Beginning Digital Image Processing: Using Free Tools for Photographers

by Sebastian Montabone

Overview

Since the advent of digital photography, we have been able to post-process our pictures. However, to do it properly, we have to become digital art apprentices. Sebastian Montabone is a computer vision expert who wants us to use our cameras and image processing software to come up with works of art. In this book, he teaches image processing techniques of ascending difficulty based on freely available tools. The book teaches you to use the best tools for the job, and it focuses on the techniques, not the environments or toolchains in which they run. Also in this book, you'll learn about the Canon Hack Development Kit (CHDK), which expands the features of some cameras.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781430228417
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	07/27/2010
Series:	Expert's Voice in Digital Photography
Edition description:	1st ed.
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Sebastian Montabone is a computer engineer with a master of science degree in computer vision. After publishing his thesis about human detection in unconstrained environments, he has worked in different areas such as intelligent IP cameras for automated surveillance, data mining, game development, and embedded devices. Currently, he is a software consultant and entrepreneur.

Table of Contents

Section I: Background information: Chapter 1. - Digital photography (e.g.: lenses, sensors, simple techniques, f-stops, etc) Chapter 2. - Digital images (e.g.: file formats, raw, color spaces, EXIF headers, etc) Section II: Simple image processing: Chapter 3. - Geometric transforms (e.g.: Resizing, cropping, rotating, etc) Chapter 4. - Color transforms (e.g.: brightness - contrast, hue - saturation, b & w, sepia, etc) Chapter 5. - Filters (e.g.: Sharpness, blur, noise reduction, etc.) Chapter 6. - Photo retouching (e.g.: red eye removal, object removal, etc.) Section III: Advanced image processing: Chapter 7. - HDR (High dynamic range) (e.g.: blend together multiple images at different light settings) Chapter 8. - Lens distortion correction (e.g.: explains lens distortion and how to correct it) Chapter 9. - Perspective correction (e.g.: change the view of a scene) Chapter 10. - Panorama photo stitching (e.g.: Create a panorama from multiple images) Section IV: Extras: Chapter 11. - Movie editing (e.g.: usage of a simple but complete movie editing tool) Chapter 12. - CHDK ('Canon's Hacker Development Kit') (e.g.: Some Canon cameras can use this software to release new functionalities) Appendix: A1. - Installing the tools