Digital Photography - Point & Shoot Basic
    http://edu-observatory.org/cfs/DP1/Week4.html



  CONNECTING TO YOUR COMPUTER, STORAGE AND PRINTING


   

  Turn off the camera, connect it to the computer using the USB cable
  that came with your camera, then turn on the camera.

  o On Macintosh computers, an icon will appear on the desktop similar
    to a USB flash drive, external hard drive or CD. You can set the
    Mac so that Image Capture or iPhoto starts automatically, if you
    prefer. 

  o On Windows computers, the camera appears as a device in Explorer,
    allowing you to copy images from the camera to the computer. 

  Note -- Most digital cameras can be set to act just like USB flash 
  drives or external hard drives when connected to a computer.
  Alternatively the camera can be set to work with manufacturer
  provided software. I prefer cameras set like USB flash drives to
  minimize software compatibility issues.
  

  USING A MEMORY CARD READER

  You may insert your camera's memory card into a memory card reader.
  Connecting the memory card to a computer behaves similarly to
  connecting a memory stick (flash drive) or external hard drive.


  PRINTING IMAGES

  Printing images can be as simple as putting ink-jet photo paper into
  your printer and selecting the same under the print menu on your
  computer.
  
  
  IMAGE PROCESSING SOFTWARE
  
  Many camera manufacturers provide software that can be installed on
  Macs and Microsoft Windows computers. Also there are many third party
  image software products such as:

    GIMP (open source)
      http://docs.gimp.org/en/
      http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source
            
      ASSIGNMENT No.4-1 - Download and install GIMP on your computer.
      It is freely available and comes with excellent documentation and
      tutorials. The GIMP (freely available for all computers) is the
      most widely supported image manipulation available today. 


    Photoshop (commercial)
      http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/

    Aperture (commercial)
      http://www.apple.com/aperture/

    Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 (free version)
      http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1184951547051

    Image Magic (open source)
      http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php

    xv (open source - Mac, Unix/Linux only)
      http://www.trilon.com/xv/manual/xv-3.10a/cover.html

  
  ASSIGNMENT No.4-2 - Create photographic challenges for yourself every
  week, for you will always learn something from trying something new
  with your camera. Your photographic experiment is worth a thousand
  expert opinions!


  Articles by Ken Rockwell
    http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech.htm
    
  Photography Tutorials 
    http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials.htm
    http://www.geofflawrence.com/photography_tutorials.htm

  Basic Photography: A Set of Exercises
    http://teeksaphoto.org/Writing/BasicPhotoExercises.html

  An Excellent source of Photographic Books
    http://www.photoeye.com/


  BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

    Akkana Peck
    "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional"
    Apress (2006)
    ISBN-10: 1590595874
    
    Klaus Goelker
    "GIMP 2 for Photographers: Image Editing with Open Source Software"
    Rocky Nook (2006)
    ISBN-10: 1933952032

    Scott Kelby 
    "The Photoshop Elements 4 Book for Digital Photographers"
    New Riders Press (2005)
    ISBN-10: 0321384830

    Stephen Johnson
    "Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography"
    O'Reilly Media, Inc. (August 1, 2006) 
    ISBN: 059652370X

    Tim Daly
    "The Digital Photography Handbook"
    Amphoto Books (2003) 
    ISBN: 0-8174-3793-2

    David D Busch
    "Mastering Digital SLR Photography"
    Course Technology PTR (2004) 
    ISBN: 1-59200-605-1

    Jon Canfield
    "Print Like a Pro: A Digital Photographer's Guide"
    Peachpit Press (2006) 
    ISBN: 0-321-38554-3

    Harald Johnson
    "Mastering Digital Printing, Second Edition"
    Course Technology PTR (2004) 
    ISBN: 1-59200-431-8



    
     
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