Take Your Best Shot: Tim Grey Tackles Your Digital Darkroom Questions
by Tim Grey

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Summary of Take Your Best Shot: Tim Grey Tackles Your Digital Darkroom Questions

• Digital Fundamentals -- resolution, bit-depth, and imaging sensors
• Digital Cameras & Tools -- SLR vs. point-and-shoot, megapixels, field storage, sensor cleaning, CompactFlash card speed, and digital lenses
• Digital Photography -- JPEG vs. RAW, ISO settings, white balance
• Digital Darkroom -- Windows vs. Mac, LCD vs. CRT, Lightroom vs. Photoshop, storage, backup, image downloading, and film and print scanning
• Color Management -- Monitor calibration and color temperature, printer profiling, when the printer doesn't match the monitor, and when prints lack shadow detail
• Image Optimization -- RAW conversion, tonal adjustments, curves, color balance, hue/saturation, clone stamp, spot healing brush, and healing brush
• Creative Effects -- Dodge and burn, black and white conversion, sepia tone, and artistic edge
• Image Problem-Solving -- Noise, washed-out sky, color cast, and color contamination
• Printing -- Printer choice, print resolution, raster image processors, paper choice, and print services
• Digital Sharing -- Preventing image theft, slideshow solutions, Web galleries, and sharing websites

You may know him from the series of popular "Tim Grey Guides" (Sybex), or from the hundreds of articles he's written for publications such as Outdoor Photographer, Digital Photo Pro and PC Photo. In Take Your Best Shot, Grey answers questions in the same clear and accessible style. If you want to know the "why" along with the "how", this book is the one you want -- the straight scoop from an expert who knows his business.

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