Start with a digital camera

This book combines simple instructions with beautiful full-color photographs to teach you how to create high-quality digital photos and incorporate them into graphic designs. Whether you're an amateur searching for buying advice and digital basics or a design pro looking for new inspiration and the latest technological advances, you'll find Start with a Digital Camera an invaluable resource.

Table of contents

1: Getting Started

Introduction

How to Use This Book

2: Getting To Know Your Camera

Digital Cameras and Their Components

3: Technical Issues

Digital Versus Film

Resolution Memory

Exposure and Latitude

Working with Your Computer System

4: The Big Picture

Environmental Photography

Event Photography

Location Photography

5: Working With People

Portraits

Full-Length Figures

People in Groups

Working with Children

6: Working With Objects

Studio Setups

Tabletop Still-life

Working with small objects

7: Editing Digital Photographs

Working with Tone and Color

Enhancing Your Digital Photos

8: Transforming Digital Photographs

Manipulating Images

Using Special Effects and Filters

Creating Montages

Combining Digital Photography with Other Graphics

9: Creating Textures and Backgrounds

Textures and Backgrounds from Nature

Textures from the Human Environment

Modifying and Extending Textures

10: Digital Photos in Desktop Output

Working with Laser Printers

Working with Inkjet Printers

Uses of Desktop Output

11: Digital Photos in Graphic Arts

Graphic Arts Requirements

Applying Digital Photography in Graphic Arts

12: Digital Photos On-Screen

On-Screen Requirements

Applying Digital Photography On-Screen

13: Adding Another Dimension

Creating Stereo Images

Creating 3D Images with Digital Texture Maps

Creating Solid Objects with Digital Photos

Resources

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