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Shooting Stars marks 30 years in the stellar career of celebrity photographer Richard Young, whose dazzling portfolio of images includes everyone from Jack Nicholson to Jackie Onassis, Al Pacino to Andy Warhol, Diana to Madonna. Forewords by Phil Collins and James Herbert. ... Read more

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Essentials of Digital Photography is your guide to the imaging revolution sparked by Adobe Photoshop. Rather than another software manual or a catalog of digital photography products, Essentials of Digital Photography is a complete workbook and tutorial, serving as a bridge between the knowledge and experience of traditional photographers and the power of digital tools. You will learn vital information regarding calibrating computer monitors, scanning images, color correcting images, setting up your system, and more. Virtually every point is supported by a color illustration, and the final tally of illustrations in the book is nearly 1,500!Digital photography is experiencing explosive growth, and Essentials of Digital Photography provides a solid footing in the fundamentals without being held hostage to technological change. It will be a lasting resource for years to come. Amazon.com Review
Essentials of Digital Photography has much more thanthe essentials, actually; it's a complete guide to image input,editing, enhancement, composition, and output. The authors start outby explaining monitor calibration; light, color and tonality;recording and output devices; and resolution and other digital imagingterms. They provide an overview of available digital cameras andexcellent in-depth advice on how to use scanners and digital camerassuccessfully.

You'll learn how to correct photographs using AdobePhotoshop controls such as brightness, contrast, and color balance andhow to use pictures from a variety of sources to create compositephoto images in Photoshop. There's also lots of information on outputdevices such as printers, film recorders, and image setters. The restof the book focuses on the hardware and software requirements forcasual and professional digital photography systems.

While the bookprimarily focuses on the Macintosh in its hardware discussions, itdoes include information for PC users; and while the hands-on editingtechniques involve Photoshop, there are also tips on using othersoftware packages such as Live Picture, Fractal Design Painter, andthird-party plug-ins. The hybrid CD-ROM contains tutorial images andfiles, as well as demonstration software and graphics utilities. ... Read more

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Older than dust
The hardware (computers, cameras, scanners, etc.) and software (OS's and bitmap editors) used in this book are antiquarian and for the most part no longer available. The techniques are also for the most part out dated due to new features in the latest software versions such as contained Photoshop 7. This bookis useful only to someone running Photoshop 3 on MAC OS 7 or Windows 98 with 64 MB of RAMwith 1GB drives.

Must have for Web Designers as well
The book begins with a definition of digital photography.Then the following chapters are presented in the order of a good classroom course.The second chapter covers digital photography basics including light, color and an overview of digital cameras.

The other chapters include photo correcting, scanning, exposures and output.There is even a chapter on hardware and software.The section on masking explained what it was and its uses in clear, understandable words.

The authors use lots of visual graphics so you can see what they are talking about.The CD-ROM has a tutorial and demo versions of Photoshop, Live Picture, xRes, Painter, quantum Mechanic and Valis Flo Sampler.

For a Web Designer, this book is a must have.It will bring you up to speed on Digital Photography and Photoshop and show you how to make great pictures to add that special touch to your or your client's web.

Full of facts, best I have
The book may not be the most inspirational I have read about digital photography, manipulation or techniques. However it is one of the most complete, thorough and in-depth texts I have stumbled upon. Hard to find material on color calibration is there and I found it quite valuable. It is not a book to browse through just looking at the pictures, it is a book to reach for whenever you need to deepen your understanding.

I have made research and tought graduate courses in image processing so I may not be the typical reader, but since I do a lot of digital photography and manipulation in my free time, I can only conclude: one of my best book buys so far.

old,but the best book today!!
El libro esta un poco desactualizado pero es la biblia de la imagen digital para fotografos A eso me dedico en mi estudio en Bs As y encontre la guia mas rápida y completa de todo lo necesario para trabajar en imagendigital. Agradecido

The absolute best book about digital imaging ever written!
As a digital imaging professional, I highly recommend this book. It covers absolutely everything you'll ever need to understand and practice digital imaging and digital photography. Digital imaging can be mind-boggling at times so use this book as your best resource for all those answers that you need.

The book was really well written and the photo examples are perfect.The CD-ROM contains really valuable calibration tools that no one should be without. ... Read more

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