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This article is from January 3, 2007, and is no longer current.

Photoshop Fundamentals


Excerpted from “Real World Adobe Photoshop CS2.” Published by Peachpit Press.

Do you ever work with images that are flat, washed out, too dark, or have a bad color cast? You don’t have to accept those failings. Instead, try a few basic steps to bring them back to life.

Learn how to take blah photos like this from wash out to knock out.
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Excerpted from Real World Adobe Photoshop CS2 by Bruce Fraser and David Blatner. Copyright © 2006. Used with permission of Pearson Education, Inc. and Peachpit Press.
 

David Blatner is the co-founder of the Creative Publishing Network, InDesign Magazine, CreativePro Magazine, and the author or co-author of 15 books, including Real World InDesign. His InDesign videos at LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) are among the most watched InDesign training in the world.
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Bruce Angus Fraser (9 January 1954 – 16 December 2006) was an author who specialized in digital color technology, including hardware and software for creating and managing color images and publications. He co-authored "Real World Photoshop" and others. He was a founding member of PixelGenius, LLC.
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