Absolute Beginner's Guide to Digital Photography

68 ABSOLUTE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TODIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY FIGURE 5.3 Slide films have very little lati- tude. The image in the middle w ...

CHAPTER 5 EXPOSURE AND FOCUS 69 In contrasting lighting, color reversal film and most digital cameras are not able to record the ...

70 ABSOLUTE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TODIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY The Absolute Minimum Photoshop and Photoshop Elements can correct many color ...

6 In this chapter Using a Scanner Making a Scan Step-by-Step Keeping Dust Out of the Picture Determining the Samples Per Inch o ...

The scanning process is much easier if you know beforehand how the image will be used. A proper scan is the best starting point ...

Working with Scan Software Scanning software is simplified image-editing software (see Figure 6.2). To get a good scan, you migh ...

Making a Scan Step by Step The following steps walk you through the scanning process. The most important thing to remember as yo ...

CHAPTER 6 GETTING YOUR PIX ONSCREEN 75 In the scanner software, set the color space: Grayscale, RGB, or CMYK, the bit depth (if ...

More advanced scanner software enables you to correct the preview image for brightness, contrast, and color balance. There could ...

CHAPTER 6 GETTING YOUR PIX ONSCREEN 77 This example “scales” properly: a 1×1.5-inch print easily scales to 10× 15 inches. But w ...

If you know the exact image resolution desired for your onscreen image (for exam- ple, 600 pixels wide × 400 pixels high), simpl ...

CHAPTER 6 GETTING YOUR PIX ONSCREEN 79 Scanning for Laser and Offset Printing If your goal is to print on a halftone device, suc ...

Another alternative is to use service bureaus, shops where professional photographers, advertising agencies, and artists have fi ...

7 In this chapter Photoshop Elements and Photoshop: File Format Compatibility JPEG File Format How JPEG Works The Replacement f ...

Table 7.1 File Formats Available in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements File Format Purpose Photoshop Photoshop and Photoshop Eleme ...

BMP Windows Bitmap format that originated with Windows Paint. This 24-bit format is still used as wallpaper within Windows. Imag ...

Photoshop Elements and Photoshop: File Format Compatibility Photoshop Elements includes the same file formats as Photoshop, exce ...

■ Layer sets. Partial compatibility in PSD and TIFF formats. A layer set cre- ated in Photoshop is locked in Elements. You can t ...

JPEG File Format JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) is the favored format for compressing color photographs and other multi ...

CHAPTER 7 FILES AND FILE FORMATS 87 FIGURE 7.3 High compres- sion in JPEG files creates visi- ble banding and image arti- facts ...