The Missing Digital Photography Hacks -- Secretly, in the depths of his hard drive, Derrick Story has kept an ongoing list of digital photography tricks and
workarounds. Now, for the first time, he's divulging a few of these
hacks--the fruits of his ongoing obsession. After whetting your
appetite, get 100 more industrial-strength tips and tricks from
Derrick's new Digital Photography Hacks.
The Ideal Digital Photographer's Workflow, Part 4 -- Ken Milburn shows you the most efficient way to scan your images to be sure you've preserved as much of the data from the original image as possible. Ken is the author of Digital Photography: Expert Techniques.
RAW, iPhoto, and Mac OS X -- iPhoto breaks the digital photography chain of pain--as long as you're working with JPEGs and TIFFs. What if you want to use RAW files, which aren't directly supported by iPhoto? Learn how to have your iPhoto and shoot RAWs, too, in this article by Derrick Story, coauthor of the new
iPhoto 4: The Missing Manual, 3rd Edition.
Photoshop CS Tips -- Learn how to manipulate pixels, work with the Camera Raw dialog, deal with shortcuts, and lots of other how-tos with these Photoshop CS tips from
Deke McClelland, author of Adobe Photoshop CS One-on-One.
GarageBand for the Musical Newbie
-- If you don't play an instrument but you have a good ear, a G4 laptop, and GarageBand, can you create an interesting song? Giles Turnbull explores. Whether you're a maestro or a newbie, you'll be able to turn inspiration into demos with the help of O'Reilly's upcoming GarageBand: The Missing Manual.
Your O'Reilly Account: New, Single Sign On -- O'Reilly customers and guests now have a single address and one password to access all things O'Reilly, from oreilly.com and Safari Bookshelf to all of the O'Reilly Network sites and DevCenters. When possible, we've consolidated your prior, separate accounts into one new account. Logging into the new system is quick and easy; details on how to do it have been emailed to you, and you can read more about O'Reilly's single sign on in Tony Stubblebine's weblog.
Resizing an Image with Photoshop -- Learn how to modify image size, when to resample, and how to handle resolution issues from Photoshop expert Deke McClelland. We've included a sample video file so you can get a taste of the hands-on video tutorials that are an integral part of Deke's recently released Adobe Photoshop CS One-on-One .
What's New in Photoshop CS? -- Photoshop CS may have fewer new features than version 7, but quality counts more than quantity, and Ken Milburn is pretty jazzed about the quality. Read about the new features in CS he's most excited about. Ken is the author of the just-released Digital Photography: Expert Techniques.
You Sexy Thing! How to Look Great on iChat AV
-- With tips on proper lighting, camera angles, and using
the right foundation, Snaggy and Nitrozac offer their brand of advice
on how to look great on iChat AV, sprinkled with more of the high-tech
humor you've come to know and love in their comic and in their book, The Best of The Joy of Tech.
The End of Shutter Lag? A Sign of Good Things to Come -- Kyocera's RTUNE technology provides
amazing performance in a digital camera that fits in your shirt pocket.
Derrick Story examines the Contax SL300R T* and shows you how the bar
has been raised for pocket digicams. Derrick is the author of
O'Reilly's upcoming Digital
Photography Hacks.
The Ideal Digital Photographer's Workflow, Part 3 -- Shooting your digital photos in RAW format gives you greater control over image quality. Photoshop CS is a marvelous tool for converting RAW files, but it can take too much time to
convert the images into something your image-editing program can use. Here are steps you can take to save hours of work after every shoot, from Ken Milburn, author of the upcoming Digital Photography: Expert Techniques.
D.E.B.S.' Kickboxing Catholic Schoolgirls Rule Sundance -- Over half of the movies screened at this year's Sundance Film Festival originated in digital video. Susan Boyer talks with Angela Robinson, director of the upcoming movie D.E.B.S., as well as other filmmakers working in digital video, about the pros and cons of using the technology. For the ultimate digital video shooting companion, check out O'Reilly's Digital Video Pocket Guide.
Safari Gets Bigger and Better -- There are now more than 2,000 books from the industry's leading technical publishers available on Safari Bookshelf. As the library grows, so does its functionality: searches are powerfully precise and as broad or specific as you wish; and now, with a Safari Max subscription, you can download chapters to read offline. Safari will help you save time, reduce errors, keep current, and save more money than ever with up to 35% off print copies of your favorite books. If you haven't
yet gone on Safari, try a free trial subscription.
The
Ideal Digital Photographer's Workflow, Part 2 -- In this second installment in his series on
creating minimally destructive workflows, Ken Milburn offers five editing steps to follow once you've
downloaded your digital images. Then he provides some second-stage editing techniques to further
enhance your photos. Ken is the author of the upcoming
Digital Photography: Expert
Techniques.
Moving Toward the Ideal Digital Photographer's Workflow -- Ken Milburn outlines the steps digital photographers can take to prepare for a shoot and determine a shooting procedure, and to download, catalog, track, and archive the image files that result. Ken is the author of O'Reilly's upcoming Digital Photographer's Handbook.
