An introduction to the Camera Raw for digital photographers explains how to use the cutting-edge format to perform such operations as white balance, exposure adjustment, and sharpening--normally performed inside the camera--after the photo is taken, offering detailed instructions and expert advice on how Camera Raw works and how to use it effectively to create outstanding photographs. Original. (All Users)

Veteran photographer Rob Sheppard finds that Lightroom 2 can give you back the control over color images that photographers once enjoyed in the traditional darkroom. Packed with secrets Rob has discovered and developed, this book shows you how Lightroom processes RAW and JPEG files non-destructively, how to navigate quickly through your photos in any module with Filmstrip, how you can optimize your photos easily with the adjustment brush and graduated filter tools, speedy and simple ways to process multiple images, and how to prepare images for print or online display.

Provides information on using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, covering such topics as customizing view options, importing and exporting images, developing an image, building slideshows, printing, and configuring a Website.

Covers types of scanners, features, and basic techniques for their use, from preparing images and adjusting resolution to manipulating scanned images and working with different formats. (view table of contents)

Explores technologies and techniques that photographers can use to save time and money while staying current in the profession, covering topics including scanning, digital modifications, and image-producing equipment. (view table of contents)

Product Description: The superb Canon EOS 20-D single-lens-reflex camera (SLR) has professional features at a consumer-friendly cost, and that's why it's bound to become a bestseller. Rob Sheppard, PCPhoto's digital expert, shows owners how to make the most of this great equipment, with unequalled hands-on advice on all its technological capabilities and helpful accessories, including choosing and using lenses and flash units...read more

Product Description: - This is a highly-anticipated addition to Canon's advanced amateur lineup, with outstanding features that are the highest in the DSLR class - This guide is indispensable for photographers who want to take full advantage of all this impressive new model has to offer 

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A compact, single-volume reference on the art of digital photography offers beginners an easy-to-follow, extensively illustrated guide that explains the workings of a digital camera, discusses shooting techniques, describes available software and printing accessories, and features information on the techniques of printing, downloading, and more. Original.

Product Description: Completely updated to cover the latest digital cameras and their functions The field of digital photography is steadily becoming an increasingly popular and exciting hobby and profession. These days, just about anyone can take beautiful photographs after having learned the right techniques and gaining a solid editing know-how...read more

Revised and updated with new material, this useful guide to the popular full-service printer is even more valuable, including the latest information on printers, software, and related products. Original.

Offering simple instructions for all levels of photographers, a handy instructional guide to the digital revolution in photography combines helpful tips with step-by-step instructions as it covers everything from picking the right camera to producing exotic infrared images to the editing of images and discusses such topics as the various digital file types and the ethics of altering images.

A comprehensive resource covering every aspect of digital photography is filled with a wealth of essential and helpful information for mastering digital photographic techniques, from choosing the right camera and selecting accessories, to taking better portraits and improving image composition, to storing and retrieving images.

Product Description: Shortcuts, tricks, and tips to make you even more productive with Mac OS X Snow Leopard Nearly 75 million people are using Mac OS X. If you're one of them, and you're looking for useful and surprising techniques presented in an easy-to-follow visual format, Mac OS X Snow Leopard Visual Quick Tips has just what you need...read more

This book explains how to formally describe programming languages using the techniques of denotational semantics. The presentation is designed primarily for computer science students rather than for (say) mathematicians. No knowledge of the theory of computation is required, but it would help to have some acquaintance with high level programming languages. The selection of material is based on an undergraduate semantics course taught at Edinburgh University for the last few years. Enough descriptive techniques are covered to handle all of ALGOL 50, PASCAL and other similar languages. Denotational semantics combines a powerful and lucid descriptive notation (due mainly to Strachey) with an elegant and rigorous theory (due to Scott). This book provides an introduction to the descriptive techniques without going into the background mathematics at all. In some ways this is very unsatisfactory; reliable reasoning about semantics (e. g. correctness proofs) cannot be done without knowing the underlying model and so learning semantic notation without its model theory could be argued to be pointless. My own feeling is that there is plenty to be gained from acquiring a purely intuitive understanding of semantic concepts together with manipulative competence in the notation. For these equip one with a powerful conceptua1 framework-a framework enabling one to visualize languages and constructs in an elegant and machine-independent way. Perhaps a good analogy is with calculus: for many practical purposes (e. g. engineering calculations) an intuitive understanding of how to differentiate and integrate is all that is needed.

Product Description: Packed with diagrams, instructions, and tips, Magic Lantern has become the world’s most popular brand of camera guide. Sturdy and well-produced, with laminated covers for long life and sized for portability, they have a tradition of helping photographers make the most of their equipment...read more