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Nighttime Digital Photography with Adobe Photoshop CS3
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Nighttime Digital Photography with Adobe Photoshop CS3

by John Carucci
August 2007
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
7h 26m
English
Peachpit Press
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Chapter 2. Computer Equipment

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For most of photography’s 170-year history, the process of translating an image to tangible form defined the art. That process took place in the darkroom, where the marriage of science and art gave birth to the silver-based print. The chemical darkroom evolved from a laboratory in a cramped, noxious room to its virtual form, which resides neatly inside your computer. With Adobe Photoshop and a few peripherals, you have more control than a photo print technician could ever imagine.

To take full advantage of the digital darkroom, it’s important to understand the computer and necessary peripherals it takes to produce ...

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