Getting started with digital imaging tips, tools, and techniques for photographers
Whether you are using a digital compact or dSLR camera to shoot, or a Mac or PC to manipulate your images, Joe Farace explains what products are out there-and how to use them to get the best shots.While most books offer photographers tips and tricks for working with the latest software package, this...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Burlington, MA :
Focal Press
2007.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009626892906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Getting Started with Digital Imaging; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Fantastic Four; Capture the Sun; Artificial Lies; Home Field Advantage; Print the Image; Presenting the Image; Torn Curtain; Two-Minute Warning; Fun with Dick and Jane; 1. Welcome to the Digital Darkroom; Back to the Future; A Shot in the Dark; Don't Go Near the Water; Permanent and Temporary Storage; The Monitor and Merrimac; Monitor Checklist; Rocket's Red Glare; Out Here in the Real World, and I don't Mean MTV; Operation Swordfish; Riding the Resolution Carousel
- Good ResolutionsTrading Places; The Bottom Line; 2. Tools of the Trade; Candid Cameras; How Many Megapixels are Enough?; Digital Film; How Fast is your Memory Card; The Big Three; Real World Testing; Scanners; Pick a Scanner; any Scanner at all; Scanner Slang; Keepin' it Real; Duck Soup; The Importance of Being Earnest; Hub Cap World; Memory Card Readers; Real World Tests; The Mouse that Roared; Just What I Need; 3. The X Files: Don't Fight the Future; The Ipcress Files; I am a Camera; The Gang that Couldnd't Shoot Straight; Crossing Delancey; Lost in Translation; Revenge of the Sith
- 4. Before Opening Raw FilesGetting Started with RAW; I'll be Back With You in a Byte; Should I Work with 16- or 8-Bit Files?; Eight or Sixteen?; Space: Not Necessarily the Final Frontier; Other Voices, Other Options; EXIF 2.2; Perfection?; 5. Working with RAW Files; Lets Get RAW; The 800-Pound Gorilla; What's New Pussycat?; Show Workflow Options; Crop Size: Does Matter; Resolution: of the Matter; Settings? Not More Settings?; The Adjust Tab; And Now for the Rest of the Story; The Detail Tab; The Lens Tab; Calibrate, Calibrate, Dance to the Music; Converting to Black and White
- Transfers: Gateway to PhotoshopBaking a Batch of Chocalate Chip Actions; 6. Opening the Software Toolbox; Send in the Clones; What Kind of Computer?; How Much Does it Cost?; Image File Formats Handled?; Does it Accept Photoshop-Compatible Plug-ins?; Using Digital Imaging Software; A Peek Inside the Toolboxes; Painting Tools?; The Magic Wand; 7. Understanding Layers; Layers of Creativity; The Layers Palette; Adjustment Layers; Simple Use of Layers; Two Faces of Japan; Speed Thrills; Making Collages and Mosaics; Create Collages; 8. Traditional and Non-Traditional Tools for Digital Methods
- Retouching Tools and How to Use themThe Band-aid Tool; Traditional Tools for Digital Methods; Burn and Dodge; The Cropping Tool; Lighten/Darken; Levels and Curves; Brightness and Contrast Control; Non-Traditional Tools; Unsharp Masking; External Solutions to an Internal Problem; Sharpness vs. Blur; Digital Blur and Soft Focus; 9. Power Tools; Photoshop-Compatible Plug-ins; Enhancing that Image; Manipulating Images; Where There's Smoke There's Fire; Film Grain vs. Digital Noise; Moonstruck; Photoshop Actions; MAC OS? Windows? Doesn't Matter!; This is a Recording
- Commercial and Freeware Actions
