• Author:
  • Ames, Kevin
• Subject:
  Business Applications
• Published by:
  John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
• Published:
  16/12/2005
• Price:
  $52.99
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5 books in 1 -- your key to terrific digital photos

Your one-stop, full-color guide to Photoshop CS2 and your digital SLR

You've just bought a brand-new digital single lens reflex camera and Photoshop CS2. Congratulations! Now the question is, "How do I make great photos?" You're in luck! The first two minibooks cover everything you want to know about using your new camera to capture images. The last three explore the wonders of digital photography using Photoshop CS2.

Discover how to
* Set your camera for the right exposure
* Select the right lens for the job
* Choose the better format--JPEG or RAW
* Tweak exposure and white balance images in Photoshop
* Use layer masks in retouching and special color effects

Kevin Ames has been earning money with his camera since high school. He's a commercial digital photographer, Photoshop World Dream Team Instructor, magazine columnist, and the author of Photoshop CS: The Art of Photographing Women.

Introduction.

Book I: The Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera.

Chapter 1: Taking a Shot at the Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera.

Chapter 2: Revealing Exposure Controls.

Chapter 3: Understanding Exposure’s Overs, Unders, and Right-Ons.

Chapter 4: Working with Lenses, the Camera’s Eye.

Book II: The Digital Photograph.

Chapter 1: Storing Your Images from the Camera and Beyond.

Chapter 2: Supporting Your Local DSLR.

Chapter 3: Making Better Photographs.

Book III: The Digital Negative.

Chapter 1: Choosing the Best Format: JPEG or RAW.

Chapter 2: Archiving Your Digital Negatives.

Chapter 3: Presenting Proofs to Friends, Family, and the World.

Chapter 4: Introducing Adobe Camera Raw 3.

Book IV: Working with Photographs in Photoshop CS2.

Chapter 1: Building Bridges: Working with Adobe Bridge.

Chapter 2: Controlling Colors and Balancing White.

Chapter 3: Refining Exposure.

Chapter 4: Commanding Colors and Using Layer Masks.

Book V: Preserving Pixels.

Chapter 1: Understanding Nondestructive Editing.

Chapter 2: Creating Stunning Black and White.

Chapter 3: Retouching Photographs of People.

Chapter 4: Getting What You See Onscreen to Come Out in Print.

Book VI: Appendixes.

Appendix A: Resources.

Appendix B: Kevin’s Essential Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts.

Bonus Chapter 1: Beating the Shoebox Syndrome via Cataloging.

Bonus Chapter 2: Presenting Electronic Proofs.

Index.