Getting Started with Digital Imaging offers a new approach for amateur photographers working with digital images. It takes you behind the screens, showing you how to use the tools to produce professional prints or digital images for the Web. Joe Farace guides you through the entire digital workflow, from choosing the right digital camera, setting up your digital darkroom, learning the key imaging tools and shortcuts, understanding file formats, printing and preparing images for the web.

    Packed with step-by-step tutorials, case studies and invaluable tips from the pros, this guide will help you get to grips with digital imaging and produce fantastic results in no time at all.

- Guides you through digital workflow from capture to output
- Relevant for ALL digital imaging software
- Real world examples and invaluable tips are clearly explained with high quality full color images and screengrabs
- Get the most out of the digital imaging tools you have without the need to upgrade
- Streamline your digital photography workflow
- Packed with step-by-step tutorials, fullyillustrated real world examples, and tips from the pros

1. Welcome to the digital darkroom
2. Tools of the trade
3. The X files : don't fight the future
4. Before opening RAW files
5. Working with RAW files
6. Opening the software toolbox
7. Understanding layers
8. Traditional and non-traditional tools for digital methods
9. Power tools
10. The monochrome difference
11. Making photo quality ink-jet prints
12. Preparing images for the Web

Author
Joe Farace, Author of more than 25 books and over 1,600 magazine articles, Joe Farace has been a regular contributor to Shutterbug magazine since 1994. He was the original editor of eDigitalPhoto magazine and contributes to magazines such as Photo District News, Digital Photographer, and PHOTO Techniques.