Hands-On Digital Photography: A Step-by-Step Course in Camera Controls, Software Techniques, and Successful Imaging Book

Introduction     8
Understanding the Digital Image
Pixels: Picture Elements     12
File Formats     14
Resolution, Resizing, and Resampling     20
RGB Channels     26
Color     29
Color Options     32
Contrast     40
Getting into Raw     42
In-Camera Controls
A Quick Camera Tour     54
ISO: Light Sensitivity     62
Noise Reduction     66
White Balance     70
Aperture and Depth of Field     76
Shutter Speed     80
Metering     84
Exposure Compensation     90
Bracketing     94
Fill Flash     96
Color Saturation     100
Contrast     102
Sharpening     104
Combining Settings     106
Color Matching vs. Color Mood     108
Color Bias     112
Black-and-White Mode     114
Panorama Mode     118
Digital Filter Effects     124
Special Effects     126
Playback Diagnostics     130
Software Controls
Memory Cards and Image Downloading     138
Exposure     144
Cropping     152
Adding Color     156
Contrast     158
Saturation     162
Transforming     166
Interpretations     168
Unlocking the Beauty     172
Index     176