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by Joe Farace
Getting Started with Digital Imaging, 2nd Edition
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright
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 Resolutions
Trading 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 Files
Getting 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 Photoshop
Baking 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 them
The 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
10. The Monochrome Difference
In Camera
Black and White with Color Filters
In-Camera Color Effects
I Can do that in Photoshop!
The Digital Difference
Channel Mixer
Monochrome Power Tools
It was a Dark and Stormy Night . . .
The Duotone Command
11. Making Photo Quality Ink-Jet Prints
Ink and Paper Compatibility
Printing in the Real World
Practical Color
Monitor Calibration
Output Solutions
Ink and Paper
Alternative Inks
Black and White in Color
The Print Button
Get to Know Your Printer Driver
A Personal Test Print
Ink-Jet Paper Choices
Print Longevity
12. Preparing Images for the Web
The Pixel Parade
The Machine that goes Ping
Save for Web
Web Tips
Jpeg 2000
Tools of the Trade
Photo-Sharing Websites
Other Websites
Cybertheft
Basic Protection
Embed Protection within the File
Take Action
Glossary
Index
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