Introduction The Joy of Restoring Photographs Why Photographs are Important GIMP: The Powerful, Free Image Editing Alternative What Can GIMP Do? Improving with Practice Equipment Purchases to Consider Copy with Caution Mac Users Plugins Practice Images Part I: Starting with the Essentials Chapter 1: An Overview of GIMP 2.10 Chapter Overview Downloading and Installing GIMP 2.10 The Image Window The Image Menu Navigating Open Images The Toolbox and Tool Functions The Selection Tools The Brush Tools The Transform Tools Other Tools Working with Layers Layer Groups Plugins to Enhance GIMP Chapter Summary Chapter 2: Digitizing Your Photos, Slides, and Negatives Chapter Overview Acquiring Your Digital Images Starting with a Clean Scan Scanning Photographs Digitizing Large Images Finding a Service Provider Using Your Camera and Tripod Scanning Photos in Sections Scanning Slides and Negatives Before You Start Using the Auto Settings Scanning Resolution for Transparencies Straightening and Cropping Your Images Chapter Summary Part II: Tone, Exposure, and Color Chapter 3: Correcting Tone and Exposure Chapter Overview Common Tonal Problems Using the Histogram to Assess Tonality Using the Color Picker to Track Tonality Using Sample Points The Exposure, Shadows-Highlights, Brightness-Contrast, Levels, and Curve Dialogs Tutorial 1: Using the Exposure Dialog Tutorial 2: Using the Shadows-Highlights Dialog Tutorial 3: Using the Brightness-Contrast Dialog Tutorial 4: Using the Levels Dialog Tutorial 5: Using the Curves Dialog Tonal Corrections Using Layer Blend Modes Tutorial 7: Correcting an Underexposed Image Tutorial 8: Correcting and Overexposed Image Chapter Summary Chapter 4: Color Correction and Restoration Chapter Overview Color Problem Examples Color Essentials Additive Color Subtractive Color The Color Picker Tool Color Channels Correcting Color Casts Tutorial 9: Correcting a Color Cast Tutorial 10: Correcting an Extreme Color Cast Tutorial 11: Correcting Color Temperature Correcting and Restoring Color Tutorial 12: Color Correction with Levels (No. 1) Tutorial 13: Color Correction with Levels (No. 2) Tutorial 14: Restoring Severe Color Loss Chapter Summary Chapter 5: Creative use of Color Chapter Overview Reimagine Your Photos Converting Color to Black and White Tutorial 15: Converting Color to Black and White (No. 1) Tutorial 16: Converting Color to Black and White (No. 2) Tutorial 17: Converting Color to Black and White (No. 3) Digital Sepia Toning Tutorial 18: Converting Color to Sepia (No.

1) Tutorial 19: Converting Color to Sepia (No. 2) Selective Colorizing Tutorial.