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March 11, 2005 0764574779 978-0764574771 1
Digital photography is sweeping the country, and it’s easy to see why. You can take pictures of anything, do it quickly, see instantly what you got (or didn’t get), save only the stuff you like, and share your pictures as prints, on the Web, as a slideshow, or even on things like mugs and mousepads. A digital camera and the appropriate software let you
  • Take wide-angle or closeup shots, indoors or out
  • Know immediately whether you got what you wanted
  • Delete shots you don’t like and retake them
  • Improve your images on your computer
  • Combine images into a montage
  • Customize your pictures by adding special visual effects

Digital photography is fun, but whether you’re an old hand at taking digital pictures or still picking out your first camera, there are plenty of times when you know what you want to do and just want to figure out how to do it, right now. That’s exactly what Digital Photography Just the Steps For Dummies helps you do. It’s designed so you can quickly find the task you want to perform and follow step-by-step instructions to get the job done, right now. Loaded with full-color photos to show you what you can do, Digital Photography Just the Steps For Dummies helps you

  • Choose the camera, lenses, and flash equipment that are best for the type of photography you want to do
  • Compose good pictures regardless of your subject
  • Scan and digitize existing photos so you can enhance or repair them
  • Change the size or format of an image
  • Adjust color, brightness, contrast, sharpness, and other attributes of a digital image
  • Repair tears, creases, or scratches in a scanned photo, remove red-eye, and restore a faded image
  • Use layers to alter an image, add text, or change the background
  • Photograph items you want to sell online to show them at their best
  • Sort and organize photos on your computer
  • Print picture albums, make photo T-shirts, create a slideshow, or burn a video CD

When you’re looking for a clear set of instructions so you can get results right away, you want a Just the Steps For Dummies book. With Digital Photography Just the Steps For Dummies, you’ll find everything quickly comes into focus!


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Easy steps and full color photos help you take and print great shots.

Simple steps for great results . . .

Change a Photo to a Colored Pencil Drawing

  1. With an image open in Adobe Photoshop Elements, choose Filter—Artistic—Colored Pencil. The Colored Pencil dialog box opens, as shown in Figure 10-5.
  2. Experiment until you achieve the desired effect in the sample window. The options are...
  3. Click OK to apply the effect to the photo, as shown in Figure 10-6.

Using artistic effects is a wonderful way to create paintings and drawings, even if you are not a graphic artist. In addition to the digital effects, the choice of paper and printing technique you use can add quality to the finished product.

Get Ready to:

  • Compare camera features
  • Compose shots like a pro
  • Take great photos for eBay auctions
  • Transfer images to your computer
  • Enhance and repair photos
  • Share prints or electronic images

About the Author

Frederic Jones, PhD, (Masters at FST/GTU, Masters/PhD(ABD) at Florida State Univ., PhD at International College), is an experienced multimedia   artist, filmmaker, and author. He has written over 30 books including: How to do Everything with Digital Video (McGrawHill) and Desktop Digital Video (PrenticeHall), Sing to the Lord a New Song: Contemporary Songs, Rituals and Liturgy (Judith Jones, co-author, Speak from the Heart Press). He co-authored and produced, with Judith Jones, Beyond Time, a major CD-ROM game published by Virgin Interactive which sold over 400,000 copies worldwide. He has written, animated, and produced several international hit interactive CD-ROM children’s titles. He produced a number of videos for a wide variety of clients including: Herman Miller Corporation, Westinghouse, Lightolier, and so on. He is also a Christian pastor.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (March 11, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0764574779
  • ISBN-13: 978-0764574771
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,483,048 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Nicely done, and stays on target well..., July 29, 2005
This review is from: Digital Photography Just The Steps For Dummies (For Dummies (Lifestyles Paperback)) (Paperback)
I think I finally found a book I could give my dad if and when he ever decides to buy a digital camera... Digital Photography Just The Steps For Dummies by Frederic H. Jones. It's a very attractive work that doesn't stray from it's purpose.

Contents:

Part 1 - Acquiring Digital Photos: Selecting a Camera and Accessories; Setting Up and Using the Camera; Snapping Digital Pictures; Viewing and Transferring Images; Digitizing Existing Pictures

Part 2 - Editing and Enhancing Digital Photos: Manipulating Image Attributes; Fixing Common Image Problems; Repairing Digital Images; Adding Photo Editor Special Effects; Adding Photoshop Elements Effects; Using Layers

Part 3 - Choosing and Using a Printer; Organizing and Sharing Photos

Part 4 - Special Projects: Taking Close-Up Photos for eBay; Restoring Old Photos; Documenting Your Travels; Creative Mini-Projects; Index

The author's intent is simple: write a book for people who just want to do stuff with their camera and don't want to read 500 pages to figure it all out. Jones writes this book as a series of "steps" attached to each "thing" that you would want to do. Lengthen depth of field? Five steps to follow. Reduce battery usage? Two steps. Scan a photo using Windows scanner wizard? Nine steps... All very easy to follow and you'll get results in short order.

For the software manipulation of your pictures, he uses Adobe Photoshop in most of the examples. At first I thought that if you had some other package, you could just find the menu option that does the same thing. But for the type of reader that would have this book, they probably just want to follow directions and not dive deeply (yet?) into their graphics software. So if you don't have Adobe Photoshop, you may not get as much out of this book as you could.

Another thing I like about this book... It should appeal to a couple different types of photographers. The person who is making the leap into digital photography can use half the book to figure out how best to take pictures. The other person who has the camera but wants to start manipulating their pictures can use the other half to get some great digital images to show off to their friends. And if the bug bites and you get totally wrapped up in this subject, you'll have a solid foundation on which to build...

Nice book, extremely practical, and very easy to use...
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Just the basics, March 17, 2007
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This was a good introduction for those of us who were maybe leery of the digital camera revolution. It explains what to look for in a camera, how to use it and how to download to the computer. It's basically a more indepth camera user's guide. It, like the other book on the subject I own and reviewed (Perfect Digital Photography), talks about how to Photoshop your pictures after downloading them.

All in all, it is maybe a smidge too basic, but a good intro to digital photography.
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This was very helpful and answered the questions I had. I have several 'For Dummies' books and they have all been helpful.
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Choices, choices, choices. Although any number of prices and features are available, three principal grades of digital camera exist: consumer, midrange, and professional. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
attachment lenses, additional image processing, finished scan, photo directory, brightness problems, preview scan, mode dial, insurance inventory, set your camera, copy stand, adjustment option, undamaged area, shutter button, portrait mode, most digital cameras, digital zoom, select box, memory card
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Adobe Photoshop Elements, Photoshop Album, Microsoft Photo Editor, Difference Clouds, Rectangular Marquee, Sell Your Item, File Edit View Favorites Tools Help, File Edlt Image, Digital Family Album, Magic Wand, Standard Edit, Gaussian Blur, Graphic Pen, Printer Type, Chromed Metallic Look, Color Picker, Organize Photos, Repeat Steps, Archive Printed Photos, Auto Sharpen, Background Element, Change Photo Lighting, Choose Other Accessories, Choose Other Features, Click the Save
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