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Digital
Photography
Max Hobson
Network & Computer Repair, AVCTC
Learner Objectives
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Pixel
•PICture Element
•The smallest element of a
digitized image
Megapixel
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Resolution
The number of Pixels in an image
DPI
Dots Per Inch - The number of dots a printer or device, such as a
monitor can display per linear inch. Most monitors are at 72 dpi. Most
Laser Printers are from 300 to 1200 dpi.
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JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group - A format used by
many digital cameras for storing images. This format is
also used for images on the web and as email
attachments. Caution, this is a lossy compression that
can damage image quality.
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Free
Software
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GIMP
•GIMP
•Free Download
from www.gimp.org
•Similar to Adobe
PhotoShop
•Steep Learning
Curve
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Kodak
Easy
Share
•Free Download From
www.kodak.com
•Easy to use
•Organize Photos
•Fix Red Eye
•Enhance Colors
•Easily Save Photos to CD
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Commercial
Software
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Adobe
PhotoShop
• Available from
www.adobe.com
• Expensive
• Very Powerful
• Industry Standard
•Great for Special
Effects
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Adobe
PhotoShop
Elements
• Available from
www.adobe.com
• Low Cost – about $99
• Powerful
• Often FREE with
scanner purchase!
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Vacation
Pictures. . .
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Student
Projects
Paint a House
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car
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Alter
Reality!
Putting Pictures in Word
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Click on the
Insert Menu
Go to Picture
Then to
From File
Putting Pictures in Word
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Your picture is
now in Word
but the text is
not wrapped
around it.
To fix that…
Putting Pictures in Word
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Right click on
the picture.
Go to Format
Picture
Putting Pictures in Word
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Click on the
Layout Tab
Then Click on
any button
except the “In
Line With Text
Button” then
click OK
Putting Pictures in Word
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How do
Digital
Cameras
Work?
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Digital photographs
are made up of
hundreds of thousands
or millions of tiny
squares called pixels.
Each of these pixels is
captured by a single
photosite on the image
sensor when you take
the photo. Jelly Bean Spirit of ’76 courtesy of Herman Goelitz
Candy Company Inc. Makers of Jelly Belly jelly beans.
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IMPORTANT!
Do not save JPEG images as
JPEG images if you will be
modifying it. Use TIFF.
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TIFF
Tag Image File Format was
developed by Aldus Corp. to save
images created by scanners.
• Lossless format
• BIG files
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MPEG format
Motion Picture Export Group
A compressed audio/video format for
computers.
DVDs and digital satellite TV use
MPEG 2
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Compression
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Lossless Compression
Lossless compression uncompresses
an image so its quality matches the
original source
• LZW - Lempel-Ziv-Welch
• Used for GIF & TIFF files
• Compresses from 50% to 90%
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Lossy Compression
Images loose some data because
they are compressed so much.
• JPEG
• Compression ratios of 10:1 and
40:1 are common
• Do not work with images in JPEG
format
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Image
Storage
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PC Cards
Compact Flash
Smart Media
Memory Sticks
Multimedia Cards
Types of Memory Cards
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• Compact Flash
Types of Memory Cards
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• Floppy Disk
Types of Memory Cards
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• Memory Stick
Types of Memory Cards
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• Micro Drive