PCPhoto

July/August 2024

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Hard Copy

Photographic Lighting: Essential Skills by John Child and Mark Galer (Focal Press, 2005; ISBN: 0-240-51964-7). Make better exposures with techniques and tips for working with natural, ambient and strobe light.

A Comprehensive Guide to Digital Black & White Photography by John Clements (AVA Publishing, 2024; ISBN: 2-88479-056-X). What you need to know, from digital capture and editing through the final print, to enhance your black-and-white images.

Painter IX Creativity: Digital Artist’s Handbook by Jeremy Sutton (Focal Press, 2024; ISBN: 0-240-80669-7, ISBN: 0-240-80676-X [CD-ROM]). An easy-to-follow, step-by-step CD-ROM tutorial accompanies hands-on instructions to turn your pictures into paintings using Corel Painter IX software.

The Art of Photoshop by Daniel Giordan (Sams Publishing, 2024; ISBN: 0-672-32270-6). Concepts on mood, color and elemental arrangements are discussed with detailed instructions and illustrations to help you understand and implement useful Photoshop tools to artistically create digital images.

Fun with Photoshop Elements 3: Foto-Fakery for Everyone by Rhoda Grossman (Sams Publishing, 2024; ISBN: 0-672-32730-9). Have a great time manipulating images in outrageous ways. This guide shows you fun, useful techniques while teaching you valuable Elements tools.

Sleek, Sophisticated Compact Camera

The Fujifilm FinePix Z1 not only looks cool, but also features a 2.5-inch LCD for easy viewing, a 5-megapixel sensor and Real Photo Technology that allows you to photograph subjects in low-light situations with reduced blur from camera shake. About the size of a deck of cards, there’s a 3x optical zoom lens tucked inside its thin metallic body, which is offered in either black or brushed silver. List Price: $399. Contact: Fujifilm, (800) 800-FUJI, www.fujifilm.com.

Drag, Drop And Burn
Ulead’s DVD MovieFactory 4 Disc Creator enables you to transform your videos and photos into DVD movies and slideshows with a professional-looking menu. The intuitive interface has new desktop icons that quickly let you burn and sync digital media by simply dragging and dropping files to task icons without having to fully launch the software. The software also features a variety of image-optimizing effects and DVD menu customization capabilities. List Price: $99. Contact: Ulead Systems, (800) 85-ULEAD, www.ulead.com.