I just bought a Digital Camera, Now What?! Great Digital Picrures/Transfer Photos to Your PC/ E-Mail Photos

by Johnson, David; Johnson, Dave

• ISBN13: 9780760726563
• ISBN10: 0760726566
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-10
• Publisher: Silver Lining

Summary

Join the digital revolution and take better pictures than you've ever dreamed possible. Intimidating technical terms become easy to understand, and forbidding bells and whistles become easy to manipulate. With detailed illustrations, see how the camera works. Learn to use memory cards. Then master the art of editing pictures on your PC, including special editing effects to enhance a photo's mood, transform its background, or delete clutter. Quickly, you're ready to print pictures on your printer and e-mail them to your friends. Later sections show you how easy it is to add accessories such as close-up, telephoto, and wide-angle lenses, remote controls, and software for editing and storage. Along the way: first-person accounts of "disasters and how I fully recovered."

Table of Contents

The Digital Camera	6	(22)
The digital camera versus 35 Mm	8	(2)
Choosing a camera	10	(2)
All about features	12	(2)
Resolution	14	(2)
Your lens	16	(2)
Memory	18	(2)
Your viewfinder	20	(2)
The flash	22	(2)
Menu options	24	(2)
Now what do I do?	26	(2)
Using Your Camera	28	(22)
Using digital film	30	(2)
The two viewfinders	32	(2)
Two-step to your pictures	34	(2)
Activating your flash	36	(2)
Changing image quality	38	(2)
Focusing your camera	40	(2)
Zooming into action	42	(2)
Making short movies	44	(2)
Shooting a panorama	46	(2)
Now what do I do?	48	(2)
Taking Great Pictures	50	(20)
Mastering composition	52	(2)
Using the flash	54	(2)
Switching exposure modes	56	(2)
Handling unusual lighting	58	(2)
Taking great night Photos	60	(2)
Getting close	62	(2)
Capturing the action	64	(2)
Taking portraits	66	(2)
Now what do I do?	68	(2)
Moving Pictures To Your PC	70	(24)
Installing software	72	(2)
Connecting cables	74	(2)
Memory adapters	76	(2)
Transferring your pictures	78	(2)
Viewing your pictures	80	(2)
Organizing pictures	82	(2)
File formats	84	(2)
Managing pictures	86	(2)
Erasing the memory card	88	(2)
Storing old Images	90	(2)
Now what do I do?	92	(2)
Editing Pictures on the PC	94	(26)
Image-editing software	96	(2)
Inside an image editor	98	(2)
Rotate a sideways shot	100	(2)
Cropping pictures	102	(2)
Straightening a crooked picture	104	(2)
Sharpen a blurry shot	106	(2)
Fixing brightness and colors	108	(2)
Remove red-eye	110	(2)
Eliminate dust and scratches	112	(2)
Adding text to a picture	114	(2)
Save an image in a different file format	116	(2)
Now what do I do?	118	(2)
Special Editing Effects	120	(16)
Look like van Gogh	122	(2)
Erase the tourist	124	(2)
Stitch a panorama	126	(2)
Decolorize your background	128	(2)
Combine your picture with a celebrity	130	(2)
Animate your images	132	(2)
Now what do I do?	134	(2)
Displaying Your Pictures	136	(20)
Sizing your pictures	138	(2)
Display on the desktop	140	(2)
E-mail pictures	142	(2)
Store images online	144	(2)
Give away images on CD	146	(2)
View images on TV	148	(2)
Put pictures in a digital picture frame	150	(2)
Store images on a PDA	152	(2)
Now what do I do?	154	(2)
Printing Your Pictures	156	(18)
Choosing a color printer	158	(2)
Select the right paper	160	(2)
Use the right resolution	162	(2)
Making the print	164	(2)
Enlargements	166	(2)
Using a printing service	168	(2)
Caring for digital prints	170	(2)
Now what do I do?	172	(2)
Cool Accessories	174	(20)
Add-on lenses	176	(2)
Using a tripod	178	(2)
Special filters	180	(2)
Long-life batteries	182	(2)
Tools for panoramas	184	(2)
Take pictures with your PDA	186	(2)
Using a scanner	188	(2)
More software	190	(2)
Now what do I do?	192	(2)
Glossary	194	(4)
Index	198