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01 November, 2003 |
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Peachpit Press |
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The title of Real World Digital Photography doesnt adequately indicate the scope and sheer practical usefulness of the information within. The authors not only give a clear breakdown of how to choose and use a digital camera, they also cover everything from sound photographic advice (lighting, framing and cropping) to manipulation of digital images (primarily in Photoshop). This latter section is especially well written; it covers everything necessary for colour correction: levels, histograms, the unsharp mask filter--all explained clearly but without an overwhelming amount of detail. This book is aimed at neither the casual consumer nor the professional digital photographer with $50,000 to spend. Rather it is perfect for several types of professionals: graphic designers, design students, estate and insurance agents, and many others. It shows how digital cameras work (what makes both the inner workings and the output differ from that in traditional film cameras), which camera to buy for your needs and budget and how to take, edit, archive and store pictures. Many basic terms get clarified; for example, how JPEG compression works. And there are lots of sidebar tips such as how to progressively downsample an image in a way that preserves the most detail. They explain how to print the images on inkjet or dye sub printers. (Did you know not to covert an RGB image to CMYK before sending it to the printer? Let the printer do the conversion.) A lot of the information and explanations in Real World Digital Photography will still be useful long after the featured cameras are considered yesterdays technology. --Angelynn Grant Topics covered: Types of cameras and which to buy, how they work, the mechanics of digital imagery, setting up a digital "darkroom" and desktop studio, the basics of good photography, Quicktime VR, digital correction of images, preparing images for print or Web and archiving digital images. |
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