How to Do Everything with Your Digital Camera

Name: How to Do Everything with Your Digital Camera
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ISBN: 9780072127720

ISBN-10: 0072127724

ISBN-13: 9780072127720

Edition: 2001

Authors: Michael Banks, Dave Johnson

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This guide aims to teach you everything you need to know about using your digital camera. It covers such topics as how to get good pictures, how to evaluate and buy a new or used digital camera, and the best resources for digital photography hardware.

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List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 394
Size: 7.28" wide x 9.02" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

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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