Mark Galer's and Les Horvat's new text is a must-have guide for every student needing to get to grips with digital imaging. They provide a comprehensive, practical guide to the entire digital chain, from capture - with coverage of digital cameras and help on which one to choose, to output - with extensive information on image adjustment and colour management. This is far more than a Photoshop manual; it builds your competence to deal with potentially confusing areas such as resolution and the control over tonality of colour. Put into practice the skills learnt by completing creative assignments and practical activities. This is an inspirational text; as well as encouraging you to express yourself visually; it is a highly structured learning tool that ensures all the essentials skills are learnt and applied to help improve your digital photography.Mark Galer: lectures in photography in the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia. He is also co-writer and teacher on their new online photography courses. He has lectured in photography in the UK and Australia and has worked commerically as a freelance photographer on corporate and editorial assignments.Les Horvat: lectures part-time in photography at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia. For the past 18 years he has been working as a commerical photographer from his own studio, supplying the imaging needs of the advertising and design industries both in Australia and overseas. he is actively involved in the digital areas offering a complete digital service for his commercial clients. · Understand the entire digital chain, from capture to print· Put your skills into practice with practical exercises· Learn all the essential principles of digital imaging

Digital Imaging: Essential Skills

Arts & Photography

Galer, Mark

Horvat, Les

Photography & Video

Focal Press

Offering a comprehensive coverage of the entire digital chain, from capture to output this is a must have guide for any student needing to get to grips with digital imaging. The approach taken is very practical, focusing on building on the users competence throughout the book. Creative assignments and practical activities also encourage the reader to put their skills into practice. This second edition will include more images and examples relating to the new features from the latest version of Photoshop 7.0 and new sections on preparing images for the web and preparing images for the print. This is an inspirational text; as well as encouraging you to express yourself visually; it is a highly structured learning tool that ensures all the essential skills are learnt and applied to help improve your digital photography. * Learn all the principles of digital imaging * Put your skills into practice with practical exercises * Understand the entire digital chain, from capture to print.

Superbly illustrated throughout, Digital Imaging provides the essential skills and knowledge you need to produce high quality results. You are guided through practical, structured activities that allow you to express yourself visually and improve your digital capture, production and post-production workflows. Updated in line with the latest technologies and techniques, coverage is provided for users of Elements 3, Photoshop CS2 and CS. Extensively revised to offer in-depth coverage of digital capture and file handling workflows , Digital Imaging includes a wide range of practical projects ranging from essential and quick image enhancement techniques through to sophisticated, involved and professional post-production techniques. The accompanying CD-Rom is packed full with video tutorials, supporting images, printable PDF files, Adobe presets, useful links and much more. Further downloadable images can be accessed on the associated website www.photographyessentialskills.com. Fully comprehensive with excellent supporting resources, this is a 'must have' guide for anyone needing to get to grips with digital imaging. * Learn all the principles of digital imaging from this inspirational resource * Put your skills into practice with creative exercises and assignments * Understand the entire digital imaging chain, from capture to print

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Digital Imaging: Essential Skills

Digital Imaging: Essential Skills

Digital Imaging: Essential Skills