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| Introduction | |
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| Digital Imaging Basics | |
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| Chips and Pixels | |
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| Setting Up: Hardware | |
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| Camera | |
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| Memory Cards | |
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| Batteries | |
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| TV Monitor | |
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| Computer | |
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| Monitor and Calibrator | |
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| Setting Up: Software | |
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| Photoshop: Preferences | |
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| Bridge: Preferences and Configurations | |
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| Color Management,Workflow, and Calibration | |
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| Basic Digital Capture Workflow | |
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| Calibrating for Digital Capture | |
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| Establish Lighting | |
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| Shoot to Bracket the Exposure Range | |
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| View Shots in Bridge and Zero Out Sliders | |
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| Determine the Best Exposure | |
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| Compare the ColorChecker | |
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| Adjust Calibration Sliders | |
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| Save a New Camera Default | |
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| Putting Color Management in Context | |
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| Lighting and Photographing People | |
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| Lighting Technology | |
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| Basic Portrait Lighting | |
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| Beauty Light | |
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| Rembrandt Lighting | |
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| Natural Light | |
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| On-Camera Flash | |
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| Breaking the Rules | |
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| Advanced Lighting Techniques | |
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| Ring Light | |
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| Combination Lighting: Daylight Plus Flash | |
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| Controlling Natural Light | |
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| Action Stopping Lighting | |
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| Experimenting with Light | |
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| The Color of Skin | |
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| White Points, Black Points, and Places In-Between | |
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| Zone System: Contrast and Tone | |
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| Neutral Color: Using Balanced Numbers | |
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| Curves: The Basic Color and Tone Tool | |
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| Contrast Control: The Basic Curve Shapes | |
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| Info Palette: Reading Basic Numbers | |
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| White/Black Point Correction | |
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| Adjusting Numbers for the Color of Skin | |
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| The Family of Man: Cultural and Psychological Issues | |
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| Cultural and Personal Color Bias | |
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| Tone and Contrast: Color and B+W | |
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| Converting to B+W | |
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| The Channel Mixer | |
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| Split Channels: Layer Blending | |
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| Luminosity Blending | |
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| Instant Tan | |
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| When Color Overwhelms: Look for the Good Channel | |
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| Hue/Saturation Toning Effects | |
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| Split-Toning | |
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| Gradient Map Colorizing | |
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| The Power of B+W | |
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| Retouching | |
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| Basic Image Repair | |
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| Hue/Saturation Color Repair | |
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| Beauty Retouching | |
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| Figure Thinning Techniques | |
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| Subtle Retouching | |
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| Skin Smoothing | |
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| Special Effects | |
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| Soft Focus | |
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| Basic Diffusion Effect | |
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| Screen Diffusion | |
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| Overlay Diffusion | |
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| Linear Light Diffusion | |
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| Depth of Field Effects | |
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| Lens Tilt Effect | |
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| Film Grain and Mezzotint | |
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| Cross-Processing | |
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| Tattoos | |
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| Faking Tattoos | |
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| Preparing for Print | |
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| Sharpening | |
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| Unsharp Mask | |
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| Smart Sharpen | |
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| Multiple Sharpening Layers | |
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| Octave Sharpening | |
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| Overlay Sharpening and High-Radius Effects | |
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| Color Management for Print | |
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| Profiles and Look-Up Tables | |
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| Soft Proofing | |
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| Desktop Printing | |
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| Output Simulations | |
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| Creative Print Finishing | |
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| Last Minute Fixes | |
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| Parting Shots | |
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| Digital Photo Workflow | |
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| Companion CD Contents | |
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| Chapter 2 | |
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| Chapter 3 | |
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| Chapter 4 | |
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| Chapter 5 | |
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| Chapter 6 | |
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| Chapter 7 | |
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| Chapter 8 | |
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| Future Developments | |
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| Index | |