And the scanning is only the beginning; he then worked extensively with the image's color. He then systematically touched up various parts of the image, then worked on the edges of the photograph and the frame, finally resampling it in order to record it on the CD-ROM. Generous, full-color illustrations accompany the step-by-step description of the process, just as they do each of the book's samples. In another session, Domnique LeGrand and Antony LeGrand conducted "digital surgery" on the image of a model, demonstrating how to alter skin color, remove flaws, add a bit of hair, improve the detail of clothes, and that sort of thing.
Other entries in the book feature studies in how to work with luminosity, color, and other image aspects in order to improve or alter the look of the original. Personally, as something of a Photoshop dabbler who's been skimming the surface of the program for years, I have to say that this book helped me far more than one of the huge Photoshop bibles simply because it demonstrates various functions in real-world terms. I can tell that it will be a resource I'll return to for examples and inspiration.
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