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Get the most out of your digital camera and your computer by mastering the art of digital photography. Award-winning photographer and best-selling author Dave Johnson shows you why digital photography is truly the visual recording medium of the future. Learn the essentials of photography including composition, exposure, flash, and lighting. Then, push your camera and your PC's image editing software to the limits by editing images, adding creative effects, working with file formats, incorporating images into photo projects, prints, and the Internet, and more.
How To Do Everything with Your Digital Camera has everything you need to make you a success with your digital camera!
- Discover the immediacy and versatility of digital imaging
- Bring your digital vision to life while mastering the essentials of good photography
- Use professional darkroom techniques without wasting chemicals, paper, film, or time
- Share pictures through e-mail, the Internet, CD, television slideshows, and more
- Make stunning photo-quality prints with your inkjet printer
- Troubleshoot and maintain your digital camera
- Organize and archive your favorite photos in digital storage media
- Explore advanced techniques including time-lapse, motion, virtual reality, and panoramic photography
About the
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Why to BuyLearn what the latest crop of digital cameras has to offer - see new cameras, new features and new techniques plus learn tips for taking great pictures.
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Take advantage of the power, flexibility, and efficiency of one your digital camerathe biggest upgrade in photography since color film. Follow projects using special effects and techniques for editing digital photos using Photoshop Elements and Paint Shop Pro. Plus, learn about new software, new imaging technology, and new buying recommendations.
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Here's a simple solution for learning how to get the most out of your digital camera, how to take better photos, and what to do with your images once they’ve been captured. Written by an award-winning photographer, How to Do Everything with Your Digital Camera, Fourth Edition is just the book you need! Loaded with clear explanations and step-by step-details, the book explains the different components of a variety of digital cameras and how to use them. Coverage includes flash and lighting tips, action and outdoor photography, various image-editing packages, and finally, organizing, storing, sharing, and printing digital images. The new edition of this best-seller has been updated to include details on removable storage devices and the latest utilities and photo-sharing facilities.
About the Author
Dave Johnson is an accomplished photographer in both analog and digital mediums, as well as an amateur musician and music fanatic. As Senior Editor at Planet IT, Dave covers topics like handheld computing, portables, wireless, and imaging technologies. Dave has written for magazines like Home Office Computing, Windows Magazine, Family PC, and Digital Camera, and his 14 books include How To Use Digital Video and the best-selling How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld (nearly 35,000 copies sold).
Table of Contents
PART I: Your Camera
1: Welcome to the Future
2: Understanding Exposure
3: Composition Essentials
4: Flash and Lighting
5: Taking Close-Ups
6: Pushing Your Camera to Its Limits
PART II: Transferring Images
7: Conquering File Formats
8: Working with Digital Film
9: Keeping Images on the PC
10: Turning Prints into Digital Images
PART III Editing Images
11: Quick Changes for Your Images
12: Cleaning Up Your Images
13: Creating Special Effects
14: Working with Text and Creating Projects
PART IV: Using Your Images
15: Printing Your Pictures
16: Sharing Your Pictures