Digital Photography Best Practices and Workflow Handbook: A Guide to Staying Ahead of the Workflow Curve

by Patricia Russotti

Overview

Managing your digital photos can be one of the most unavoidable headaches. With so many existing workflow practices based on specific software rather than a universal view of the entire image file processing ecology, you need something that can make the process less overwhelming. Patricia Russotti and Richard Anderson provide you with the best workflow practices for planning and capturing to archiving you digital photography and everything in between. This easy-to-follow design paired with detailed charts and beautiful photos will give you the tools you need to perfect your workflow. This handbook is software version independent and focuses more on the key fundamentals that are a constant from software to software.

Furthermore, stay current with the accompanying website (www.dpBestflow.org) that provides resources and links for ever changing technology and the latest advances in workflow, and interviews with professional photographers. Co-published with the American Society of Media Photographers and dpBestflow (A U.S. Library of Congress funded project) Digital Photography Best Practices and Workflow Handbook is the most trusted resource for digital photographers and digital imaging artists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780240810959
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/12/2009
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	8.80(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Patricia Russotti is a New Media Professor, College of Imaging Arts & Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology. She is an artist, educator, curriculum developer, and international presenter. She provides imaging services for corporations, public service organizations and individual artistic commissions.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 Digital Photography Best Practices and Workflow; Chapter 2 Terminology and the Importance of Language; Chapter 3 An Overview of Workfl ow Components and Planning; Chapter 4 Workfl ows and Parameters; Chapter 5 The Image Archive; Chapter 6 Image Capture; Chapter 7 Getting to Work—Image; Chapter 8 Image Edit; Chapter 9 Optimization; Chapter 10 Master Files and Derivative Files; Chapter 11 Image Proofing; Chapter 12 Image Delivery; It’s a Wrap; The Importance of Ergonomics Index

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