the digital photography revolution

... three decades before the emergence of digital photography The difference between learning photography in the film-based age as compared to the digital- based era of today is like the difference between ... cameras are the most widely used of the three types of cameras Most people treat these cameras as they are named in the industry They pick up the camera, compose a shot and shoot They’re not ... will hit the digital sensor Moving it to the right allows more light to hit the sensor See the illustration below Typically you should only have to move the meter 1-2 stops either way The four...

Ngày tải lên: 20/03/2014, 00:42

... across the center of the photo (Horrors!) Instead, choose the element you wish to emphasize—either the sky or the sea, for example Reframe the shot so the horizon line falls either on the upper-third ... to understand why digital has taken off • The quality is there Practically nobody is still arguing that film photos look better than digital ones The color, the tonal range, the resolution— it’s ... are they at this moment? Probably still in their drugstore envelopes, stashed in attic boxes Very few of them ever really saw the light of day Digital photos are another story You can blast them...

Ngày tải lên: 24/04/2014, 15:03

... will be there The former method is the easier of the two Where the images go when you download them? As I said earlier, the Organizer doesn’t bring in the actual file but creates a link to the file ... most of these shots were created with a digital camera, the Organizer used the date and time information contained in the EXIF data generated by the camera For other types of digital media, the Organizer ... slider found at the bottom right of the Organizer (again, see Figure 1.11) Move the slider to the left and the thumbs are shrunk, to the right and they are enlarged Obviously, the larger the thumbnails...

Ngày tải lên: 04/06/2014, 11:33

... dragging the window to the desired size To change the size of the tab items on the left side of the window (Folders, Preview, and Metadata), click the top, right, or bottom border and drag to the ... selecting from the Show menu at the top right of the File Browser window To remove a flag, select the file or files you wish to remove the flag(s) from and select the flag icon at the top of the File ... delete, and one of the following: • Click the Trash button at the top of the File Browser window • Drag the files to the Trash button • Press the Delete key • Choose File Delete from the File Browser...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 02:20

... Window Info from the menu bar Look at the bottom of the Info window Click the triangle and choose Document Sizes from the pop-up menu The number to the left is the approximate size of the saved, flattened ... on one of the eyes by using the Zoom tool found in the toolbar Select the Paint Bucket tool ( ) from the toolbar Make sure the foreground color in the color swatch at the bottom of the toolbar ... next to the pointer While holding down the Shift key again, select the whites in the other eye Enhancing the Color It’s easy to enhance the color of the eyes I use a method similar to the one...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 02:20

... option in the dialog box He tinted the image blue by sliding the Hue slider to the right He left the Saturation in the middle, set at 50 Then he darkened the overall image by sliding the Lightness ... the top of the lighthouse I played with the size of the light by dragging one of the handles defining the edges of the light until I got what I wanted To set the light properties, I dragged the ... fix The image on the right shows the results 89 2 To fix the glare on the left: I selected the Clone Stamp tool ( ) In the options bar, I chose an appropriately sized, soft-edged brush and set the...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 02:20

... key and then clicks and releases with the Eraser tool on one of the edges at the very top of the image Next he moves the cursor straight down to the bottom of the image and, still holding the Shift ... the help of the Blur tool, the reflections are softer, more diffused (right) All I did to get the results shown on the right in Figure 5.38 was select the Blur tool ( ) from the toolbox and then ... +V) the selection onto the second image He used the Move tool ( ) from the toolbox to position the label in place (See Figure 5.40.) Will then used the Eraser tool ( ) to erase parts of the pasted...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 02:20

... started with the red cones, using the Clone Stamp tool to replace them with parts of the sidewalk and street (left) She then cloned the tree on the left side of the image over the area where the red ... remove The first method requires either the Clone Stamp tool or the Healing Brush tool I’ll start with the wires on the left side of the image and use the Clone Stamp tool to remove them If ... 174 Figure 7.3: The image on the left shows what happens when I drag the bounding box inward The image on the right shows what happens when I drag the bounding box too far the other way Notice...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 02:20

... all the way to the bottom of the image, filling the screen with the © shape In the Layers palette, set the blend mode to Soft Light and opacity to 50 percent These settings allow most of the ... did the following: In the Layers palette, I selected the type layer containing the word California (The California type is in the committed state.) I selected the Type tool from the toolbar In the ... With the image open, select the Shape tool ( ) In the Shape tool options bar, click the Custom Shape tool icon ( ) Keep the Custom Shape option set to Unconstrained Then click the arrow next to the...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 02:20

... showing the original image and the other showing the effects of the compression, it’s easy to compare them and choose the optimal setting As I mentioned in the preceding section, start with the Medium ... using either the default or the last-saved settings If you want to stop this sometimes time-consuming process, wait until the image has loaded (as indicated by the status bar at the bottom of the ... setting, and the file size shrunk to 98.14KB 237 Now look at the image on the right It has exactly the same dimensions as the image on the left, and uncompressed it’s also 2.87MB I applied the same...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 02:20

... access the various shape tools from the toolbox, position the pointer on the tool button, and then click and hold down the mouse button until the tools list appears You can then select the type ... holding the Shift key and dragging straight downward from the top of the image This blocked the effect of the Levels command on the mountain and sky areas of the image For the most part, the mask ... selectively dither a small part of an image and yet keep the other parts intact? You can, by following these steps: In RGB mode, select and copy the part of the image to dither (Ctrl/ +C) Index the image...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 02:20

... on the Web, start by selecting the images you want in the gallery before clicking the Create icon Otherwise, the application will assume you want all the images from the catalog included in the ... place the cursor on the far right of the leftmost image Hold the Shift key and drag inward, to the left Go in about 1/2 inch and release the mouse This applies a gradient to the right edge of the ... edge of the middle image; this by clicking the eye icon next to the top layer 15 On the left edge of the middle image, Shift+drag inward (to the right) about 1/2 inch and release the mouse Then...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 02:20

... Except for the swatches, these options appear in the options bar at the top of the Photoshop Elements window The swatches are found in the Color Swatches palette For most people, the default ... palette bin by grabbing the gripper at the bottom of the palette You can also dock palettes together on the work area by dragging one palette’s tab onto the body of the other palette (see Figure ... throughout the book Figure A.5 shows the Layers palette Note the various states of the layers Some have their visibility turned on, as indicated by the eye icon in the leftmost side; others are...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 02:20

... photographs converting to paintings, 287–289, 287–289 GIF images for, 255–257, 256 scanning, 43 photography services, online, 306 Photomerge for baseball panoramic, 203, 203–204 blending in, 197 ... 193 for printing, 300–301 setting, 31–33 Outer Glow style, 140, 140 outside shots, 91 large-scale digital fill flash for, 108–109, 108–109 lighting effects for, 102–104, 102–103 midday sun, 101–102, ... to sunset, 94–97, 95–97 morning to sunset, 98–99, 98–99 unwanted objects in, 104–106, 104–106 weather for, 101, 101 overlap in combining images, 284, 284 between Photomerge frames, 193 overlays,...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 02:20

... 6: N OW DO THE REST OF THE FLASHES Use the same technique to shake the camera during the rest of the flashes The flashes have different intensities, so not all the shakes need to be the same Also, ... video, either when editing shots into each other, or compositing them on top of each other Is there a chrominance difference between the bullet hole and the door? Unfortunately, because the door ... and the positive matte into the optical printer and project that onto the new piece of film The spaceship would project into the hole left from the previous shot, while the matte would keep the...

Ngày tải lên: 28/08/2012, 08:55

... digital photography ■ Learn the difference between film and digital photography ■ Discover the creative advantage of taking multiple photos Digital Photography Myth Number 1: Digital photography ... technique on the part of the photographer Unlike the digital photography covered in the earlier parts of the book, each chapter in this part is targeted at a specific, specialized type of photography ... is referred to as faster film; therefore, the greater the light sensitivity, the faster the How to Do Everything with Digital Photography film Fast film allows the photographer to shoot photos...

Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 14:15