The 123 of Digital Imaging Interactive E-book

The 123 of digital imaging Interactive e-book by Vincent Bockaert is the easy way to master digital photography and Adobe® Photoshop® .
This new type of e-book consists of more than 2,000 pages containing more than 5,000 graphics, interconnected by more than 50,000 links conveniently packed into one single self running program that requires no installation.
Subjects Covered -
The e-book covers hardware such as cameras, scanners, batteries, memory, CRT monitors, LCD monitors, and printers. Software topics covered are in detail Adobe Photoshop Album 1.0, Photoshop Elements 2.0, and Photoshop 7.0, as well as software for data recovery, CD cataloging, screen saver creation, and image uploading. The e-book features just released and upcoming software and technology such as the new Adobe Photoshop JPEG 2000 and RAW plug-in, Adobe Photoshop Album 1.0, Nikon’s digital SLR lenses, Fuji Film’s Super CCD SR, and 3D LCD displays.
Content Arrangement -
The content is split up into 20 main chapters and 112 topics. Most of the topics come in essential and advanced complimentary versions which are selectable by the user and also have a one page summary at the end. The essential sections bring the user up speed easily, while the advanced sections give in depth information and bring the user to the next level. The Advanced sections go into more detail, but are still meant to be understood easily through the use of animated and interactive graphics. Many pages have interactive animations and simulations whereby the user can click on buttons and see the effect of his choice instantly. Some pages have as many as 70 different views.
Three Easy Steps -
Step 1 – Helps you select your digital camera and explains digital photography via unique interactive simulations and colorful high quality animated graphics. Photography is explained from a digital perspective with content varying from simple things like explaining pixels, focal length, analog to digital conversion in the essential sections, to specialized content in the advanced sections such as explaining CCD and CMOS technology, and JPEG compression.
Step 2 – Teaches you to create amazing images in the “Pixelroom” on your PC, the equivalent of the conventional darkroom. This section is packed with step-by-step, hands-on, interactive and animated tutorials. The essential sections are based on Adobe Photoshop Elements 2, while the advanced sections use Photoshop 7 with tutorials varying from a single click fix up to professional editing tutorials with as many as 120 screen shot frames. It will teach you countless editing techniques such as the removal of red-eye, removal of tourists from pictures, bringing out shadow detail, creating panoramas, enhance color, and advanced noise removal methods.
Step 3 – Shows you how to manage, view, share, print and process your images, and covers the newly released Adobe Photoshop Album 1 in detail.
System Requirements -
120Mhz PC with Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP, 128MBRAM, 67MBfree hard disk space, 800×600 color monitor, CD-ROMdrive.