Digital Photography Bible, 2nd Edition

by Ken Milburn (San Francisco, California); Ron Rockwell; Mark I. Chambers

• ISBN13: 9780764549519
• ISBN10: 0764549510
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

* Targets a unique audience of professionals and serious amateurs. * 16-page color insert demonstrates techniques used to solve problems best understood by seeing the before and after versions of an image. * CD-ROM contains hundreds of sample photographs, a trial version of Photoshop 7.0 and the 3-D editing program Conama.

Author Biography

<B>Ken Milburn</B> started taking pictures the year he entered high school and was working professionally as a wedding photographer by the time he graduated. He has been involved with photography both as a hobby and professionally ever since and has worked in advertising, travel, and fashion photography.<BR>Ken has been working with computers since 1981 and has written hundreds of articles, columns, and reviews for such publications as <I>Publish, DV Magazine, Computer Graphics World, PC World, Macworld</I>, and <I>Windows Magazine</I>. He has also published ten other computer book, including the first edition of <I>Digital Photography Bible, Master VISUALLY Photoshop 6.0, CliffsNotes Taking and Sharing Digital Photographs</I>, and <I>Photoshop 5.5 Professional Results</I>.<BR>Ken also maintains a practice as a commercial photo-illustrator and has become internationally known for his photo-painting, which has been featured twice in <I>Digital Graphics Magazine</I>, in the all-time best-selling poster for the 1988 Sausalito Arts Festival, and in the 1999 American President Lines Calendar.

Table of Contents

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

PART I: THE ROLE OF DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY.

Chapter 1: Using Digital Versus Traditional Photography.

Chapter 2: Getting the Most from Your Digital Camera.

Chapter 3: Think Before You Shoot.

PART II: THE SHOOT AND THE EQUIPMENT.

Chapter 4: On Location.

Chapter 5: In the Studio.

Chapter 6: Useful Photo Accessories.

Chapter 7: Outfitting Your Computer.

PART III: BEFORE THE EDIT AND IMAGE.

Chapter 8: Converting Analog to Digital.

Chapter 9: Cataloging and Managing Images.

Chapter 10: Choosing the Image-Editing Program.

PART IV: IMAGE-EDITING SOFTWARE.

Chapter 11: Essential Image Editing.

Chapter 12: Special Effects Solutions.

Chapter 13: Advanced Imaging Editing.

Chapter 14: Photopainting.

PART V: THE VERSATILITY OF DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY.

Chapter 15: Prepping Image for the Web.

Chapter 16: Miscellaneous Digital Magic.

PART VI: PRODUCING THE BEST OUTPUT.

Chapter 17: Choosing and Using a Desktop Printer.

Chapter 18: Making and Using Device Profiles for Predictable Output.

Chapter 19: Specialty Output Options.

PART VII: APPENDIXES.

Appendix A: Performing Equivalent Tasks with Various Image Editors.

Appendix B: What's On the CD-ROM.

Index.

BONUS CHAPTERS.

Chapter 1: Information on the Web.

Chapter2 : Hardware and Software Resources.