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This is a one-stop reference for any new owner of a digital camera-whether an experienced or novice photographer. This digital photography guide explains what a digital image is and what makes it different from a traditional film photograph. Each technique for using a digital camera-from producing high-quality prints to preparing images for e-mail for the Web-is accompanied by stunning color photographs that will inspire amateurs and professionals alike. All necessary terms such as megapixel, color depth, memory cards, and data compression are defined. Explanations of the latest computer hardware, scanners, software applications, and printing techniques are also given. Step-by-step instructions for creating stunning effects with the leading image manipulation program, Adobe Photoshop, and other software are provided.
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Professional and amateur photographers alike can take advantage of the advanced photo management tools in Aperture from organization to editing to output. In
Aperture 1.5 Beyond the Basics, instructors Scott Bourne and Derrick Story teach users how to manipulate photos with the Color Adjustment tool, sharpen edges, and create preset adjustments and file settings for efficient editing and grouping. The training also details how to use the extensive metadata and organizational features in Aperture for smart photo sorting and presentation.
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- Learning the new features in the latest version of Aperture
- Understanding Aperture workflow essentials
- Importing images
- Exporting metadata and XMP sidecar data
- Using the loupe for noise reduction and sharpening
- Working with third party plug-ins
- Extending Aperture using Automator
Duration: 3.5 hoursOn 1 DVD-ROM
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With digital cameras selling faster every day, there are countless new owners desperate for a very basic overview. Problem solved: Kodak is here with a beginner’s guide that delivers a rich blend of information, inspiration, and visual interest that will orient the newcomer in the exciting world of digital photograpy. After whetting the novice’s appetite with an overview of the advantages of digital technology, it explains the fundamentals of camera resolution; the ins and outs of essential equipment; and a variety of techniques for utilizing flash and exposure settings, zoom features, and achieving great effects, indoors or out. There are even time-tested tips on how to see creatively, and comprehensive coverage of downloading, editing, and printing the pictures. Loads of images, charts, and illustrations show the way.
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In the tradition of the author's classic book "Using Your Camera", "Using Your Digital Camera" is packed with all the basic concepts, no-fail techniques, and practical information that aspiring and veteran photographers need know to become experts in every area of digital photography.
Readers will find hundreds of stunning full-color examples and comprehensive, up-to-date information on such topics and macros; digital zoom; "digital" camera controls; image resolution and compression; the best settings for email and prints; and even how to get images from the camera to the computer. Plus, this comprehensive and authoritative guide combines clear, engaging text with simple illustrations that make it all easy. The bible for anyone who wants to master the art of digital photography!
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easy to understand.......2006-08-21
This book has been a great help for me to understand the basic's of my digital camera and how the different settings work and how changing the setting can produce pictures with different feelings. I would recommend this book to all those new to digital photography.
good basic digital camera book.......2005-08-28
Very basic and very clearly written and comprehensive As a novice, it is just what I needed to learn the basics of how a digital camera works and how to organize pictures on your compnter.
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Print it! One of the great things about digital is the ability to print pictures at home—easily, without a darkroom or chemicals. Kodak the company every photographer trusts, has the technology that makes it simple, and now provides the lowdown on doing it right. All the information on choosing equipment is here, plus guidance on digitalizing a photo, using scanners creatively, image resolution, resizing, and more. Find out how to make test prints to ensure proper settings, experiment with available papers, and “repair” problems in the computer. To bring newcomers up to speed, this handy guide contains definitions of key vocabulary, and there are plenty of photos, charts, and illustrations to inspire and instruct. No matter whether you’re starting with film and a scanner or a digital camera, your pictures will look great.
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•Ideal for anyone who wants to showcase digital memories
With the boom in digital cameras, video cameras, and computers, Americans are making memories by the truck-load. And they're organizing those memories in increasing numbers—scrapbooking has become at $1.4 billion-per-year market. Where digital cameras and scrapbooking meet there's only one book: Digital Family Album Basics. This easy-to-use, easy-to-understand handbook shows how these two trends are a match made in heaven, because the ultimate tool for storing, manipulating, and displaying photos, text, and graphics is the computer. Author Janine Warner is an expert at making technology inviting and nonthreatening, even to non-techies; and her warm, straightforward approach is completely family friendly. Parents, grandparents, and kids can work together on dozens of wonderful projects to create lasting family treasures. From clicking the shutter to printing out family albums, personalized baby books, Digital Family Album Basics makes it easy to create, capture, and share priceless memories.
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Such a helpful book!.......2007-03-04
This is a beautifully put together and helpful guide to making fun things on the computer. I have it myself and have given it to friends as gifts.
Loved it!.......2006-04-30
Loved this book--inspirational and creative! Makes me want to do more with my digital photos! I found the discussion on using image editing software to be particularly helpful and simple. Great ideas for projects in this book--things I never would have thought of on my own. Great resource for beginner digital scrapbookers!
Fantastic resource.......2006-02-06
This book makes it easy to take all the hundreds of digital photos on the hard drive and turn them into something that looks good. Great illustrations, clear and concise directions - this book is really useful, even if yoiu've always shied away from using computers to do things for your family.
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- An error that cost me five hours
- Practical Digital Video With Programming Examples in C
- A very practical introduction to digital video
- An oldie but a goodie
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Practical Digital Video With Programming Examples in C
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Practical Digital Video with Programming Examples in C Written by an innovator in motion video, this practical, user-friendly guide synthesizes all the vital elements of PC motion video technology in an accessible, nonmathematical way. It helps software developers gain a comprehensive working knowledge of video and multimedia programming. Requiring an essential understanding of electronics and PCs, the book includes twenty software examples with source code to demonstrate state-of-the-art technology and the use of commercial products. This unique resource:
- Details the differences between graphical and natural images, and the reasons for compressing image data
- Describes and compares various kinds of computer displays, including their suitability to natural video
- Explains various methods of color representation and their particular uses in multimedia
- Highlights major data compression techniques and their application in multimedia
- Discusses the full range of available video storage techniques
- Presents several PC video hardware systems and illustrates their effective use
- Covers two mainstream PC video environments—Microsoft Video for Windows and Apple Quicktime
- Spotlights the various ways of processing video information
- Includes detailed references for major digital video standards and storage formats
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An error that cost me five hours.......2004-05-28
On page 390, Figure 11.15 shows the order of blocks within an MPEG macroblock as Y Cr Cb. This is wrong; the correct order is Y Cb Cr. That error cost me five hours on a very time-critical project.
That's not to say the book is completely useless. But that's a pretty serious error in a book that's supposed to help programmers.
Practical Digital Video With Programming Examples in C.......2003-05-08
I was disappointed. I chose the book hoping to learn how to deal with some of the basic issues in the programming of video.
It would have been nice to get a subpixel motion example as well as how to deal with fields when you are scaling an image
instead I get overviews on compression, VFW and colorspace.
What I am trying to say is that there wasnt much in the way of practical video programming. The other iratation was there was no CD included. So you have transfer every example by hand.
A very practical introduction to digital video.......2001-06-27
It is an interesting book for programmers who want to understand how digital video is processed, starting with simple and comprehensive introduction on different storage media types like magnetic disks, tapes and optical storage. Another interesting part is how video camera work and how computer displays work. These introductions would help in understanding the following sections that cover data compression and image and video processing standards like jpeg, mpeg, and h261. The source code is useful but it needs more explanation for non-highly skilled programmers in C. Overall it is one of the best books that I've read.
An oldie but a goodie.......2000-09-07
The question that needs to be answered about this book is, why would anyone still buy and use a book on computer video that is this old? The answer is that it does a few things better than any other book I know of, and a number of other things well enough that you don't need to look elsewhere.
What are those things? First, its brief coverage of JPEG and MPEG-1 are the best single-chapter coverages from a programming point of view ("where are the bits?"-type stuff) of anything I have ever seen. It isn't enough to create a working JPEG or MPEG codec by itself, but this is the place to start if you need to get the idea. You will then need to turn to much more elaborate coverage [I use _JPEG: Still Image Data Compression Standard_ by William Pennebaker and Joan Mitchell (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993) for JPEG and _MPEG Video Compression Standard_ by Joan Mitchell, William Pennebaker, Chad Fogg, and Didier LeGall (Chapman & Hall, 1996) for MPEG]. However, this book is a great place to get the big picture from a programming point of view before slogging through the mountain of necessary gritty detail.
Second, this book is the last thing I know of that is in print and addresses the Video for Windows API. This API continues to be the most widely supported API for computer video under Windows, but Microsoft expunged all documentation of it a few years ago -- long before Active Movie was ready to roll. And the current generation of Direct-X based video under Windows is still heavily based on Video for Windows -- it is very helpful to understand that API. The book only has a couple dozen pages on the topic, but it's the only game in town on VfW.
Third, its coverage of color space conversions between RGB and CCIR 601, NTSC, SECAM, and PAL is clear and correct.
Finally, its "your friend the video signal" chapters are as much as a programmer needs to know about such things, and geared to those of us who aren't gearheads.
I have never found Mr. Mattison's code particularly useful. I find his quick discussion of image processing of no value. I have never encountered anyone who needed to know anything about the H.261 video compression standard. And I would not bother to read what he had to say about storage media back in 1994. But there is still enough meat on these bones to make this book one that I turn to with enough regularity that I would buy a replacement copy even now if I ever lost mine.
The text integrates well EE and programming concepts........1998-09-30
The text is a must for all needing fundamental concepts in video hardware and software. The electronics, the color systems, the signal processing algorithms, and the data structures for programming are very well laid in logical order. In addition the diskettes included in the kit contain valuable practical examples in C.
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Sinar Edition 2004, softcover, 8-3/4 x 11", 112 pages.
This book gives today's photographers the insight into the demanding world of high-end photography using the latest digital equipment.
Digital High-End Photography explains the basics of digital photography in an easy-to-understand way. It includes valuable information for mastering even the most demanding jobs for image capture to the final printed product.
The book covers light and color, color systems, image sensors, digital cameras, digital images, and proofs and printing. In addition, there is a separate sectionwith scenarios and workflows, designed by world's leading photographers including Lois Greenfield, Ali Artli, Markus Kujawa, and Al Hamdan.
Numerous camera formats are covered in the book, including Digital Compact, Digital 35mm, Medium Format and View Cameras with Digital Backs.
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Twenty-three million: that’s approximately how many photographers are out there, capturing nature in all its glory. And, with the ease of digital equipment, that number is certain to rise. From Kodak, the company that stands for quality and consumer trust, comes a book for that enormous market. It covers both digital and nature photography, and offers a practical, problem-solving approach to taking a great picture. Get the lowdown on outdoor gear, from lenses to cameras. Learn the practical facts about bringing equipment into the field. Make the most of common photo accessories. Find out the five things every outdoor photographer needs, along with time-tested tips for finding and attracting wildlife, telling a compelling story with an image, and making the most of every opportunity.
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High-resolution digital cameras matched with powerful computers, high-quality scanners, and photo-quality ink-jet printers virtually eliminate the need for film or processing. An introduction to the equipment (both hardware and software) is provided, and detailed information on storage options, lenses, optics, image manipulation and editing, compression of files, focusing capabilities, and outputting images to electronic format (such as the Web) onto photo-quality paper via an ink-jet printer is also covered. Hobbyists and professional photographers alike can utilize this technology to enhance their capabilities in taking and distributing good photographs.
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Great for beginners.......2001-04-05
If you want a book that will give you a basic understanding of what digital photography is, then this is your best bet. It starts out with a brief history of digital photography, and gives some background on how it differs from film. There's value in the straight-forward way it's presented.
There is also value in some of the information that's given on how to choose formats (as in, PC vs. Mac), what type of storage media is available, what kind of hardware is out there, and what software is available.
A disappointing book, primarily based on its title.......2000-12-21
This book provides a general description of the history of photography and then goes into devices used in digital photography along with definitions of terminology that may be educational to the the total novice. It does little to relate the significance of various capabilities for producing quality pictures and the trade-offs that occur. Some of the points are well developed for the novice, whereas others are treated supeficially and assume that the reader already has familiarity with the subject (e.g. the coverage on color). It major strength is an interesting chronology of the evolution of photography to where it is today. My main concern with the book is that it is far from the 'comprehensive, step-by-step guide' that it's title claims it to be. Anyone looking for a book that helps in taking and processing digital pictures will find very little of use here.
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