The Manual of PhotographyThe tenth edition of The Manual of Photography is an indispensable textbook for anyone who is serious about photography. It is ideal if you want to gain insight into the underlying scientific principles of photography and digital imaging, whether you are a professional photographer, lab technician, researcher or student in the field, or simply an enthusiastic amateur. This comprehensive guide takes you from capture to output in both digital and film media, with sections on lens use, darkroom techniques, digital cameras and scanners, image editing techniques and processes, workflow, digital file formats and image archiving. This iconic text was first published in 1890 and has aided many thousands of photographers in developing their own techniques and understanding of the medium. Now in full colour, The Manual of Photography still retains its clear, reader-friendly style and is filled with images and illustrations demonstrating the key principles. Not only giving you the skills and know-how to take stunning photographs, but will also allowing you to fully understand the science behind the creation of great images. |
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... Compression methods Standardization of the format Metadata and Exif Colour management Additionalfeatures Taggedimage file format (TIFF) TIFF/EP TIFF/IT Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) JointPhotographic Experts Group 2000 (JPEG ...
... compression Introduction Uncompressedimage file sizes Imagedata and information Basisof compression Types of redundancy Measuring compression rate Scene dependency.
Elizabeth Allen, Sophie Triantaphillidou. Basisof compression Types of redundancy Measuring compression rate Scene dependency and compression Information theory Entropy andimage structure Shannon«s theorem Image compression models ...
... compression. Less complex but even smaller digital camerasare nowautomatic featuresof most mobile phones. The. CMOS. sensor. In recent years anew class of image sensor has been developed. Although still silicon-based technology, CMOS ...
... compression method is used and what other information the file contains, such asheader, exif data, layers or alpha channels. File size in bits = Number of pixels × Number ofbits per pixel Dividing this figure by 8 converts the output to ...
Contents
Light output | |
Automatic flash exposure | |
Images andimage formation | |
Density | |
Colour densitometers | |
Bibliography | |
Colour demosaicing | |
Digital cameras and camera backs for medium and large format | |
Thephysical structure ofthe human | |
scales | |
Speed and sensitivity Sensitivity ofimaging systems Spectral sensitivity ofdigital cameras Measurement of the spectral sensitivity of digital cameras De... | |
Tone | |
Nonlinear spatial filtering | |
Camera lenses | |
UVand IR filters Neutraldensity filters | |
Photographic camera systems | |
Panoramic cameras | |
Autofocus systems Exposure metering systems | |
Thehuman visual system | |
Digital image processing in the frequency domain | |
Bibliography | |
Lossycompression methods | |
Appendix | |
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The Manual of Photography and Digital Imaging Elizabeth Allen,Sophie Triantaphillidou Limited preview - 2012 |