| Description |
182 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (chiefly color) ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Getting Started -- Introduction -- How to Use This Book -- 2. Getting to Know Your Camera -- Digital Cameras and Their Components -- 3. Technical Issues -- Digital Versus Film -- Resolution and Memory -- Exposure and Focus -- Working with Your Computer System -- 4. The Big Picture -- Environmental Photography -- Capturing Light, Shade, and Color -- Event Photography -- Location Shots -- 5. Working with People -- Portraits -- Full-Length Figures -- People in Context -- People in Groups -- Working with Children -- 6. Working with Objects -- Studio Setups -- Tabletop Still-Life -- Working with Small Objects -- 7. Editing Digital Photographs -- Working with Tone and Color -- Enhancing Your Digital Photos -- 8. Transforming Digital Photographs -- Manipulating Images -- Using Special Effects and Filters -- Creating Montages -- Combining Digital Photography with Other Graphics -- 9. Creating Textures and Backgrounds -- Textures and Backgrounds from Nature -- Textures from the Human Environment -- Modifying and Extending Textures -- 10. Direct Digital Output -- Working with Desktop Printers -- Creative Ways of Using Digital Prints -- Quality Digital Prints -- 11. Digital Photos in Graphic Arts -- Graphic Arts Requirements -- Designing with Digital Photos -- 12. Digital Photos on the Screen -- On-Screen Requirements -- Slideshows and Presentations -- Using Digital Photography Online -- Digital Photos in Interactive Media -- Digital Photos in Video -- 13. Adding Another Dimension -- Creating Stereo Images -- Creating 3D Images with Texture Maps -- Creating Solid Objects with Digital Photos |
| Summary |
"With hundreds of clear step-by-step examples, Start with a Digital Camera will help you overcome the limitations of digital photography, and maximize its unique advantages."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Previous ed. : 1999 |
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Includes index |
| Subject |
Photography -- Digital techniques.
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Digital cameras.
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| Author |
Odam, Tim.
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| LC no. |
2003273900 |
| ISBN |
0321130111 paperback |
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