
How to Do Everything with Your Digital Camera
By: Dave Johnson (Conducted by)
Paperback | 26 February 2001
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| Acknowledgments | p. xv |
| Introduction | p. xvii |
| Your Camera | |
| Welcome to the Future | p. 3 |
| A History Lesson | p. 4 |
| A Slow Evolution | p. 5 |
| The Future of Digital Cameras | p. 7 |
| Features, Gadgets, and Goodies | p. 9 |
| The Optical System | p. 9 |
| TTL Viewfinders | p. 10 |
| Power Systems | p. 11 |
| Memory Storage | p. 11 |
| Camera Controls | p. 13 |
| Choosing Your Own Digital Camera | p. 14 |
| The Upgrade Race | p. 15 |
| Resolution | p. 15 |
| Optics | p. 16 |
| Memory | p. 17 |
| Flash | p. 18 |
| Special Effects | p. 18 |
| Transfer Mechanism | p. 19 |
| Gear You'll Need | p. 19 |
| Understanding Exposure | p. 21 |
| How Cameras Take Pictures | p. 22 |
| Inside a 35mm Camera | p. 23 |
| The Moment of Exposure | p. 24 |
| How Digicams Are Different | p. 26 |
| Use ISO for Exposure Control | p. 28 |
| Change the ISO Setting | p. 29 |
| Perfecting Shots with Aperture and Shutter | p. 31 |
| How Cameras Choose Aperture and Shutter Speed | p. 31 |
| The Truth About Shutters | p. 33 |
| Adjust Exposure Manually | p. 34 |
| Use Shutter or Aperture Priority Adjustments | p. 36 |
| Tricky Lighting Situations | p. 37 |
| Use Exposure Compensation | p. 39 |
| Switch Metering Modes | p. 40 |
| Use Exposure Lock | p. 43 |
| When to Take Control | p. 45 |
| Composition Essentials | p. 47 |
| Why Composition Is Important | p. 48 |
| What We See | p. 49 |
| Rules of Composition | p. 49 |
| Isolate the Focal Point | p. 50 |
| Use the Rule of Thirds | p. 52 |
| Fill the Frame | p. 53 |
| Move the Horizon | p. 55 |
| Use Lines, Symmetry, and Patterns | p. 56 |
| Use Foreground to Balance the Background | p. 58 |
| Know When to Break the Rules | p. 58 |
| Using Depth of Field | p. 61 |
| Applying Depth of Field to Your Pictures | p. 64 |
| Getting the Most Out of Your Zoom Lens | p. 65 |
| Using Your Camera's Exposure Modes | p. 67 |
| Choosing Exposure Modes and Lenses in Special Situations | p. 70 |
| Flash and Lighting | p. 77 |
| The Basics of Flash Photography | p. 78 |
| Stay Within the Range of Your Flash | p. 79 |
| Master Your Flash Modes | p. 81 |
| Improve Your Outdoor Photographs | p. 83 |
| Beware the Sun | p. 83 |
| Add Fill Flash | p. 84 |
| Reflect Some Light | p. 85 |
| Improve Your Indoor Photographs | p. 88 |
| Use Window Light | p. 88 |
| Avoid the Red Eye | p. 88 |
| Correct the Color Balance | p. 89 |
| Correcting Images with White Balance | p. 89 |
| Adjusting White Balance Presets | p. 90 |
| Trying Your Hand at Night Photography | p. 92 |
| Taking Your First Night Shots | p. 92 |
| CCDs and Noise | p. 94 |
| Taking Close-Ups | p. 97 |
| Capturing the Microscopic World | p. 98 |
| Coaxing a Digital Camera to Take Close-Ups | p. 99 |
| Close-up Enemy No. 1: Parallax | p. 102 |
| Using Add-on Lenses | p. 105 |
| Close-up Techniques | p. 107 |
| A Steady Base | p. 110 |
| Keep the Subject Sharp | p. 111 |
| Mind the Background | p. 113 |
| Beware of the Flash | p. 115 |
| Shooting Through Glass | p. 115 |
| Pushing Your Camera to Its Limits | p. 119 |
| Get Creative | p. 120 |
| The Old-Fashioned Look | p. 121 |
| Make a Panorama | p. 121 |
| Getting the Right Overlap | p. 123 |
| Adding Lenses for Different Perspectives | p. 126 |
| Choosing Lenses | p. 128 |
| Add-on Lens Precautions | p. 128 |
| Taking Time-Lapse Photos | p. 132 |
| Making Movies | p. 134 |
| Taking Care of Batteries | p. 137 |
| Rechargeable Versus Alkaline | p. 137 |
| Get the Most Out of Your Batteries | p. 138 |
| Transferring Images | |
| Conquering File Formats | p. 143 |
| What Are File Formats and Why Do I Care? | p. 144 |
| The Most Common File Formats | p. 145 |
| Using File Formats | p. 149 |
| On the Camera | p. 149 |
| On the PC | p. 151 |
| Working with Digital Film | p. 157 |
| The ABCs of Digital Film | p. 158 |
| Transferring Images to the PC | p. 162 |
| Transferring Images with a Serial Cable | p. 163 |
| Transferring Images with a USB Port | p. 166 |
| Transfer Shortcuts: Using Memory Adapters | p. 170 |
| Caring for Your Memory Cards | p. 171 |
| Keeping Images on the PC | p. 175 |
| Managing Your Digital Pictures | p. 176 |
| Organizing Your Images in Windows 98 | p. 178 |
| Renaming Images in Windows 98 | p. 182 |
| Working with Quick View | p. 184 |
| Locating and Cataloging Images in Windows 98 | p. 188 |
| What's a Keyword? | p. 194 |
| Organizing Your Images in Windows Me | p. 196 |
| Estimating File Size | p. 198 |
| Calculating TIFs | p. 199 |
| Calculating JPGs | p. 199 |
| Archiving Images | p. 200 |
| Pixel Potential | p. 200 |
| Adding Extra Hard Drives | p. 201 |
| Turning Prints into Digital Images | p. 203 |
| Understanding Scanners | p. 204 |
| Shopping for a Scanner | p. 207 |
| Scanning and Correcting Your Images | p. 209 |
| Determining the Right Resolution | p. 209 |
| Tweaking Your Images | p. 213 |
| Slides, Negatives, or Prints? | p. 215 |
| Editing Images | |
| Quick Changes for Your Images | p. 219 |
| How Much PC You Need | p. 220 |
| Choosing an Image Editor | p. 221 |
| Tweaking the File Format | p. 225 |
| Shrinking Your Images | p. 225 |
| Changing the Color Depth of an Image | p. 227 |
| Saving Images in Different File Formats | p. 229 |
| Improve Your Composition | p. 231 |
| Crop Your Image | p. 231 |
| Using Cut and Paste | p. 236 |
| Rotate Your Perspective | p. 240 |
| Level a Crooked Picture | p. 241 |
| Improve the Color and Brightness in Your Image | p. 242 |
| Brighten Gloomy Shots | p. 242 |
| Add Snap to Your Colors | p. 246 |
| Brightness Only Goes So Far | p. 246 |
| Correct the Color Balance | p. 247 |
| Cleaning Up Your Images | p. 249 |
| Sharpening Blurry Pictures | p. 250 |
| Using the Sharpen Filter to Enhance Your Picture | p. 251 |
| Blur to Sharpen | p. 253 |
| Painting on Your Pictures | p. 255 |
| Choosing Colors | p. 256 |
| Applying the Paint | p. 258 |
| Painting More Accurately | p. 261 |
| Repairing the Evil Eye | p. 264 |
| Using Automatic Red Eye Removal | p. 264 |
| Removing Red Eye the Old-Fashioned Way | p. 265 |
| Airbrushing Away Distractions | p. 266 |
| Clean Up Old and Damaged Pictures | p. 268 |
| Remove Picture Scratches | p. 269 |
| Remove Dust, Dirt, and Digital Noise | p. 269 |
| Make a Panoramic Photo | p. 269 |
| Stitching Photos Together by Hand | p. 271 |
| Creating Special Effects | p. 275 |
| Using a Hollywood-Style Bluescreen | p. 276 |
| Make a Weather Map | p. 277 |
| Bluescreen Without a Screen | p. 280 |
| Shake Hands with Elvis | p. 286 |
| Shoot a Sci-Fi Firefight | p. 290 |
| The Disintegrating Subject | p. 292 |
| The Laser Blast | p. 294 |
| Paint Like Van Gogh | p. 295 |
| Decolorizing Your Pictures | p. 298 |
| Colorize an Image | p. 303 |
| Create Stop-Motion Movies | p. 303 |
| Working with Text and Creating Projects | p. 305 |
| Adding Text to Pictures | p. 306 |
| Special Effects with Text | p. 310 |
| Create Gradient-Filled Text | p. 310 |
| Create Picture-Filled Text | p. 312 |
| Add Drop Shadow | p. 314 |
| Combine Image and Drop Shadow | p. 317 |
| Projects for Your Digital Images | p. 319 |
| Using Digital Images as Wallpaper | p. 319 |
| Adding an Image to Letterhead | p. 321 |
| Creating Your Own Greeting Cards | p. 323 |
| Create a Newsletter | p. 329 |
| Using Your Images | |
| Printing Your Pictures | p. 333 |
| Using the Right Printer | p. 334 |
| Choosing a Printer | p. 335 |
| What to Look For | p. 340 |
| Printing Your Images | p. 341 |
| The Right Resolution | p. 341 |
| Working with Paper | p. 343 |
| Making Your Prints | p. 347 |
| Which Side Is the Right Side? | p. 351 |
| Caring for Your Prints | p. 351 |
| Working with Printing Services | p. 352 |
| Sharing Your Pictures | p. 353 |
| Send Images via Email | p. 354 |
| Attaching Pictures in Email | p. 357 |
| Distributing Images on Floppy and Zip Disks | p. 361 |
| Strategies for Sharing Lots of Images | p. 361 |
| Creating Your Own Web Pages | p. 362 |
| Choosing an Image Size and File Format for the Web | p. 364 |
| Sharing Images on the Web Without Designing a Web Site | p. 365 |
| Which Is Best? | p. 365 |
| Showing Off Images on a Palm | p. 368 |
| Showing Off Images in a Digital Picture Frame | p. 371 |
| Create a Slide Show on Videotape | p. 373 |
| Record Video Directly from the Camera | p. 373 |
| Index | p. 377 |
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ISBN: 9780072127720
ISBN-10: 0072127724
Series: How to Do Everything
Published: 26th February 2001
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 394
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: OSBORNE
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 23.44 x 19.13 x 2.39
Weight (kg): 0.73
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