General & Miscellaneous Photography Techniques, General & Miscellaneous Photography, Digital Photography, Printing, & Scanning, Digital & Video Photography Techniques

Digital Imaging for Photographers

Name: Digital Imaging for Photographers
Author: Adrian Davies
ISBN: 9781136096853

by Adrian Davies, Phil Fennessy

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This completely revised and updated fourth edition, with the latest information on cameras, printers and image processing techniques, is also illustrated throughout with full color images for the first time. The free CD-ROM contains many of these images so that you can practice the techniques in the book, as well as new examples of some the other issues discussed. Specially produced animations show the operation of charge coupled devices (CCDs) and software provided includes NIH Image (Scion Image for PC), invaluable for technical photographers to process and analyze their images. If you are considering investing in digital imaging equipment, or want to understand more about this subject, this book will offer you authoritative, first-hand advice.

Author Biography: Adrian Davies is Deputy Head of the Department of Arts, Media and General Education at North East Surrey College of Technology, where he has introduced various courses on digital imaging. He writes regularly for a number of magazines and speaks at various conferences and exhibitions, as well as being an active wildlife and natural history photographer. Phil Fennessy is Digital Capture Development Manager for Eastman Kodak.

Audience: Students on photography/digital imaging/art and design courses. Professional photographers migrating to the new technology. Professionals needing a reference source.

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Introduces digital imaging from image capture through manipulation and output. Ten chapters discuss hardware and software; an overview of digital cameras; scanning, storing, and compressing files; the digital darkroom; color management techniques; output issues; transmitting images over the web; and ethical and copyright issues. Includes a CD- ROM with sample images taken from a range of digital cameras, a tryout version of NIH Image (Scion for the PC), and video clips from the Virtual Training Company range of CD-ROM's. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.