8-bit files, 20, 38, 43, 68, 69, 70–72, 79, 94

16-bit files, 70–72, 78, 79, 169, 172, 178

20-minute rule, 128

20/20 Color MD, 98, 130, 168, 173 213, 214

24-bit device, 21, 38, 55

30-bit device, 21

A

Acclaim software, 157, 158

ACD Systems, 39, 82

ACDSee Pro Photo, 82, 107, 112

Actions Palette, 100, 101, 185, 186, 187, 256, 257

Adjust tab, 90–94

Adjustment layers, 124, 125–127, 136, 152, 181

Adobe’s Lightroom, 75–77

Adobe Photoshop,see Photoshop

Adobe RGB, 73, 78, 86

Adobe Studio Exchange, 187, 188, 191

Adorama, 229, 237, 238

Ad-aware, 23

AF, 27, 259

AI Focus AF, 259

AI Servo AF, 259

Aldus, 3, 55

Aliasing, 259

Alien Skin Software, 215

Exposure, 211–212

Eye Candy 5, 171–176

Alternative inks, 230–231

OEM inks, 230

Analog, 38, 72, 148, 159, 211, 259

Apple Store, 5

ArcSoft, 139

Collage Creater, 139

Artificial lies, xix–xx

Average metering, 259

B

B&W, see Black and white

Band-Aid tool, 145–146

Barry Staver, 182, 183

Being earnest, importance of, 43–44

Belkin, 8, 9, 44, 45

Bill Dusterwald, 169, 211

Binuscan

Photoretouch pro, 105

Bit (binary digits), 20, 21, 69, 259

Bitmap, 54, 55, 61, 259, 260

Black and white

in color, 41, 231–232

Stylus Photo R2400, 232

with color filters, 195–198

skin tones, 196–197

conversion, 99–100

BMP (Windows Bitmap), 61, 107, 242

Brightness and contrast control, 152–153

Brightness/Contrast command, 152

Shadow/Highlight command, 152

Burn Tool, 137, 147, 148, 184

Burning and dodging, 114, 142, 147–148, 151, 216

Byte, 20, 69–70, 260

C

Calibrate tab, 96–98

Camera profiles

Integrated Color, 98

Camera RAW, 68, 69, 73, 83–85, 86, 87, 88–90, 91, 94, 96, 98, 101, 244–245

Canon, 16, 22, 82, 194, 222, 223, 228

DIGIC II, 27

EOS, 19, 70

1D, 3

1D Mark II, 58, 59, 74, 112, 123, 193

1D Mark IIN, 137, 194, 195, 231

1v, 70

5D, 2, 3, 4, 74, 159, 192

10D, 98, 239

20D, 23, 144, 189, 190, 209

30D, 3, 35, 40

D30, 67

D60, 68, 99, 173

D60 Digital SLR, 133

Digital Rebel, 129, 158

Digital SLR, 123

IX SLR, 180

ink-jet, xiii

Carousel resolution, riding, 19–20

CCD (charged coupled device), 27, 38, 260

CD-R, 7, 19, 260

CD-ROM, 33, 62, 64, 188, 260

CD-RW, 5, 7, 260

Channel mixer, 205–207

Chocalate Chip Actions, 101

Chroma, 95, 267

Chromatic Aberration, 95–96

CIELAB, 260

Clone Stamp tool, 142, 143, 144, 145–146

CMOS chips, 27–28, 260

CMYK, 73, 191, 228, 260

Collages

creating, 139

making, 137–138

Color depth, 38, 261

Color management systems (CMS), 226, 260

Color Sampler tool

White Balance tool, 84

Colorsync, 226, 260

ColorVision, 226, 227, 235

Compression, 55, 242, 261

Computer

cost, 106–107

types, 105–106

Computer vision syndrome, 15

Corel

Painter, 108, 166

PaintShop Pro, 105, 166

PhotoPaint, 108, 166

CPU, 7, 261

CPXe, 261

Creativity layers, 124

Crop sizes, 86–87

Image Size command, 86–87

Cropping tool, 149–150

Crossing delancey, 60–62

Cybertheft, , 251–252

D

Data compression, see Compression

DataViz, 19, 62–63

Detail tab, 94–95

Sharpness slider, 94

Device resolution, 19, 261

Digital blur and soft focus, 159–163

Nik Multimedia’s ColorEfex Pro 2, 160

ScatterLight Lenses 1.2 plug-ins, 161

Digital camera, xiii

Digital capturing

convenience, xix

flexibility, xviii

recycling, xvii

Digital darkroom

bottom line, 22

Carousel resolution, riding, 19–20

monitor and merrimac, 9–11

monitor checklist, 11–14

operation swordfish, 17–18

origins, 3

permanent and temporary storage, 7–9

resolutions, 14, 20–21

rocket’s red glare, 14–15

shot in dark, 4

trading places, 21–22

Digital difference, 203–205

Digital film, 29–32

CompactFlash, 29

Memory Stick, 31

Microdrive, 30

SD/MMC, 31

SmartMedia, 31

xD Picture Card, 32

Digital images

basic protection, 252–253

embed protection, 253–255

Digital imaging

capture, xv

enhance, xvi

output, xvi

presentation, xvi–xvii

software, 109–110

Digital methods, 141

Band-Aid tool, 145–146

brightness and contrast control, 152–153

burning and dodging, 147–148, 151, 216

cropping tool, 149–150

digital blur and soft focus, 159–163

internal problem, external solutions, 156–158

levels and curves, 151–152

lighten/darken, 150–151

non-traditional tools, 154

retouching tools, usage, 142–144

sharpness vs. blur, 158–159

traditional tools, 146–147

unsharp masking, 154–156

Digital Negative (DNG), 81, 82

Digital noise, 95, 177–180

Digitizing tablets, 49–50

Dodge Tool, 147

Dot pitch, 14

dpi, 19, 87, 88

vs. ppi, 87–88

Duotone command, 217–220

Duotones, 217–218

DVD-R, 7

Dynamic range, 38, 261

E

e-Machines, 5–6

E-TTL, 261

EI, 261

EPFL, 245

Epson, xiii, 39, 223, 232

2400, 232

Perfection 4870 PHOTO, 37, 180

printers, 222, 228, 230, 233

RD-1, 77

Stylus Photo R1800, 223

Stylus Pro 10000, 28

Ericsson, 245

Ethernet, 43

EV, 261

Exchangeable Image File, 76, 128

EXIF 2.2, 76–77

Exposure, 211–212

Extensible Metadata Platform, 88, 253–254

Eye Candy 5, 172–176

F

Film grain vs. digital noise, 177–179

Adobe Photoshop’s Measure Tool, 180, 181

Digital GEM professional Plug-Ins, 178

Grain Surgery, 178

Noise Reduction Pro, 177

Noiseware, 179

PictureCode’s Noise Ninja, 179

Film scanners, 37–38

Filter factors, 198

FireWire, 43, 44, 48

Flashpix, 107

Flatbed scanners, 37, 38, 39

Flickr, 249

Fractal, 262

Freeware and shareware, 107

IrfanView, 107–108

Fuji, 8, 82

SinePix 53, 91

G

Gamma, 73, 225, 226, 242, 262

Gamut, 73, 76, 78, 84, 85, 262

Gateway to Photoshop, transfers, 100–101

Actions, 100–101

Gaussian blur, 262

GIF, 64, 240–241, 242, 262

vs. JPEG, 240–242

Gigabyte (GB), 262

GIMP, 17, 18

GNU Image Manipulation Program, 17

Graphics tablets, 48–51

Grayscale, 94–95, 194, 231

Grimes, John, 141

GUI, 262

H

Hahnemühle, 238

Hasselblad, 16

H2D, 81

Xpan, 36, 96

Healing Brush, see Band-Aid tool, 145–146

Hewlett-Packard (HP), 107, 222, 223, 232, 250

Holga, 4

Hub cap world, 44–45

comparing interfaces, 45

I

Icon, 262

IDE, 262

Image editing program, 263

Image editing softwares, 76, 104–105

Image enhancing, 168–169

Photoshop-compatible plug-ins, 168–169

Image file formats, handling, 107–108

Image preparation, for web

basic protection, 252–253

cybertheft, 251–252

embedded protection, 253–255

JPEG 2000, 244–246

photo-sharing websites, 246–249

Photoshop Action, 255–257

pixel parade, 240–242

trade tools, 246

web tips, 243–244

Image presenting, xxv–xxvi

Image stabilization (IS), 189, 198, 202

Imagebase, 263

Imaging Factory, 211

In camera, 194–195

Picture Styles, 195

In-camera color effects, 198–201

Indexed color, 263

Initialize, 263

Ink and paper, 228–229

CMYK, 228

compatibility, 222–223

droplet size, 223

Stylus Photo 2200, 228–229

Ink-jet prints, 263

alternative inks, 230–231

black and white, in color, 231–232

ink and paper, 228–229

compatibility, 222–223

ink-jet paper choices, 237–238

monitor calibration, 225–227

output solutions, 227–228

personal test print, , 236–237

practical color, 224–225

print button, 232–234

print longevity, 238

printer driver, 234–236

real world printing, 223–224

Input, 263

Input device, 263

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 42, 263

Integrated circuit, 263

Intel Celeron and Pentium, differences, 7

Interface, 178

Interlaced, 263

Internal problem, external solutions to, 156–158

Focus Magic, 158

nik’s Sharpener pro 2.0, 156–158

International Color Consortium (ICC), 226–227

International Standard Organization (ISO), 264

Internet address, 263–264

Interpolated resolution, 38, 40

Ipcress files, 54–55

ISP, 250, 264

J

Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG), 28, 55, 99–100, 107, 203

vs. GIF, 240–242

JPEG 2000, 55–57, 244–246

K

Keyword, 249

Kilobytes (K), 20

Kingston’s Ultimate 100X cards, 33

Konica, 82, 237

L

Landscape (modefilter), 211

Layer

simple use, 127–128

understanding, 123

adjustment layers, 125–127

collages and mosaics making, 137–138

collages creating, 139

creativity layers, 124

layers palette, 124–125

layers, simple use, 127–128

speed thrills, 133–137

Two Faces of Japan, 128

Le Manipulateur, see Artificial lies

Leica

Digital Module-R, 81

D-Lux2, 103, 165

Lens tab, 95–96

Levels and Curves, 151–152

Lexar’s Memory Cards, 33–34

Lexmark, 222, 223, 237

Lighten/darken, 150–151

Linus Torvalds, 18

Linux, 18–19

Live Picture, 107

Lizard Tech, 262

Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, 65–66, 221

Lyson, 231

LZW, 264

M

Mac OS vs. Windows, 185–187

MacGIMP, 17

Macmedia Freehand, 54

Magic wand tool, 116–117

Quick Mask button, 118–121

Magnetic Lasso tool, 114–115

Magneto-optical, 264–265

Magnifying glass, see Zoom

Manipulating images, 169–172

Alien Skin Software’s Eye Candy 5, 171–172, 172–176

Silver Oxide, 169

techniques

creativity, xxiii

enhancement, xxi

resoration, xxii–xxiii

retouch, xxi

virtualPhotographer, 169–170

Marquee tool, 111, 115–116

Mask, 14, 39, 118, 119, 155–156

Media Street, 230–231, 237

Megabyte (MB)

Memory card

readers, 46–47

speed, 33

Metafile, 54, 55

Metamerism, 224, 227, 231

Micro piezo printer, 222

Microfrontier, 3

Microsoft, 5, 16, 18–19, 55, 107

Microtek scanner, xiii

Moab Paper, 237

Moiré, 179

Monaco Systems, 226–227

Monitor calibration, 225–227

Adobe Gamma, 225–226

Monaco Systems, 226–227

Monitor checklist, 11–14

color, 11

dot pitch, 14

monitor size, 13

refresh rate, 14

resolution, 14

shadow masks, 14

space, 12–13

type, 11–12

Monochrome difference

Adobe Photoshop CS2, 213–217

black and white, 196–198

channel mixer, 205–207

digital difference, 203–205

duotone command, 217–220

in camera, 194–195

Monochrome difference (Contd)

in-camera color effects, 198–201

monochrome power tools, 207–212

Monochrome power tools, 207–212

Black & White Studio, 207–208

Black Definition, 207, 208

Convert to BW Pro 3.0, 210, 211

Toned Photos plug-ins, 209

Moonstruck, 180–185

Mosaics, making, 137–138

MTF, 265

Multi-zone metering, 265

N

Nano, 265

National Cyber Security Alliance, 23

ND filter, 265

Net, xiv, 23, 92, 107, 242, 245, 251–252

nik’s Color Efex Pro 2.0, 176, 181, 182, 215

Nikon, 28, 74, 82, 142

NTSC, 263, 265

O

Olympus, 8, 82, 194

E100RS, 162

E-500, 55, 57

EVOLT E-330, 26

xD Picture Card, 32

Operation swordfish, 17–18

Optical resolution, 38, 27, 39, 40

Ott-Lite, 224, 225

Output solutions, 227–228

ColorVision’s Monitor Spyder and Photocal, 227

P

Painting tools, 115–116, 119

Eraser Tool, 116

PaintShop Pro, 105, 166

Panos Efstathiadis, 185, 188, 189, 190

Panos FX, 138, 189

Parallel port, 42–43, 44

PCX, 61

PDF, 100

Pentax, 82, 204, 206

K100D, 15, 25, 78

Optio S, 213

Perfection, 78–79

Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI), 9

Personal test print, 236–237

Photo CD, 36, 60, 61, 117, 166, 218

Photo-sharing websites, 246–249

SmugMug, 246, 247

Photobucket, 250–251

PhotoImpact, 54, 105, 106, 108, 111, 142, 153, 155, 166

PhotoPaint, 108, 166

Photoshop, 22, 201–203

Photoshop Action, 100, 161, 165, 185, 189, 191, 212, 255–257

Photoshop-compatible plug-ins, 108–109, 166–167

Alien Skin Software’s Eye Candy 5, 171–172

Black & White Studio, 207–208

Black Definition, 207, 208

CMYK image files, 207

PictureCode’s Noise Ninja, 179

Silver Oxide, 169, 211

SkinTune, 168, 169

Photoshop Creative Suite, 245

Photoshop CS2, 83, 94, 101, 115, 116, 205, 213

PhotoTune, 130, 174

20/20 Color MD, 168, 173, 213

PICT, 55, 60–61

PictoColor, 109, 133, 134

Picture CD, 266

Picture elements, see Pixels

Picture Rescue, 48

Piezoelectric, 266

Ping, see Portable Network Graphics (PNG)

Pixel parade, 240–242

Pixel Genius, 148

Pixels, 12, 20, 26, 27, 70, 116, 146, 155

Pixmantec, 74

PMT, 266

Polygonal Lasso tool, 114–115

Portable Network Graphics (PNG), 242

Portfolios, 223

Ports, 42–43

Postscript, 266

Power tools, 71, 148

commercial and freeware actions, 188–192

film grain vs. digital noise, 177–179

image enhancing, 168–169

Mac OS vs. Windows, 185–187

manipulating images, 169–172

moonstruck, 180–185

Photoshop Actions, 185

Photoshop-compatible plug-ins, 166–167

recording, 187–188

ppi, 19, 88

Practical color, 224–225

Print button, 232–234

Print longevity, 238

Wilhelm Research’s website, 223, 238

Printer driver, 234–236, 237

PhotoSmart Toolbox, 235

Printing, 221, 223

Printing images, xxiii–xiv, 227, 231

Profile, 96, 98, 227

Proofing, 223

ProPhoto RGB, 73, 74

Q

Quadtones, 217, 219, 220

Quick Mask, 119, 121

R

RAM, 266

Raster files, see Bitmap file

RAW files, 56, 81, 82, 202

16- or 8-bit files, 70–72

Adjust tab, 90–94

binary digits, 69

black and white, conversion, 99–100

Calibrate tab, 96–98

Camera RAW 3.0, 83, 89

Camera Raw’s Settings, 88–90

Color Sampler tool, 84

crop size, 86–87

Crop tool, 84

Detail tab, 94–95

EXIF 2.2, 76–77

gateway to Photoshop, 100–101

getting RAW files, 82–83

getting started with, 68–69

Lens tab, 95–96

perfection, 78–79

resolution, of the matter, 87–88

Show Workflow Options, 85–86

space, 73

Strighten tool, 84

RawShooter, 74

Real world printing, 223–224

three “P”s, 223

Real world testing, 35, 48

ReaWatermark, 253

Recording, 187–188

Red, green, and blue, see RGB

Refresh rate, 14

Resolutions, 14, 19, 20–21, 26, 38, 49, 87–88

Retouching tools, usage, 142–144

RGB, 73

Richo

GR Digital, 81

RIP, 267

Roaring mouse, 48–51

Rocket’s red glare, 14–15

ROM, 64, 260, 261, 267

Rubber Stamp tool,see Clone Stamp tool

S

Samsung

GX-1S, 204

Pro815, 81

SyncMaster, 13

SanDisk, 29, 30, 47

Extreme III Card, 35

Saturation, 94

Save for Web, 242–243

Save Settings, 89–90

Scanners, 35–36

slang, 38

types, 37–38

SCSI, 43

Search engine, 267

Selection tool, 111, 114

Serial port, 42

Shadow masks, 14

Shareware, 107

Sharpness vs. blur, 158–159

Show Workflow Options, 85–86

Silver Oxide, 169, 170, 211

SLR (single lens reflex), 70, 76, 113, 180

Snapfish, 250

Software toolbox, opening of

clones, 104–105

computer

types, 105–106

cost, 106–107

digital imaging software, 109–110

image file formats, handling, 107–108

Magic wand tool, 116–121

painting tools, 115–116

Photoshop-compatible plug-ins, 108–109

toolboxes, 110–115

Speed thrills, 133–137

sRGB vs. Adobe RGB, 78

Swedish Tjanstemannens Central Organisation, 15

System requirements, 105

T

Tagged Image File Format (TIFF), 28, 55, 100, 107, 237

Thermal printer, 222

Three “P”s, 223

Thumbnail, 75

TIFF, see Tagged Image File Format

Toolboxes, 110–115

Selection tool, 111, 112, 113

Trade tools, 246

being earnest, importance of, 43–44

candid cameras, 26–28

digital film, 29–32

hub cap world, 44–45

Kingston’s Ultimate 100X cards, 33, 34

Lexar’s Memory Cards, 33–34, 48

megapixel requirement, 28–29

memory card, fastness, 33

memory card readers, 46–47

needs, 51

ports, 42–43

real world testing, 35, 48

reality maintenance, 38–41

roaring mouse, 48–51

Sandisk’s Extreme III Card, 35

scanners, 35–36

selection, 37–38

slang, 38

Trading places, 21–22

Transfer rate, 33, 48

Translation, loss, 62–65

Trevoli, 246

Tritones, 219

TTL, 267

TWAIN, 267–268

Two Faces of Japan, 128–132

U

Ulead’s PhotoImpact, 54, 106, 142, 153

Undo, 125, 163, 171, 212

Unix, 17, 18, 105

Unsharp mask, 39, 94

Unsharp masking, 154–156

Adobe Photoshop CS2, 154

URL, 247, 254

USB, 43, 45, 48

V

Variations, 61

Vector, 54–55

Vertical scanning frequency, see Refresh rate

Virtual memory, 21–22

VRAM, 268

VSO Software, 240

W

Web tips, 243–244

Webshots, 248

Photo Messages, 248

WAP, 249

Window on Mac, 16

WMF, 268

WORM, 268

WYSIWYG, 63, 223

X

X files

camera, 55

crossing delancey, 60–62

Ipcress files, 54–55

JPEG 2000, 55–57

revenge of the sith, 65–66

shooting, 58–60

translation, loss, 62–65

Xaos tools, 268

Y

YCC, 268

Z

Zero Image, 4, 5

ZFP, 269

ZIP, 269

Zoom

lens, 150

tool, 83, 119, 134, 135