Digital Photography Bible

1508 Pages·2002·9.98 MB·English

by  Ken Milburn, Ron Rockwell

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Digital Photography
Bible
2nd Edition
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Digital Photography
Bible
2nd Edition
Ken Milburn
Ron Rockwell
Mark Chambers
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Digital Photography Bible, 2nd Edition
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About the Authors
Ken Milburnstarted taking pictures the year he entered high school and was work-
ing professionally as a wedding photographer by the time he graduated. He has
been involved with photography both as a hobby and professionally ever since and
has worked in advertising, travel, and fashion photography.
Ken has been working with computers since 1981 and has written hundreds of arti-
cles, columns, and reviews for such publications as Publish, DV Magazine,Computer
Graphics World, PC World, Macworld, and Windows Magazine.He has also published
ten other computer books, including the first edition of Digital Photography Bible,
Master VISUALLY Photoshop 6.0, CliffsNotes Taking and Sharing Digital Photographs,
and Photoshop 5.5 Professional Results.
Ken also maintains a practice as a commercial photo-illustrator and has become
internationally known for his photo-paintings, which have been featured twice in
Design Graphics Magazine,in the all-time best-selling poster for the 1988 Sausalito
Arts Festival, and in the 1999 American President Lines calendar.
Ron Rockwellbegan his career as a technical illustrator in the days when eraser
crumbs and ink-stained fingers were a sign of the trade. With a degree in commer-
cial art, he became an art director at a Silicon Valley print shop. After that, he
launched a long freelance career peppered with a year here and there as art direc-
tor for both large and small advertising agencies in California, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, and Hawaii. During that time, he continued servicing freelance clients he
had acquired in the early seventies.
Besides being a graphic designer and technical illustrator, Ron is a successful
professional photographer with a fully equipped studio consisting of traditional
medium format equipment and state-of-the-art digital equipment. You can see some
of his work at www.nidus-corp.com. In 2001, Ron wrote FreeHand 10 f/x & Design,
and he is hard at work on a book for the next version of Macromedia FreeHand. Ron
is an active member on FreeHand Web forums and a member of Team Macromedia.
Mark L. Chambershas been an author, computer consultant, BBS sysop, program-
mer, and hardware technician for over 15 years. His previous books include Building
A PC For Dummies, Scanners For Dummies, CD & DVD Recording For Dummies,
Microsoft Office v. X for Mac Power Users Guide,and others. Mark is currently a full-
time author and tech editor. He recently served as an HP Web Clinic instructor in
the use of CD-RW drives.
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To my son, Lane. Thanks for all the help.
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