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Take Your Best Shot Beth Carpenter, Library Services Manager, Outagamie Waupaca Library System Renee Miller, Graphic Art

Take Your Best Shot Beth Carpenter, Library Services Manager, Outagamie Waupaca Library System Renee Miller, Graphic Arts Specialist, Winnefox Library System This presentation and related handouts will be available online at http://www.owlsweb.info/ce/past/ December 2006 .

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Take Your Best Shot Beth Carpenter, Library Services Manager, Outagamie Waupaca Library System Renee Miller, Graphic Art

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  1. Take Your Best Shot Beth Carpenter, Library Services Manager,Outagamie Waupaca Library System Renee Miller, Graphic Arts Specialist,Winnefox Library System This presentation and related handouts will be available online at http://www.owlsweb.info/ce/past/ December 2006

  2. How does a digital camera work? The Pixel Digital photographs are made up of hundreds of thousands or millions of tiny squares called picture elements, or just pixels.

  3. How does a digital camera work? Image Size or Resolution More pixels add detail and sharpen edges.

  4. How does a digital camera work? Image Size or Resolution Example: This photo is 1600 pixels wide x 1200 pixels high or 1.92 million total pixels The size of a photograph is specified in one of two ways - by its dimensions in pixels or by the total number of pixels it contains.

  5. How does a digital camera work? Image Size or Resolution Camera Resolution: The total number of pixels that a camera is capable or recording an image with. Screen Resolution: The screen’s width and height in pixels. Print Resolution: dpi or dots per inch. Refers to the number of microscopic droplets of ink per linear inch of printing surface.

  6. How does a digital camera work? Compression The rate of compression affects image quality.

  7. How does a digital camera work? Compression Uncompressed …and with compression

  8. How does a digital camera work? Compression Lossless Lossy compression

  9. How does a digital camera work? RECAP The Pixel Digital photographs are made up of hundreds of thousands or millions of tiny squares called picture elements, or just pixels Image Size The size of a photograph is specified in one of two ways - by its dimensions in pixels or by the total number of pixels it contains. Resolution The total number of pixels that a camera is capable or recording an image with. Compression Shrinks images In order to speed up the handling and to keep memory requirements minimal. .

  10. Graphic file formats for print TIFF .tiff .gif • Uncompressed format • Retains all recorded image information • Best for large prints • Supports 24-bit color • .

  11. Storage media and card readers CompactFlash SmartMedia MemorySticks xD-Picture Cards

  12. Software options for image editing Photoshop Elements • Perform advanced editing • Fine-tune exposure • Quickly retouch specific areas • Control color temperature and tint • Easily adjust shadows and highlights • Enjoy enhanced support for working with raw files • And more http://www.adobe.com/

  13. Software options for image editing Picasa • Free Download! • Photo management software helps you find, edit and share you pictures • Create slide shows • Create collages • Edit your pictures • And more http://www.picasa.com/

  14. What to do with your edited images Print output • Copy images at full resolution. • Make all your changes in one or two sittings and save the corrected image under a new name to retain the original. • For longer-lasting prints, use archival paper. • Consider using an online photo-printing service or taking it to a photo-lab for larger high-quality prints.

  15. What to do with your edited images Snapfish • Inexpensive • Professionally developed high-quality prints and film developing • Free online photo sharing • Unlimited online photo storage • Free online photo editing tools and software • Unique, customizable photo products • Mail order, print@home or one-hour retail pick-up at over 5000 locations. http://www.snapfish.com/

  16. What to do with your edited images Use in presentations - PowerPoint • Accepts images in various formats • Adds to the visual content of the presentation

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