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Complete Digital Photography (Graphics Series)-US-

Long, Ben

MYR160.00

(Computer/General)

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DDC:775
Source:ENG
Place of Publication :United States
Edition :Subsequent
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Textual Format :Computer Applications

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"Complete Digital Photography" has become a classic book for helping traditional photographers move to digital! It's also the book of choice for many new digital photographers who want to learn how to take great digital photos. Now in its 4th edition, it's better than ever. Thanks to the availability of new technologies and digital cameras at all ends of the price spectrum, today's digital photographers can produce amazing, high-quality photos rivalling the best from the film world. For those who have shifted from traditional to digital photography and need to know what's different about shooting digital, this is also the book for them. The fourth edition of this bestseller has been fine-tuned and updated to provide the most current information available.Covering everything from the inner workings of the camera to the subtle intricacies of image editing software, the book is divided into four sections. The first section provides the basic technical foundation needed throughout the rest of the book. It details the basics of how digital cameras work and provides a quick photography primer.The second part explores everything needed to make an informed decision about which camera, computer, and software to choose. Section three has been thoroughly updated and expanded to cover the nitty gritty of shooting, including metering, choosing the right exposure, using histograms, flash photography, and much more.And the final section, teaches the latest digital editing and correction techniques, including new coverage of workflow and raw conversion. This is the one digital resource all levels of photographers need: for those new to photography, all of the traditional theory is covered along with the latest digital tools and techniques, and for the experienced film photographers, they'll see how to translate their knowledge into the digital realm.

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Table of Contents

    Introduction                                   1  (10)
      Is This the Right Book for You?              3  (1)
      How This Book Is Organized                   3  (3)
      What Counts as Digital Photography           6  (1)
      The Best-Laid Plans                          6  (1)
      What Software Do You Need?                   6  (1)
      Digital 101: A Few Basic Ideas               7  (4)
    How a Digital Camera Works                     11 (18)
      Something Old, Something New                 12 (1)
      A Little Color Theory                        13 (2)
      How An Image Sensor Works                    15 (7)
      How Your Camera Makes an Image               22 (4)
      How JPEG Compression Works                   26 (1)
      Meanwhile, Back in the Real World            27 (2)
    Basic Photography: A Quick Primer              29 (12)
      Lenses                                       30 (3)
      Exposures: Apertures, Shutter Speeds, and    33 (6)
      ISO
      Mostly the Same                              39 (2)
    Evaluating an Image                            41 (14)
      How Things Look On-Screen Doesn't Always     42 (1)
      Matter
      The Top Nine Imaging Problems You're         43 (10)
      Likely to Encounter
      Good or Bad, Who Can Tell Why?               53 (2)
    Choosing a Digital Camera                      55 (78)
      Budget                                       57 (1)
      Point-and-ShootorSLR                         57 (4)
      Resolution                                   61 (7)
      Point-and-Shoot Lens Specifications          68 (2)
      Basic Controls                               70 (8)
      Camera Design                                78 (13)
      Features                                     91 (28)
      What's in the Box?                           119(2)
      Special Features                             121(3)
      Accessories                                  124(7)
      What Should I Buy?                           131(2)
    Building a Workstation                         133(26)
      Choosing an Operating System                 134(1)
      Building Your System                         135(6)
      Software                                     141(12)
      Accessories                                  153(1)
      Preparing Your Monitor                       154(4)
      Ready! Aim!                                  158(1)
    Shooting                                       159(66)
      Seeing, Interpreting, and Composing an       160(15)
      Image
      Five Practices for Better Shooting           175(8)
      Initial Camera Settings                      183(3)
      Building a Shot                              186(26)
      Simple Flash Photography                     212(7)
      Power and Storage Management                 219(4)
      And That's Just the Beginning!               223(2)
    Metering and Exposure                          225(32)
      What You Can Do with Exposure Adjustments    226(10)
      How to Adjust Exposure                       236(8)
      In-Camera Histograms                         244(5)
      Bracketing                                   249(2)
      Exposing for Raw                             251(4)
      Exposing to Avoid Chromatic Aberration       255(1)
      (Purple Fringing)
      Taking Control                               256(1)
    Special Shooting                               257(48)
      Stable Shooting                              258(4)
      Black-and-White Photography                  262(1)
      Black-and-White Shooting                     263(4)
      External Flash                               267(6)
      Controlling Available Light                  273(3)
      Macro Photography                            276(3)
      Landscape Photography                        279(4)
      Shooting Panoramas                           283(10)
      High Dynamic Range (HDR) Imaging             293(2)
      Underwater Photography                       295(1)
      Tethered Shooting                            296(1)
      Using Filters                                296(3)
      Shooting in Extreme Conditions               299(5)
      Halfway There                                304(1)
    Workflow                                       305(12)
      Post-Production Workflow                     306(7)
      Apple Aperture and Adobe Photoshop           313(3)
      Lightroom
      Learning More                                316(1)
    Correcting Tone And Color                      317(54)
      Histograms Revisited                         319(1)
      Cropping and Distortion Correction           320(1)
      Tutorial 11.1 Cropping an Image              320(4)
      Tutorial 11.2 Straightening an Image         324(4)
      Tutorial 11.3 Correcting Barrel and          328(3)
      Pincushion Distortion in Photoshop CS2/CS3
      Tutorial 11.4 Correcting Perspective in      331(2)
      Photoshop (S2/(S3
      Tutorial 11.5 Correcting Chromatic           333(2)
      Aberration with Photoshop CS2/CS3
      Corrrecting Tone                             335(2)
      Tutorial 11.6 Using Levels Input Sliders     337(5)
      Tutorial 11.7 Adjusting a Real-World Image   342(4)
      Should You Worry about Data Loss?            346(2)
      Curves                                       348(2)
      Tutorial 11.8 Correcting Tone with Curves    350(6)
      Levels and Curves and Color                  356(2)
      Tutorial 11.9 Correcting a Color Cast        358(3)
      Tutorial 11.10 Correcting Color with         361(4)
      Curves
      Hue/Saturation                               365(1)
      Tutorial 11.11 Adjusting Saturation          366(2)
      The Story So Far                             368(3)
    Raw Conversion                                 371(22)
      Raw Workflow                                 372(4)
      Raw Editing                                  376(14)
      Copying Your Edits from One Image to         390(1)
      Another
      What More Do You Need?                       391(2)
    Building Your Editing Arsenal                  393(28)
      What You'll Learn in This Chapter            394(1)
      Brushes and Stamps                           394(3)
      Tutorial 13.1 Cloning Video Tutorial         397(2)
      Masks                                        399(8)
      Tutorial 13.2 Creating Complex Masks         407(7)
      Layers                                       414(5)
      Other Editing Tools                          419(2)
    Imaging Tactics                                421(48)
      Editing Order                                422(1)
      Converting Color Images to Grayscale         423(4)
      Finding Black and White Images               427(1)
      Retouching                                   428(2)
      Tutorial 14.1                                430(3)
      Additional Editing Techniques                433(3)
      Tutorial 14.2                                436(5)
      Tutorial 14.3                                441(4)
      Color Adjustment                             445(1)
      Tutorial 14.4                                446(7)
      Editing                                      453(8)
      Tutorial 14.5 Video Tutorial: Painting       461(1)
      Light and Shadow
      Photoshop CS2/CS3 Smart Objects              462(1)
      Tutorial 14.6 Working with Smart Objects     462(7)
    Special Effects                                469(22)
      Simulating Depth of Field                    470(1)
      Tutorial 15.1 Shortening Depth of Field      470(5)
      in an Image
      Stitching Panoramas                          475(3)
      Creating ``Hand-Tinted'' Images              478(3)
      Applying Effects by Painting                 481(1)
      Adding Texture, Grain, and ``Film'' Look     482(1)
      Cleaning Portraits                           483(2)
      Compositing                                  485(1)
      High Dynamic Range Imaging                   486(5)
    Output                                         491(48)
      Resizing                                     492(3)
      Tutorial 16.1 Understanding Resolution       495(5)
      Sharpening                                   500(3)
      Painting Sharpening                          503(1)
      Tutorial 16.2 Selective Sharpening of a      504(5)
      Portrait
      Web and E-mail Output                        509(3)
      Outputting Electronic Files                  512(1)
      Choosing a Printer                           513(11)
      Printing                                     524(5)
      Tutorial 16.3 Generating a Soft Proof in     529(2)
      Adobe Photoshop
      Tutorial 16.4 Printing from Photoshop        531(7)
      Conclusion                                   538(1)
Appendix A Glossary                                539(14)
Appendix B About the CD-ROM                        553(2)
Index                                              555

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