（目前版本為2.10.32）修飾和恢復照片。自2014年首版出版以來，GIMP（當時版本為2.8）已經進行了許多改進。這本更新的版本探索了一些最新的工具和功能。

GIMP是一個免費、開源的圖像編輯程序，是Adobe Photoshop的替代品。GIMP跨平台，可以在Windows、macOS和Linux上安裝。

對GIMP的基本知識是有幫助的，但第1章提供了GIMP的概述，幫助初學者熟悉這個強大的程序。GIMP是一個功能強大的程序，提供了廣泛的功能，適用於各種修飾或恢復工作。讀者將通過逐步教程使用相同的練習圖像來複製結果。

你將學到什麼：
- 獲取最佳掃描和數字化大型照片
- 數字修復損壞的印刷品，校正色彩偏移，甚至給黑白圖像上色
- 調整對比度和曝光，使暗淡的圖像更加生動
- 移除裂縫、褶皺、撕裂和瑕疵
- 修飾肖像，更換背景
- 將“無法修復”的照片轉換為數字藝術品
- 保存修復和打印的照片，並正確存儲原件

這本書適合以下人群：
- 對修飾或恢復照片感興趣的任何人，無論是家庭檔案管理者、家譜學家、攝影師、設計師還是學生，尤其是那些需要一個強大的程序，但不想或不需要使用Adobe的訂閱服務來使用Photoshop。

Phillip Whitt is an author, photo retouch professional and graphic designer. He is the author of several Apress books and video tutorials pertaining to image editing. He has edited, retouched, and restored countless digital images since the late 1990s. Mr. Whitt has served both clients from the general public and a number of commercial clients over the years. In addition to over 20 years of image editing and graphic design experience. In addition to writing and working with images, Phillip continues to learn. In recent years, he's earned an Expert Rating Certification in Adobe Photoshop Skills, as well as VTC certifications in GIMP and Scribus.

Phillip Whitt是一位作家、照片修飾專業人員和平面設計師。他是幾本Apress圖書和視頻教程的作者，內容涉及圖像編輯。自1990年代末以來，他已經編輯、修飾和恢復了無數數字圖像。Whitt先生多年來為一般公眾和許多商業客戶提供服務。除了擁有超過20年的圖像編輯和平面設計經驗外，Phillip還持續學習。近年來，他獲得了Adobe Photoshop技能的專家級認證，以及GIMP和Scribus的VTC認證。