Digital Image Optimization Concepts and Techniques

by Wallace Jackson

Digital Image Optimization Concepts and Techniques is written for everyone who is new to digital imaging and digital photography, and who wants to understand the basics of digital imaging and how to work optimally with the digital imagery that they capture via their Smartphone Camera or Digital Camera. This book uses the two most popular digital imaging software packages to demonstrate the material in each of the 16 Chapters, this includes the popular Photoshop CS6, and the free professional image editing software GIMP 2.8, recently released in May of 2012. Since GIMP 2.8 is Free for Commercial Use, absolutely everyone who wants to become a digital imaging expert will now be able to, as long as they have a personal computer.Digital Image Optimization Concepts and Techniques covers all of the fundamental concepts that underlie digital imaging, as well as outlining how to use all of the most frequently used imaging tools that digital imaging professionals leverage in their day to day imaging work. Learn how to get the best results out of your digital photography, from enhancing color and sharpness to correcting exposure problems on that shot that you really need to look perfect. You will be amazed at what can be done with sub-par digital images using today's professional imaging software covered in this book.There are chapters on how to install both Photoshop CS6 and GIMP 2.8, Digital Imaging Concepts, Color Theory, Selection Sets, Alpha Channels, Exposure Correction, Image Sharpening, Special Effects, Data Footprint Optimization, User Interface Optimization, and much more. Each chapter includes full color screenshots of the work process in both GIMP 2.8 and in Photoshop CS6, so users can make sure what they are looking at on their computer screens is correct.This book was written by digital imaging artisan Wallace Jackson of Mind Taffy Design, who has been using both of these imaging software packages since they were first released, and who is known for having the smallest application and website data footprint, due to the image optimization techniques covered in this unique book. Mr. Jackson's background is in optimizing digital imagery for the major display manufacturers, so that their displays in stores and at trade shows look as pristine as they are every going to get. This book shows those image optimization and file size optimization that allows Mind Taffy Design to deliver the clearest imagery at the smallest file sizes and the fastest transfer speeds over any network, yielding the smoothest operation of content in the digital domain. In today's digital new media world this is the equivalent of delivering the highest product quality at the lowest data transfer cost, which equates directly to profits.

111 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 28, 2012