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Introduction To Digital Photography

III - Postprocessing

The Electronic Darkroom

Digital Photography does not end with the shutter click.

What does it cost to take a couple more shots?

What do I do with all those pictures?How should I store them?

Triage – The first cut

Out of focusWashed outHow did that get taken?

Organizing

I use Picasa from GoogleNever save over the

original

Correcting Exposure

Adjust contrast to remove haze

Correcting Color

When white isn’t white.

Adjust Saturation

To make colors “POP!”

Correcting composition

Crop to remove distracting elements.

Advanced Editing Tools

Photoshop Elements (retouching)Photomatix (High Dynamic Exposure

Range)Panavue Image Assembler (stitching)

Retouching

The “clone” or “stamp” tool allows you to copy one part of a picture over another

High Dynamic Range

Photomatix software creates a high range image from multiple exposures

Use exposure bracketing on your camera.

HDR Fusion

The camera will either lose detail on the interior, or wash out the window. HDR software can create a composite image

HDR Exposure Correction

Photomatix can automatically apply different corrections to different parts of the picture

Special Effects

Detail enhancement, for example

Correct Composition

Combine several shots into a panorama

Publishing

Irfanview can create a simple web pageJAlbum creates more polished web sitesShutterfly allows people to order prints of

your pictures.Many other photo sharing sites: Picasa,

Flickr, …I very rarely print my pictures