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THE MANUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND DIGITAL IMAGING
The Manual of Photography and Digital Imaging
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Tenth Edition

By
Elizabeth Allen
Sophie Triantaphillidou

Audience
Professional and committed amateurs in the fields of photography, digital imaging and art and design. Lab technicians and studio managers.

Contents
1. FUNDAMENTAL IMAGE SCIENCE: Introduction to the Imaging Process; Light Theory; Light Sources and Filters; The Human Visual System and Visual Perception; An Introduction to Colour Science; Optics; Images and Image Formation; Sensitometry and the Characteristic Curve. 2. IMAGING SYSTEMS & THE IMAGING PROCESS: Image Sensors and Sensitive Materials; Lenses; Camera Systems; Exposure and Image Control; Image Formation and the Photographic Process; Photographic Printing and Print Materials; Digital Cameras and Scanners; Displays; Digital Printing and Print Materials; File Formats, Storage Media and Archiving. 3. IMAGE QUALITY & CHARACTERISTICS: Introduction: Performance Characteristics of Imaging Materials; Speed and Sensitivity of Materials; Tone Reproduction. Photographic Colour Reproduction; Characterisation and Colour Reproduction in Digital Devices; Resolution, Sharpness and Noise; Metrics: Objective Image Quality Measures; Psychophysics: Subjective Measurement of Image Quality. 4. DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING: Digital Image Workflow; Colour Management Systems; Spatial Image Processing; Frequency Processing Techniques; Image Restoration; Image Compression; Image Segmentation & Analysis.

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 608 pages, publication date: FEB-2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-240-52037-7
ISBN-10: 0-240-52037-8
Imprint: FOCAL PRESS

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