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List Price: $24.99 You Save: $5.00 (20%) Our Price: $19.99 Paperback - 376 pages 2nd Edition edition (December 7, 1998) IDG Books Worldwide; Dimensions (in inches): 0.88 x 9.23 x 7.41 Digital Photography for Dummies (2nd Ed) by Julie Adair King You'll be smiling behind the camera after you master all the tips and tricks exposed in the second edition of Digital Photography For Dummies by photographer and digital imaging expert Julie Adair King. This updated guide to taking great pictures with a digital camera -- whether you're shooting for fun or for profit -- delivers up-to-the-minute advice on everything from selecting the right camera to using advanced image-correction techniques, all written in clear, concise terms and presented with easy-to-follow steps. With traditional 35mm cameras, after your picture is taken, that's it. But with digital camera images, the fun is just starting. Run your digital images through a variety of special effects, from adjusting the color balance to cropping out unwanted elements or sharpening the focus. Create new images for your Web site, send your pictures to friends and family over the Internet, or print your suitable-for-framing pix on high-quality paper. Plus, Digital Photography For Dummies, 2nd Edition, comes with a bonus CD-ROM loaded with image-editing utilities, such as Kodak Picture Easy 3.1, Spin Panorama 1.0, and trial versions of several popular tools and programs, including Adobe's award-winning photo-manipulation program, Photoshop 5. This emerging topic shows how to combine cameras with computers. "Digital Photography For Dummies" covers technical and mechanical aspects of digital photography as well as the aesthetics of the craft--the basic things readers will need to know to better organize, enhance, and archive existing and future photos. The CD-ROM includes sample images, shareware manipulation utilities, and software demos. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. The falling prices and growing technology in digital cameras are luring many individuals and businesses into buying these high tech tools. This second edition takes readers step-by-step through taking, editing, and printing digital pictures. The CD-ROM contains demos and trial versions of several photo editing tools, such as Adobe PhotoDeluxe, LivePix, MGI PhotoSuite, and PhotoImpact. You'll also learn the ropes for capturing great pictures, shooting your latest product prototype, and sending it to your sales force around the globe. Quickly become a digital photography whiz with up-to-the minute advice from Julie Adair King. Inside, find helpful advice on how to: * Evaluate different types of models of cameras to find the one that's right for you -- completely updated! * Get acquainted with technical terms such as pixels and resolution–and explore how they affect image quality * Discover image correction techniques such as adjusting color balance, cropping out unwanted elements, and sharpening focus * Combine elements from different images into a collage and apply special effects * Prepare your images for printing and select the right printer and paper for your needs * Create images for distribution on the Web, for on-screen display, and for use in multimedia presentations Keywords: Photography: digital photography, cameras, manipulation, montage, retouching, (Photo), - (8/23/99)