Chapter 9. Digital Photography and Photoshop: A Checklist for Better Imaging

In this chapter, you'll learn

  • Some basic advice for moving from film to digital photography

  • Ways to load digital images into Photoshop

  • Important information about balancing the convenience of compression and the desire for quality

  • All about the RAW file format and ways to work with Adobe's Camera RAW plug-in

A few years ago digital cameras were expensive toys that cost nearly as much as a used car and produced images that were acceptable but could not compare with those produced with film cameras. That was then and times have changed. When Kodak announced that by 2006 more than 70% of the photography in the U.S. would be digital, most analysts agreed they had underestimated ...

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