Skin: The Complete Guide to Digitally Lighting, Photographing, and Retouching Faces and Bodies

Table of contents

1. Cover Page
2. Half Title Page
3. Front Matter
4. Title Page
5. Copyright
6. Dear Reader
7. Acknowledgments
8. About the Author
9. Foreword by Katrin Eismann
10. Foreword by Gerald Bybee
11. Contents
12. Front Matter-1
13. Introduction
    1. Who Should Buy This Book
    2. What’s Inside
    3. How to Contact the Author
14. 1: Digital Imaging Basics
    1. Chips and Pixels
    2. Setting Up: Hardware
    3. Setting Up: Software
15. 2: Color Management, Workflow, and Calibration
    1. Basic Digital Capture Workflow
    2. Calibrating for Digital Capture
    3. Putting Color Management in Context
16. 3: Lighting and Photographing People
    1. Lighting Technology
    2. Basic Portrait Lighting
    3. Advanced Lighting Techniques
    4. Experimenting with Light
17. 4: The Color of Skin
    1. White Points, Black Points, and Places In-Between
    2. Zone System: Contrast and Tone
    3. Neutral Color: Using Balanced Numbers
    4. White/Black Point Correction
    5. The Family of Man: Cultural and Psychological Issues
18. 5: Tone and Contrast: Color and B+W
    1. Converting to B+W
    2. Split Channels: Layer Blending
    3. Luminosity Blending
    4. Hue/Saturation Toning Effects
    5. The Power of B+W
19. 6: Retouching
    1. Basic Image Repair
    2. Hue/Saturation Color Repair
    3. Beauty Retouching
    4. Figure Thinning Techniques
    5. Subtle Retouching
20. 7: Special Effects
    1. Soft Focus
    2. Film Grain and Mezzotint
    3. Cross-Processing
    4. Tattoos
21. 8: Preparing for Print
    1. Sharpening
    2. Color Management for Print
    3. Soft Proofing
    4. Desktop Printing
    5. Creative Print Finishing
22. 9: Parting Shots
    1. Digital Photo Workflow
    2. Companion CD Contents
23. Index
24. Back Matter