Product DescriptionA complete, detailed guide to the digital darkroom that shows photographers how to translate their knowledge of the wet darkroom to digital imaging. How to manage digital files, how to create workflows that build on the strengths of film photography and use the power of digital tools, and how to configure Photoshop are just a few of the techniques presented in this easy-to-understand handbook.
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Rating: - Big Bang For the Buck
Ever read digital photography texts written by corporate sposored gurus who are not really photographers, but are in reality salesmen trying to sell you some kind of software, tutorial package, or traveling seminar? Well this isn't one of those kind of books.
What The Photographers Guide does do is layout a logical and human path for moving from traditional photographic practice into the realm we now inhabit digitally. He carefully points out the innate similarities but also the value ... Read More
Rating: - Transition between "wet" and "digital"
This book is an excellent reference and a must read for photographers caught in limbo between "wet" and "digital". Whereas many books on the market are filled with tricks and techniques for using Photoshop, Mr. Kennedy takes the reader much further into the nuts and bolts of work flows, and the proper configuration of photoshop. The author demystifies the printing process for both the novice and the pro by presenting clear and concise explanations for understanding profiles for color and grey scale ... Read More
Rating: - Complete Guide to the Digital Darkroom
This book offers easy to understand instructions on creating and using a digital darkroom. It provides the information photographers need to work successfully and efficiently in a digital darkroom.
It is especially relevant to traditional "wet" darkroom photographers in that it provides methods for creating work prints and then finished prints. Kennedy calls these workflows. He describes a fast and easy method for creating a work print as the "hard proof" workflow. This technique is designed ... Read More
