TechTV's Digital Camera and Imaging Guide is a complete resource to use before and after buying a digital camera. You'll get expert advice from Les Freed, a PC Magazine editor who writes reviews on the newest consumer digital cameras and compatible software and hardware. This guide covers choosing the right camera, hardware, software, and Web resources, and shows how to capture, edit, store, and share images easily and with no previous photography experience.
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A combination of a beginner's guide to photography and a tutorial on how to use the most popular image-editing software, TechTV's Digital Camera and Imaging Guide makes an excellent companion for someone approaching digital photography from either direction. It's simultaneously well suited to photography hobbyists who want to learn about digital editing and to longtime computer users who want to do more with their latest peripheral than take happy-snaps at the barbecue. The authors--Les Freed (who has written about this subject for PC Magazine) and Sumi Das, who does technology reports for a cable television show--have done great work in explaining their subject in a welcoming way. You'll enjoy reading their prose and trying out their ideas.
Though there are a few expeditions into the peculiarities of specific products (cameras and printers, especially), the authors generally stick to universal principles when explaining what to look for in hardware. Any other approach would quickly be rendered obsolete. When it comes to software, they investigate a variety of products as well, though they stick mainly to the Adobe Photoshop interface (under Windows XP) when they explain how to, for instance, straighten and crop a haphazard picture of a skyline. These instructional sequences, by the way, are nicely illustrated. There are plenty of "work in progress" shots in addition to the "before" and "after" ones. --David Wall
Topics covered: How to choose, use, and enjoy a digital camera. Coverage includes much about general technology, including explanations of pixel resolutions and photo-transfer options, as well as advice on photographic technique (lighting and composition, among others). Detailed sections have to do with using Adobe Photoshop to tweak your photos after they've been taken.
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TechTV's Digital Camera and Imaging Guide is a complete resource to use before and after buying a digital camera. You'll get expert advice from Les Freed, a PC Magazine editor who writes reviews on the newest consumer digital cameras and compatible software and hardware. This guide covers choosing the right camera, hardware, software, and Web resources, and shows how to capture, edit, store, and share images easily and with no previous photography experience.
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four year digital camera user,
By Daniel Vanhorn (Saint Petersburg FL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: TechTV's Digital Camera and Imaging Guide (Paperback)
I'm a four year digital camera user. I wish this book was out when I first got in to digital cameras. I was able to pick up a lot of new tips tricks. The book has an excellent chapter on imaging software and printing your pictures. Also chapters on (my favorites) How many pixels are enough, Difficult pictures made easy, Sharing printers, Sharing your pictures on the web, just to name a few. I think this book is a must for any digital camera user or any one that uses imaging software. It's a lot of book for the money!! It is very easy to read and understand and I'm sure that I will use it for many years to come as a reference guide.Daniel Vanhorn
3.0 out of 5 stars
almost outdated but not quite,
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This review is from: TechTV's Digital Camera and Imaging Guide (Paperback)
I just read this book Nov. 2007 and it is still useful but nearly obsolete. It also has a disk that has some trial versions of software and the color pictures from the book.
On the critical side the pictures in the book are black and white, you have to use the disk to see the color pictures. Also the print is difficult to read as there is an annoying design on every page. Since you can get a used copy for .01 it's probably worth it though I got mine in the library.
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