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Tables of Contents for Professional Digital Photography
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Chapter 1 THE DIGITAL WORLD
1
10
History of photography
3
2
The imaging chain
5
1
What is digital anyway?
6
1
Pictures or images?
6
1
How we got from pictures to images
7
2
But technology marches on
9
2
Chapter 2 PHOTOGRAPHY
11
30
What makes a camera?
12
2
The lens
12
1
The aperture
13
1
Depth of field
14
1
Depth of field explained
14
1
The shutter
15
1
Stopping motion
16
1
Exposure
16
1
Correct exposure
17
1
Film
18
1
Sharpness
19
1
Film speed
20
1
Slides ... the first color film
21
1
Types of film formats
22
1
Large/Medium format
22
1
35 mm
23
1
APS
24
3
APS to digital
27
1
Professional implications of APS
28
1
Film is king ... for a little while still
29
1
Photographic processing
30
1
Film processing
30
1
Film processors
31
1
Photographic paper
31
1
Printing photographs
32
1
Enlargers
33
1
Photographic printers
33
1
Paper processing
34
1
An all-in-one solution
35
1
Enter the minilab
35
1
Photos in an hour
35
1
The less-than-one-hour lab
36
1
Going digital ... photographically
36
1
Digital photo printers
37
1
The digital-enabled minilab
38
2
Scanners
38
1
CRTs
38
1
Connection to a computer
38
2
Useful information
40
1
Setting your exposure without a meter
40
1
Chapter 3 IMAGING
41
40
Color imaging in the early days (from Gershwin to Disco)
41
1
Color "imaging" before the birth of digital
41
1
Halftoning
42
1
Halftones are dots of varying sizes
42
2
Dots refer to halftone dots
44
1
Halftone dot size
44
1
Halftone dot shape
45
3
The digital revolution
48
1
A million dollars worth of junk
49
1
Analog vs. digital
49
1
Analog to digital conversion
50
1
Pixels, spots and dots
51
1
Pixels
52
1
Dots
52
1
Spots
52
1
Lines
52
1
Image quality
53
1
Raster file and bitmap file
53
1
What is continuous tone?
54
2
Beyond bits
56
2
Getting to digital
58
1
Scanners
58
1
Drum scanners
58
1
Flatbed scanners
59
1
Film scanners
60
1
Hybrid scanners
60
1
Photo CD
61
1
Picture CD
62
1
Capturing images
63
1
The CCD
63
1
Three-shot systems
64
1
Tri-linear arrays
65
1
Three-shot area arrays
66
1
Single-shot area arrays
67
1
CMOS
68
2
Hybrid sensors
70
1
Bit depth
70
1
Resolution and file size
71
1
How much is enough?
72
1
Video cameras
73
2
Film recorders
75
3
Helpful information
78
1
Dynamic range
78
1
Typical halftone frequencies
78
1
Photo CD File sizes and use
78
1
Uncompressed 24-bit color (file size in Kbytes)
79
2
Chapter 4 DIGITAL CAMERAS
81
36
What happens when you push the button?
82
2
Compression, squeezing more pictures into the camera
84
1
JPEG
85
1
FlashPix
85
3
As good as film?
88
1
Quality and features increase, prices decrease
89
2
Camera features
91
1
Resolution
91
1
Zoom
91
1
Accessory lenses
92
1
Filters
93
1
LCD
94
1
Optical viewfinder
95
1
Flash
96
1
Flash sync
97
1
Memory
98
1
Removable memory
99
1
Floppy disks
99
1
Micro disk drives
99
1
Other removable storage
100
1
Timer
100
1
Multiple photo capture
101
1
Audio annotation
102
1
Text annotation
102
1
Crop
103
1
Macro
103
1
Video-out
104
1
Video-in
105
1
Direct to printer
105
1
Tripod mount
106
1
Image size options
107
1
Compression
108
1
Rechargeable battery
108
4
Positionable lens
112
1
Image transfer
113
1
Direct connection
113
1
Removable media transfer
113
2
Manual exposure/bracketing
115
1
Scripting
115
1
Digital cameras: the future of photography?
116
1
Digital camera of the year ... the Barbie digital camera
116
1
Chapter 5 IMAGE MANIPULATION
117
36
Connect your camera
117
1
Serial
118
1
Parallel
118
1
SCSI (Small Computer Systems Interface)
118
1
USB (Universal Serial Bus)
119
1
Don't connect your camera
119
1
Image compression
119
1
How compression works
120
1
Lossless compression
120
1
Lossy compression, the JPEG story
121
1
File formats
122
1
Converting between formats
123
1
Native formats
123
1
TIFF
124
2
EPS
126
1
JPEG
126
1
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
126
1
FlashPix
127
1
To print and beyond
127
1
Preparing an image for e-mail or display on a monitor
128
7
Saving
135
3
Preparing an image for color desktop printing
138
5
Preparing an image for the printing press
143
6
Recommended refresh rates by tube size
149
1
Resolution vs. video memory RAM (Mb)
150
3
Chapter 6 STORAGE & TRANSFER
153
20
Physical space ... your digital filing cabinet
153
2
Hard drives
155
1
Removable disks
155
1
Small size
156
1
Medium size
157
2
Large size
159
1
Organizational space--finding a needle in a haystack
160
2
Professional-level image databases
162
1
Consumer-level image databases
162
1
Creating your own image management system
163
1
Understanding how to use a database
164
1
Building your haystack
165
2
Sending your images here and there
167
1
E-mail
168
1
Online providers
168
2
The Internet
170
1
So what does this mean to you?
171
1
Modem-to-modem
171
1
Specialized carriers
172
1
Storage and transfer, the overlooked digital aspect
172
1
Chapter 7 OUTPUT
173
60
Process differences
175
1
Digital printing
176
2
Variable printing
178
1
On-demand printing
178
1
Distributed printing
178
2
Non-impact printing
180
1
Electrophotography
181
4
Technology
185
1
Laser printer, black-and-white
185
4
Laser printer, color
189
1
Copier, black-and-white
190
1
Copier, color
191
1
Toner-based printing
191
1
Dual-component toner
192
1
Cascade development
193
1
Magnetic brush development
193
1
Continuous tone development
193
1
Mono-component toner
194
1
Liquid toner
194
1
Toner charge
195
1
Toner concentration
195
1
Xerographic toner
195
1
Dye sublimation, dye diffusion
196
3
Dye sublimation
199
2
New digital color systems
201
3
Roll-fed paper
204
2
Indigo
206
6
Indigo adds new digital presses
212
2
Xerox DocuColor 100 Digital Color Press
214
1
DocuColor 40 advances
214
1
Canon pioneers mid high-speed color segment
215
1
IBM launches new Infoprint products
216
1
High-level digital color printers
217
1
Ion deposition
218
1
Ion deposition principles
218
3
Continuous inkjet printing
221
4
Two type of inkjet printing
225
2
Technological developments and considerations
227
2
Desktop inkjet gets down to business
229
4
Chapter 8 WIDE-FORMAT PRINTING
233
12
Electrostatics
234
1
Inkjet
235
1
Piezo drop-on-demand inkjet
235
1
Thermal inkjet
236
1
Phase change
236
1
Inkjet ink for wid- format printers
237
1
Inkjet ink and substrates
237
2
Choosing your substrate
239
3
Quality and speed developments
242
1
Superwide
243
2
Chapter 9 COLOR MANAGEMENT
245
26
The serious color part
246
1
What is color?
246
1
The light source
247
2
The object
249
1
The observer
250
1
3 in 1
251
1
The headaches of digital color
251
1
From whence we came
252
3
A little color power can be dangerous
255
2
Color management explained (in a nutshell)
257
1
Why yellow isn't yellow isn't yellow
258
4
What is color management anyway?
262
2
Budget color management
264
3
Step 1. Calibrate and characterize your monitor
265
1
Step 2. Profile the printer
265
1
Step 3. Convert from RGB to CMYK
266
1
Where to from here?
267
4
Chapter 10 WORKFLOW
271
24
Component files
271
1
Consolidated files
271
1
Embedded elements
272
1
Automated systems
273
1
Why workflow automation?
274
1
Workflow design
274
1
Image manipulation
274
1
Preflighting
275
1
Color management
275
1
PostScript file creation
275
1
PDF file creation
275
1
Trapping
276
1
Imposition
276
1
RIP
276
1
Proofing
277
1
Corrections
277
1
Plate output
278
1
Blueline proof
278
1
Printing
278
1
Storage
278
1
Variable data printing
279
2
The RIP
281
1
RIP evolution
282
1
Hardware and software RIPs
283
1
PostScript 3
283
1
Extreme
284
1
Working with PostScript
285
1
Producing PostScript
285
2
PostScript conclusions
287
2
Creating a PDF file
289
1
Prepress issues
289
1
Output
290
1
Workflow models
290
3
OPI servers
293
2
Appendix
295
4
Index
299