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Digital Photography Essentials | |
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Why Digital? | |
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The Excitement of Digital Photography | |
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It's Not All Daffodils | |
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Your Love of Photography | |
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Nuts and Bolts of Digital Imaging | |
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Resolution = Information | |
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Bit Depth | |
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Color Modes | |
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File Formats | |
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Understanding the Concepts | |
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How a Digital Camera Works | |
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Lens to Imaging Sensor to Media | |
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The Lens | |
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The Viewfinder and LCD | |
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The Shutter | |
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The Imaging Sensor | |
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Storing the Image | |
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Flash | |
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The Informed Photographer | |
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Buying a Digital Camera | |
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Types of Digital Cameras | |
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How to Decide | |
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How to Shop | |
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Making a Final Decision | |
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Essential Accessories | |
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Your Camera Bag | |
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The Camera Manual | |
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More Batteries | |
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More Storage | |
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The Importance of a Tripod | |
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More Light | |
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Lenses | |
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Essential Filters | |
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Dealing with Dust | |
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Odds and Ends | |
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What's in Your Photo Studio? | |
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Digital Photography Techniques | |
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Digital Photography Foundations | |
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Setting Up Your Digital Camera | |
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Exposure Modes | |
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Metadata | |
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Taking the Image | |
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How Digital Photography Differs from Film Photography | |
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Digital Photography Is Photography | |
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Seeing the Light | |
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Measuring the Light | |
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Exposure Compensation | |
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Evaluating Exposure: Using the Histogram | |
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White Balance | |
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Evaluating Image Quality on the LCD Screen | |
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The Digital Darkroom | |
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Building a Digital Darkroom | |
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The Darkroom | |
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The Computer | |
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Backup | |
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Printers | |
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Essential Accessories | |
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Software | |
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Ready for Images | |
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Download, Edit, and Convert | |
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Download | |
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Edit | |
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Converting RAW Files | |
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On to Optimization | |
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Essential Image Enhancement | |
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Photoshop Preferences | |
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Color Settings | |
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Developing an Image-Editing Strategy | |
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Global Tonal Correction | |
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Basic Color Correction | |
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Basic Image Clean-Up | |
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Digital Darkroom Flexibility | |
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Digital Darkroom Expert Techniques | |
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Sharpening | |
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Improving the Light | |
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Converting Color to Black and White | |
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Toning and Tinting Techniques | |
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Merging Images | |
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Improving Image Structure | |
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Working with High-Bit Files | |
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Creating Better Images | |
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Output, Manage, and Present | |
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From Capture to Monitor to Print | |
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The Importance of Color Management | |
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Understanding Limitations | |
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Profiles | |
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Digital Camera Profiling | |
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Monitor Profiling | |
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Printer Profiling | |
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Preparing to Print | |
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Printing via Photoshop | |
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Outside Printing | |
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The Perfect Print | |
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The Digital Portfolio | |
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Presenting Photos Online | |
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Protecting Photos Online | |
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Digital Slide Shows | |
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Print Packages | |
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The Benefits of Sharing | |
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Archive, Catalog, and Backup | |
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Master Images | |
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Digital Asset Management | |
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Protecting Your Images | |
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Backup | |
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Back to Photography | |
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Index | |