From the course: Documentary Photo Techniques with Photoshop and After Effects

Using the exercise files

- If your membership includes it, be sure to download the hands-on exercise files. This will give you a collection of historical images to work with. Now, these come from my personal collection, literally personal collection. I've gone to the family archives and pulled out a series of images that will work well to illustrate some of the things that are necessary when working with older photos. Some of these date back to the 1940s, some of them to the 1970s and 1980s. They all have problems that can easily be enhanced to really bring things to life. We'll look at all sorts of issues from damage to the actual physical file to low resolution sources that need to be up-resed. By the end of this course, you should be able to work with a wide range of source material, both black and white, sepia tone, and color, and still get consistent looks. Be sure to download the files, they're not terribly large, and pull these down to your computer. This will help you follow along as we go through the course and allow you to get hands-on. I find that getting hands-on practice is the best way to master the skill. If you don't want to work with these files or don't have access, then be sure to scan in some of your own historical images or visit a website like Wikipedia and find some images in the public domain that you can practice with.

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