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Digital Photography: An Introduction 2nd Edition
Make sure you're picture perfect with this concise and easy-to-use guide to digital photography
Understand what to look for when buying cameras, software or accessories. Follow the essentials of good picture taking and get tips from expert photographer and bestselling author Tom Ang.
Find out how to make the most of your digital
images from covering the basics to image manipulation and special effects. Plus, "quick fix" pages on how to solve common problems mean your camera can learn to lie.
Get clicking and get outstanding results every time.
Introduction
Chapter 1 Total photography
Photgraphic pathways
Digital camera features
Digital cameras
Memory cards
Choosing a scanner
Choosing software
Printers: Choosing and using
Computers: Choosing and using
Computer accessories
Setting up a workworm
Chapter 2 Photography for the digital age
Picture composition
Image orientation
Image proportions
Composition and zooms
Digital zooms
Camera movement
Digital close-ups
Quick fix image distortion
Quick fix Lens problems
Influencing perspective
Changing viewpoints
Quick fix Leaning buildings
Quick fix Facial distortion
Colour composition
Strong colour contrasts
Quick fix Colour balance
Silhouettes/backlighting
Accessory flash
Quick fix Electronic flash
Chapter 3 Radical conversions
Scanning: The Basics
Using flat-bed scanners
Quick fix Scan resolution
File formats: A summary
Quick fix Problems with scans
Quick fix innaccurate printer colours
Basic colour management
Chapter 4 All about image manipulation
First steps
Cropping and rotation
Quick fix Poor subject detail
Quick fix Poor subject colour
Levels
Burning-in and ddging
Sharpening
Quick fix Image distractions
Quick fix Image framing
Qucik fix Converging parallels
Colour balancing
Colour adjustments
Curves
Bit-depth and colour
Colour into black and white
Duotones
Tritones and quadtones
Sepia tones
Split toning
Hand tinting
Cross-processing
Filter wffects
Selecting pixels
Quick fix Removing backgrounds
Maks
Greyscale and colour
Text effects
Cloning techniques
Photomosaics
Image stitching
Chapter 5 The output adventure
Proofing and printing
Output to paper
Quick fix Printer problems
Permanence: Ink and paper
Poster-sized printing
Publishing on the web
Going further
Mounting an exhibtion
Copyright concerns
Shopping for equipment
Disabilities
Survival Guide
Glossary
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Picture sources
Manufacturers
Software sources
Index
Acknowledgements
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