Bruce Fraser-On the Road to Recovery
Bruce Fraser, noted author, lecturer and the original “Color Geek” is resting comfortably (more or less) at home. Bruce, after a recent speaking engagement in Oslo, Norway with fellow PixelGenius member Martin Evening, suffered a health related issue while traveling home. Upon his return to San Francisco, his wife Angela, in the final stages of training to be a registered nurse, prevailed upon Bruce to seek medical attention.
The doctor immediately plopped Bruce in hospital to begin a series of tests. The testing indicated Bruce required surgery, which was successfully done at UCSF Medical Center on Thursday, October 6th. He was released from ICU on the following Saturday where he remained until today.
Bruce is the author of the highly successful Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS2 (pictured in this photo of Bruce taken by Angela). He is also the co-author of a series of other books including Real World Adobe Photoshop CS2 with co-author David Blatner who wrote to say that the current revision is safely finished and on the way to the printer. He has also co-authored Real World Color Management along with Chris Murphy and Fred Bunting. Bruce has also penned numerous articles, most recently for CreativePro.com.
Bruce is also a founding member of PixelGenius where he designed the very successful PhotoKit Sharpener.
Bruce indicated that he was still going to be “off-line” for a short period of time but passes along his thanks for all the well wishes he’s recieved. PSN is very pleased to be able to report that Bruce is well on the road to recovery…
October 13th, 2005 at 7:20 pm
Best of luck and health to you, Bruce.
-Andy
October 13th, 2005 at 7:29 pm
Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Bruce.
- Ron
October 13th, 2005 at 8:34 pm
Stay away from the fish plates.
October 13th, 2005 at 8:51 pm
Very happy to hear Bruce is on the mend.
October 13th, 2005 at 9:04 pm
Wonderful to see you up and around.
Get well soon!
Best regards,
John V.
October 13th, 2005 at 9:55 pm
I’m counting on catching one of your rare live gigs, and hopefully weaseling my way up on stage to co-improvise some spendidly subtle and disastrous noise.
So get well soon, mate!
Best regards, and wishing you a speedy recovery,
Phos….
October 13th, 2005 at 11:09 pm
Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
October 14th, 2005 at 12:50 am
Hope you get well real world fast Bruce!
October 14th, 2005 at 1:30 am
I am glad to read that Bruce is recovering
and hope that he gets better soon.
October 14th, 2005 at 3:01 am
Get well soon!
October 14th, 2005 at 3:28 am
Bruce,
Be red or green, but for goodness sake, not blue! Get well soon!
October 14th, 2005 at 8:41 am
Be well Bruce. Stay home and recalibrate.
October 14th, 2005 at 10:41 am
Dear Bruce
I’m glad you listened to your wife and got your fanny to a doctor!
Get well soon!
I have both editions of Real World Camera Raw and am a registered PhotoKit Sharpener user. I got to hear you speak live for the first time at Photoshop world.
I’m glad to hear you’re going to be around a while longer!
—Jaddie
October 14th, 2005 at 11:47 am
Good news that you had a quick recovery and will overcome all obstacles to getting back up to steam quickly.
I can see it now , in the OR, while still groggy with anesthesia you eyeing all that equipment that needs instrument based calibration.
Wish you a speedy recovery Bruce.
October 15th, 2005 at 7:34 am
Dear Bruce,
Get better soon and stop smaoking (you too Jeff).
I am being completely selfish in this wish for your recovery and continued good health because not only know do you know this stuff inside and out better than anyone we know of but you also do a better job of explaining it in a comprehensible language. Reading your work is akin to Richard Feynmann on physics: consise, deeply profound, common sensical, slightly silly sometimes and just a good read.
Using Photoshop would be a completely different –and more confusing — experience without you around.
Best wishes to Angela as well.
October 15th, 2005 at 8:41 am
Dear Bruce,
Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
October 15th, 2005 at 9:21 am
Your books are essentials for photographers Bruce - please get well soon!
October 15th, 2005 at 9:45 am
Dear Bruce,
I enjoyed your lecture for ASMP in Columbia, SC, recently and recommend your books as essential for all digital photographers. Hope you recover quickly and return to continue to lead us through the digital maze!
Tina
October 15th, 2005 at 10:17 am
Bruce, I’m hoping all is well again for you. Having spent a year plus handling my own health issues, I know it can throw life out of wack for a bit. Hang tough, you’ve got a lot of fans out here thinking about you and wishing you well -
Cheers,
Jeff Boucher
“To me it’s all about working hard, having fun, and…then like, working really hard some more… but then having some more fun…” Derek Zoolander
October 15th, 2005 at 10:25 am
Get well soon, sir!
October 16th, 2005 at 1:50 am
All your friends at Peachpit are wishing you a speedy recovery, Bruce. You’ve been in our thoughts.
October 16th, 2005 at 1:12 pm
Best wishes from Holland. (Have read RWCR+RWCM).
October 17th, 2005 at 7:42 pm
Bruce, spend the time you need to recover well. You have much more good work to do. Health problems can be a real nuisance, but it does sound as if you are getting better. Hope to see you back in action soon.
October 18th, 2005 at 10:10 am
Bruce,
I’m not suggesting a remedy “instead of” conventional therapy, but “in addition to”.
Try this:
1. On a photo of yourself, use the Magic Wand Tool to select the background.
2. Inverse the selection so that you are now surrounded by the marching ants.
3. Apply the Healing Brush Tool to the selection.
4. Save (yourself).
5. Now have a glass of your favorite wine (for medicinal purposes only).
6. Listen to your wife and doctor (in that order).
We will all be right here waiting to hear about your recovery and looking forward to your next article, book, wisdom.
Ever Onward.
Ralph Nelson
October 19th, 2005 at 5:08 pm
Bruce, With my best wishes for a speedy recovery.
October 21st, 2005 at 6:47 pm
Bruce get well soon.
I know a little thing like this can’t keep a tough ol’ Scottsman down for long.
B-)
You’ve got lots of Books left in you and we want all of them.
thanks for all the knowledge.
Buko, that wacky welshman.
December 18th, 2006 at 2:41 pm
Bruce Fraser passed away on December 16, 2006
Bruce Fraser was a very dear friend, colleague, and brain trust. I will miss this man immensely. Many people owe much of their understanding of digital imaging and color management to his tireless research and gentle teaching.
Herb