Digital Photography! I Didn't Know You Could Do That... [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

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Unless you're planning to enlarge your photographs to poster size, there's not much reason to use a film camera for everyday family and business photography. A digital camera enables you to get your pictures right onto your personal computer, where it's easy to edit them, post them to the Web, and distribute them by e-mail. Digital Photography! I Didn't Know You Could Do That... takes a beginner-at-the-viewfinder look at digital photography techniques. It's a good choice if you were given a digital camera as a gift and need to figure out what it can do, or if you're looking for project ideas.

This book stays away from recommending specific camera equipment, and similarly refrains from exploring model-specific camera features. The focus (pun intended) is on good all-purpose camera techniques (like avoiding backlighting and arranging subjects) and on editing photos with Adobe PhotoDeluxe (a copy of which appears--without a time limitation--on this book's companion CD-ROM). PhotoDeluxe documentation fills much of this book, with specific instructions for achieving desired effects and a color section that illustrates techniques. --David Wall

Topics covered: Capturing images with digital cameras and editing them with Adobe PhotoDeluxe. The author explains how to manage camera memory and batteries, how to transfer images from camera to computer, and how to get around in PhotoDeluxe. Specific PhotoDeluxe sections address fixing problems (such as bad lighting and poor focus), creative effects, and suggested projects.

Product Description

Shipments and sales of digital cameras are soaring! Learn how to get the most out of your digital camera. This book shows you how to manipulate images, get rid of red eye, correctly crop, create panorams and mosaics, take 3D pictures, create videos, sharpen images, and airbrush. Plus, it's full of fun ideas, like using your digital camera to increase sales on online auctions, having fun with your camera at parties, creating fun crafts and gifts, and much, much, more. The CD is jam-packed with great photo editors, installers for major site upload software, slideshow programs, animation software, filters, coupons, etc.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Sybex Inc; Book & CD edition (September 18, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782128432
• ISBN-13: 978-0782128437
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,136,103 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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61 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Such a good book, it's shocking!, January 4, 2001

By	"justinwoohoo" (Clearfield, Utah) - See all my reviews

I just started reading this book today, and I'm already on page 77 and I must say, I'm very impressed. This book is easy to read, has pictures of examples, tells you what to do to get good composition, talks about how digital cameras can get great photos, and much more. I have read the "Complete Idiot's" version of Digital Photography and while that book was very good, this one covers more information that I was looking for, particularly how to store and archive/organize digital photos as well as go into impressive detail on a lot of basic photography stuff. While this book isn't perfect, it's very, very good for a beginner to intermediate user and is fun to read. I have learned a lot so far. Also, it helps to have different books to read on the same subject of digital photography and this is a welcome edition to that learning "package." The full version of Photo Deluxe makes it a very good value. To close, I must say that this book will be very helpful for the reader who wants to learn more about how their camera can work to give them more pleasing shots and ease the use of digital photography. Buy the book.

53 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Software comes with it !, December 4, 2000

By	William D. Reeder "Georgia Boy" (Martinez, GA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Not only is the text excellent, but it includes a full version of Adobe Photodeluxe, which if you went to a computer store to buy, you would pay about $50.00 just for the software. Why do that when you can get the software AND the text for less than $20.00? Also, I have high-end photo programs (Corel and Photoshop), but I do almost everything using just the program this book gives you. It not only is an easy program to learn, it is also a powerful one.

64 of 68 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book-Buy It!, October 28, 2000

By A Customer

Whew, finally I can use my digital camera and know what I am doing! This book was a lifesaver. I can't recommend it too highly. It also had alot of good ideas for getting the most (and most practical) use out of my camera. After spending so much on the camera itself, the book was a good investment and a bargain to boot!