Sharing Digital Photos: The Future of Memories [Paperback]

Dane M. Howard (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 10, 2004

The software that accompanies the book will compliment the "best practice" approach the author teaches to media creation, editing, authoring and publishing. The collection of software will include a wide variety of shareware, custom scripts, templates, and tools. The software collection provides tools, tips, and tricks that turn ideas into action. The CD-ROM will include shareware, demos and trial versions of software that will extend and personalize the book experience. The collective body of software included in the offering should allow a reader to tell a story end-to end: 1. Organize, sort and rename2. Edit, crop, and color-correct (or batch process)3. Image optimize for desired output (or batch process)4. Compose Media: build Chronicle (template and visual presentation)5 Publish and Index6. Rinse and Repeat

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About the Author

Dane M. Howard has been telling stories with pictures for 11 years. As a designer and director of the creative process, he has developed creative strategies and products for Microsoft, BMW, Major League Baseball, Avaya Communications, Quokka Sports, NBC Olympics, Rolling Stone, CBS, Merrill Lynch, Pulse Entertainment, and Disney. His clients and collaborators include key management of Design, Marketing, Research and Development, and Chief Executives.

His professional career started in 1990 with Alias|Wavefront where he was introduced to the high-end world of 3-D animation. At Alias|Wavefront he became a worldwide master trainer for their animation program. In 1993 he co-founded Paradigm Interactive, a design consultancy for interactive media. The company was successfully acquired in 1995 and became a software entertainment company that pioneered games and software tools. His client and audience reached a global scale in 1998 when he had the privilege to lead a design team for the online coverage of the 2000 Olympics.

As a designer and new father, Dane is using his background in sequential media and experience-based prototypes to express his passion for sharing the stories of his loved ones. His search has brought him to discover and evaluate the existing and evolving technologies that will shape the future of digital photography and self publishing for the mass market. The reinvention and expression of the photo album is carefully observed and evident in his work and research.

Dane currently works at Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington. He is a Design and Program Manager for their Smart Personal Objects Group, creating and designing new products.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (March 10, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735619921
• ISBN-13: 978-0735619920
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,089,687 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bellissimo libro, May 3, 2004

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Rebeca Andarias de Prado (Rome, Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sharing Digital Photos: The Future of Memories (Paperback)

I just book the Italian version of this book which has just been published here.

This simple and lovely book is not about how to use my new sophisticated digital camera (I will have to study the manual) but has encouraged me to free my amateur photographer mind from concepts carved there like "don't shoot until you are pretty sure the scene is good enough and that film is not wasted". It didn't teach me either how to download the photos to my Mac but certainly has broaden my world and taught me creative ways of sharing my good memories with my Spanish family.

The photos are really nice and support very well all the concepts. The language is clear and so are the explanations even if I doubt I will use the Microsoft products mentioned in the book. I am sure I will be able to "replicate" them with my Mac. To cut a long story short: as the proverb says "it hasn't give me the fish but has given me the knowledge to catch fish by myself".

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sharing memories, not just pictures., April 6, 2004

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"robinstien" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sharing Digital Photos: The Future of Memories (Paperback)

This book is about capturing experiences, not just photos. It is an excellent read for any beginner (or digital camera buff) interested in learning not just how to take digital images, but how to take and create photos that tell a story. I was originally looking for a book to help me expand the way I use my digital camera when I came across "Sharing Digital Photos". What an unexpected surprise. As soon as I went through it, I knew it was a great find and was amazed at the breadth of possibilities that exist.

Dane covers a multitude of options available for the digital photographer, and covers various methods, programs, and techniques for sharing, managing, and tweaking images. The clarity and simplicity with which the book delivers this information is refreshing. He delivers clear descriptions of the mythology and uses personal family experiences as examples. These personal stories form the heart of the book and make the concepts easy to understand. Each chapter continuously serves up an honest and straightforward delivery that helps create a solid perspective on the different techniques.

Access to website links allow you to experience the solutions and further demonstrate the possibilities. He uses "easy to follow" language, plenty of photo examples, and well laid out graphics in various combinations to effectively communicate the essential message in each lesson while encouraging you to dive in along the way. This book has changed my paradigm concerning digital images where they no longer sit idly in my hard disk! Happy story telling...

I feel the addition of a CD with examples and demos of the software programs would have made the experience even more enjoyable.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Every picture tells a story, July 19, 2004

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Mark Sylvester (Montecito, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sharing Digital Photos: The Future of Memories (Paperback)

I was able to get an advance copy of Dane's book and am so glad that I did. There are so many books out there on digital photography, mostly how-to's that are basic. What Dane does in this book is attack the issue from a completley different point of view - how to use the images to tell a story.

I especially appreciate his very tactical advice on how to start the process - what picture to use first, how to setup a sequence that conveys a mood and character to the story line.

I really liked how he used real examples (his daughter) which helped take this practical book out of the theoretical and into the real world of dealing with images.

My girlfriends father relies on me for technical support for his camera (which we got him for Christmas). So for Fathers Day we bought him his own copy of Dane's book - and a copy of Microsoft's Digital Image Suite software.

He is loving both!

mark sylvester