For undergraduate-level courses in Introductory Digital Photography.

Thoroughly updated to address today's new equipment and software for digital photography. Extended information about working with black and white photographs in a digital format.

Features

• NEW�Fully updated to reflect today�s software and equipment--Including digital camera technology, the most useful aspects of Photoshop and camera control types.
  • Gives students an up-to-the-minute perspective on the uses of, and techniques in digital technology.
• NEW�New expanded coverage of black and white photography.
  • Enables students to understand digital photography's approach to black and white photography.
• NEW--New Gallery sections--Featuring more images from accomplished digital artists.
  • Keeps students up-to-date with advances in digital photography by showing them a broad range of possibilities in digital imaging.
• Detailed how-to information�Provides step-by-step guidance throughout the entire range of digital studio processes, and explains how specific procedures can lead to better image making.
  • Shows students exactly how to perform tasks such as scanning, crating composite images and resampling images.
• Comparison of traditional film and digital equipment, methods, and techniques.
  • Helps students build conceptual and practical bridges between the old and the new methods, techniques, and equipment.
• Examples of the many uses of digital photography technology�Color reproductions and illustrations carefully selected to inspire students to master the techniques presented.
  • Enables students to see the results and enhances the teaching power of the book.
• Self-contained, facing-pages presentation for each topic.
  • Provides students with a book that is easier to read and topics easier to find and follow. Makes it easier for instructors to assign topics out-of-sequence.
• Topic organization that parallels many traditional photographic courses.
  • Provides students with parallels that make learning digital material easier for those who have studied film-and-darkroom photography.
• How to customize digital images for many modes of distribution�e.g., desktop printers, World Wide Web, CD-ROMs, film recorders, and alternative non-silver processes.
  • Gives students a wider perspective on the uses of digital technology.
• Chapter on color photography�A topic often ignored in introductory photo textbooks.
  • Makes it easier for students to understand digital photography's approach to color, especially the Red-Green-Blue color space.
• Cutting-edge developments in the field�Covered in an Appendix.
  • Keeps students up-to-date with advances in digital photography, including hardware and software.

1. Digital Imaging.

Digital Imaging: An Overview .
Pictures into Pixels.
Bit Depth.
Picture "Size": Ppi, Dpi, and Other Image Measurements.
Modes And Color Spaces: How Computers Work with Color.
Digital Imaging, Changing Ethics, and the Law: Is it Possible? vs. Is it Right?

2. Image Capture And Storage.

Film Cameras and Digital Cameras.
Exposure Latitude.
Digital Cameras.
How Digital Cameras Work.
Types of Digital Cameras.
Digital View Cameras.
The Settings of Your Digital Camera.
Scanning.
Making a Scan Step-by-Step.
Storing Your Images.
File Formats.
Resizing an Image Step-by-Step.

3. Basic Image Editing.

Interface: How You Give Commands to the Software.
Adjusting Brightness and Contrast.
More About Adjusting Brightness and Contrast: Using Histograms to Diagnose Exposure Problems.
Adjusting Color: Color Balance.
More About Adjusting Color: Hue and Saturation.
Editing an Image Step-by-Step.
Selections:
Defining an Area that You Want to Change.
Outlining Selections.
Selecting Areas that are Similar in Color or Brightness.
Drawing Selections with Pen Tools.
Modifying Selections.
Cropping and Transforming Selections.
Brush Tools: Painting on an Image.
Using Brush Tools: Applying Paint and Special Effects.
Cloning: Copying from One Part of an Image to Another.
Healing and Patching: Repair Tools that Can be Used Creatively.
Gallery.

4. Beyond Basic Image Editing.

Layers:
The Best Way to Combine Images.
Creating Image Layers.
Harmonizing the Elements of a Collage.
Managing Image Layers.
Making a Composite Image Step-by-Step.
Curves:
The Professional Way to Control Tones and Colors.
Using Curves.
Adjustment Layers:
Preventing Color Banding and Data Loss.
Using Adjustments.
Using Masks to Create Selections.
Layer Masks:
Attaching a Mask to a Layer.
Adjustment Layer Masks: Professional-Level Photoshop.
Alpha Channels: Where Masks are Stored.
Color Channels:
Where Color Information is Stored.
Editing Color Channels.
Modifying the Past: The Fade Command and the History Brush.
Troubleshooting: Keeping Track of Layers and Channels.
Digital Filters for Special Effects.
Gallery.

5. Digital Printing and Electronic Publishing.

How Color Is Created: Additive and Subtractive.
Calibrating Your Monitor for Consistent Color.
Making Your Prints Match the Monitor:
Color Settings for Printing.
Printers, Inks, and Papers.
Sharpening Prints.
Making Images for the Internet.
Making Images for Multimedia.
Making Prints On Film and Photographic Paper.
Black-and-White Photography In the Digital Age.
Digital Imaging for Non-Silver Processes.