Digital Photography

A superbly written book that reveals all the ins and outs of editing digital photography and scanned film material using Adobe Photoshop CS. The author introduces the reader to basic and advanced editing techniques, emphasizing the elimination of errors that occur during the exposure itself and throughout the process of working with digital photography. First, you'll learn the core Photoshop functions and basic techniques - rotating the canvas, cropping the image, selecting and transforming, retouching, sharpening and blurring the photo, and making selections for photo montage. Then the author will show you what can be obtained by appropriate adjustment of brightness values both within the photo as a whole and in local application. You'll learn about the colour adjustment options available with the Variance, Level and Colour Balance tools and how to handle RAW photos. Black and white photography and the possibilities of tinting and colouring it will not be left out either. You will also learn the correct procedure for creating a photomontage and
you will learn everything you need for a quality presentation of your photos, whether on photographic paper or on the Internet, TV or data projector. The last part of the book is devoted to practical demonstrations in which you can try out the skills you have learned. Through the application of several different tools and techniques, you can then easily create a glint in the eyes, change the background of the portrait, create a glow on the object, spectacular still life, elegant frame, attractive invitation or PF and a functional WWW page. The author will also introduce you to some special photographic techniques, originating in classical photography, like a photogram, rolag and prolag, The Sabatier effect, Relief, Gloriola, reflective effects or oil painting. The book is accompanied by a 20-page colour appendix.