Rocky Nook Press Release

GIMP 2 for Photographers: Image Editing with Open Source Software New Release by Rocky Nook

Santa Barbara, CA, November 7, 2006—Before investing hundreds of dollars on expensive software, you want to make sure that editing digital photographs is something you truly enjoy. That’s where “The GIMP 2”—a free digital image editing program—comes in. After you have explored the GIMP and learned how to use it, you may not need—nor want—to buy another image editing program. “GIMP 2 for Photographers” by Klaus Goelker is designed to facilitate your entry into the world of digital image editing with the help of the GIMP.

Luminescence of Nature Photography Press Release

The Photographer’s Guide to Capture NX, the popular eBook from photographer Jason P. Odell, is now available to customers via CD-ROM. The new format allows customers with limited bandwidth to have the opportunity to learn and master Nikon’s Capture NX software. The CD-ROM version of The Photographer’s Guide to Capture NX contains settings files for all the popular Nikon DSLR cameras, including the new D200 and D80 models. The CD also offers the user the actual Nikon RAW files used in the numerous tutorial exercises. The CD-ROM version is available for $29.99 USD from www.luminescentphoto.com/capturenx.html

O’Reilly Press Release

Sebastopol, CA—Taking photos during a morning sunrise on a New Mexican mesa can be a once in a lifetime chance. Yet once you’ve captured the painterly image, how do you share the true colors and emotional veracity of the near outer-worldly palette with others? Because no matter which type of digital camera is used to shoot an image, the computer, software, monitor, and output device (printer, projector, or on the Web) must work together to reproduce the actual and intended color for display. Sound complicated? According to 2006 Photoshop Hall of Famer Eddie Tapp there’s no reason to get discouraged. The Georgia native, widely admired for his knack for making the photo editing process easier and more transparent, shares his expertise in his newly published “Practical Color Management” (O’Reilly, US $29.99).

Rocky Nook Press Release

Santa Barbara, CA, October 25, 2006—Until recently, turning digital images into high quality fine art prints was only a dream, but this has now become a reality. Today’s digital cameras produce image data files making large-format output possible at high resolution. As printing technology moves forward at an equally fast pace, the new inkjet printers are now capable of printing with great precision at a very fine resolution, providing an amazing tonal range and significantly superior image permanence. Moreover, these printers are now affordable to the serious photographer. In the hands of knowledgeable and experienced photographers, they can help create prints comparable to the highest quality darkroom prints on photographic paper. “Fine Art Printing for Photographers” (Rocky Nook, US $44.95) by Uwe Steinmueller and Juergen Gulbins provides the necessary foundation for fine art printing: the understanding of color management, profiling, paper, and inks. It demonstrates how to set up the printing workflow as it guides the reader step-by-step through the process of converting an image file to an outstanding fine art print.

O’Reilly Press Release

Sebastopol, CA—Who doesn’t crave higher megapixels, interchangeable lenses, and larger, noise-free sensors? With huge price drops in digital single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras, folks in record numbers are rushing to buy these tricked-out devices. Yet many owners of pro-quality digital SLRs find it daunting to acquire the technical know-how necessary to get the most out of their new gear and software. What they need is an up-to-the-minute reference guide written in clear, easy-to-understand language. And with the just released “Digital Photography Expert Techniques” (O’Reilly, $44.99 US, $58.99 CA)—now fully updated by award-winning photographer Ken Milburn—there’s a one-stop resource available.

Ilex Press Release

Available from ILEX in September 2006 is Digital Photo Doctor, the new essential guide to breathing life into wounded photos. Created for anyone who has ever returned from a holiday abroad or a family reunion, clutching a memory card full of pictures, only to find them truly disappointing. Badly composed, overexposed, underexposed, red eye, things in the way or in the wrong place. And that’s just the beginning. Your photos are in a bad way – if they were people, they’d be sitting in casualty waiting for treatment.

O’Reilly Press Release

In a Sea of Digital Photo Software, an Affordable Pearl O’Reilly’s Newest Missing Manual Explains Everything You Need to Know About Photoshop Elements 5

Sebastopol, CA—If you love scrapbooking, arranging photos in galleries, or creating cool slideshows set to music, you’ll definitely want the just-announced Photoshop Elements 5. And for those serious about photography, the new version of Elements now includes Photoshop’s most sophisticated drawing tool, Curves. This major upgrade combining Photoshop’s power with Elements’ simplicity gives digital photography enthusiasts the tools the pros use to make their pictures shine. “The new version helps keep photos organized, makes top-notch prints and truly nifty creative projects,” says Barbara Brundage, bestselling O’Reilly author and Photoshop Elements’ expert. Adobe is really jumping on the scrapbooking bandwagon with this release. It’s the must-have software for the scrapbooking hobbyist.”

PhotoSource International Press Release

Photographer directory is in its seventh year. Published from a hundred-year old barn in the hinterlands of Wisconsin.

Osceola, WI (PRWEB) September 8, 2006—PhotoSource International, the company that sends member photographers the daily photo needs of book and magazine publishers, has announced a “Fire Sale” sign up to its photographer directory, the PhotoSourceBOOK 2007. The directory is in its 7th year and is popular with editors and photobuyers. “We call it a Fire Sale this year because the sale to sign up at a discount price is open only during the span of seven days, September 12th to the 18th,” said Rohn Engh, publisher of the PhotoSourceBOOK. “Not only will stock photographers receive a substantial discount for membership in the directory, but also seven different free bonuses, which include a year’s membership in the PhotoSourceBANK and a free copy of “Photographer’s Market 2007.”

DigitalSecrets Press Release

DigitalSecrets announces the release of the latest and most elaborate eBook in the DSLR series. The new eBook, DSLR: Nikon™ D200 by Peter iNova and Uwe Steinmueller tackles the 10 MP Nikon D200 camera, revealing its many secrets and disclosing the numerous cutting edge features of the camera in a way professionals and advanced enthusiast photographers will appreciate. Unlike prior eBooks, the Nikon D200 title is in a new screen-filling horizontal format with a great number of interactive images that emphasize, animate, compare and illustrate the science, technology and art of digital photography. Embedded in the pages of the PDF eBook are movies that illustrate sequential operations, complex menu choices and time-lapse scenes shot with the camera.

O’Reilly Press Release

O’Reilly Releases: “Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography” - The Ultimate Guide to Mastering Your Digital Tools From a Photography Pioneer

Sebastopol, CA—No doubt about it—the allure of the digital camera seduced us all. Yet many photography enthusiasts and professionals still don’t know how to tap into the power and range of today’s digital tools to create compelling photos. That is, until now. In the joyful and long-anticipated “Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography” (O’Reilly, $39.99 US), a master teacher shares how to use digital technology to develop and refine one’s artistic expression.

Peachpit Press Release

Introducing Aperture, Apple’s all-in-one postproduction tool for professional digital photographers. Aperture is designed around a camera raw-based workflow, so users can import, edit, catalog, organize, retouch, publish, and archive images more effectively and efficiently than ever before. In Real World Aperture, best-selling author Ben Long takes Aperture users inside the application to provide an in-depth understanding of its tools. He also offers a slew of tips and workarounds for creating a custom Aperture workflow. Long’s coverage of the fundamental theory and practice of working with raw image files will help users master the program’s high-end editing features.

UPDATE 05/07/06 -  A new larger version of the Adobe Lightroom Workflow eBook is now shipping. The eBook now contains information on all the new features in Adobe Lightroom Beta 3. The price will increase from US$ 9.99 to US$ 19.99 on the 11th of July. dpmac.com will continue to give free updates to all the current and future Adobe Lightroom Workflow eBook subscribers as long as Adobe keeps their Adobe Lightroom Beta software program running. The final release of this eBook will be available both in HTML and PDF versions.

dpmac.com Press Release

After finishing the first month of a three month daily on-line seminar/tutorial series on Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop CS2, George Mann of dpmac.com has decided to sell a downloadable Beta version of the final eBook for a special pre-release price of US$9.99. The downloadable html based eBook contains all the articles in the online series (minus the advertising) plus updates and more material that will not be released on the website series.

O’Reilly Press Release

Sebastopol, CA—Just about everyone knows the appeal of digital photography today: it’s instantly gratifying, endlessly creative, easy and fast to share digital pictures with others, and—to top it off—it’s less expensive and less wasteful than traditional film photography. 
But digital photography can be overwhelming, since not everyone is familiar and comfortable with concepts like JPEG compression, EXIF tags, file format compatibility, image resolutions, FTP clients, and so on. Enter “Digital Photography: The Missing Manual” (O’Reilly/Pogue Press, US $29.99) by Chris Grover and Barbara Brundage, with an introduction by David Pogue, weekly tech columnist for the “New York Times” and creator of the Missing Manual series.  It’s the book that should come with every digital camera.  Perhaps the term “godsend” is a bit strong, but new digital camera users throughout the world will agree that it’s a much-needed book whose time has come.

Fotolog Press Release

“Fotolog.book: A Global Snapshot for a Digital Age” Introduces Readers To The Fascinating and Addictive World of Photo Blogging - www.fotolog.com/fotologbook

New York, NY – (April 12, 2006) – Capturing the rise of photo blogging from underground hobby to runaway pop culture phenomenon, Fotolog (www.fotolog.com), the world’s largest photo blogging community, will be the centerpiece of a fascinating new book hitting bookshelves later this month.  The largest collection, in a book, of photographs originally published on the web, Fotolog.book: A Global Snapshot of Digital Age (Thames & Hudson, April 24, 2006, $34.95, 344 pages) reveals how the combination of digital cameras and the web have made it possible for millions of people to document their daily lives, communicate and interact through the power of photographs.

Wiley Press Release

Photo blogs are the fastest-growing form of personal publishing on the Internet.  Whether the goal is to create an online photo diary, showcase a professional portfolio, or just share with family across the continent the pictures from the reunion, a photo blog can accomplish this.  No one understands this phenomenon better than professional photographer and award - winning blogger Catherine Jamieson.  Her new book, Create Your Own Photo Blog (Wiley; April 2006; $24.99), is a richly illustrated, full-color guide to planning and designing a photo blog.  Legions of fans visit Jamieson’s blog, Utata, every day in order to view the latest of her photographic creations.  In her book, she imparts her knowledge and expertise and shows readers how they, too, can share their photos through blogging.

O’Reilly Press Release

iPhoto 6 Manual and Complete Digital Photography Course—Two Books in One O’Reilly Releases “iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual”

Sebastopol, CA—“Don’t let the rumors fool you. iPhoto may be simple, but it isn’t simplistic,” say David Pogue and Derrick Story. “It offers a wide range of tools, shortcuts, and database-like features; a complete arsenal of photo-presentation features; and sophisticated multimedia and Internet hooks. Unfortunately, many of the best techniques aren’t covered in the only ‘manual’ you get with iPhoto—its slow, sparse electronic help screens.” That’s where their new “iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual” (Pogue and Story, O’Reilly, US $29.99) comes in: it’s the iPhoto book that should have been in the box and a complete course in digital photography. Dramatically faster than previous versions, iPhoto 6 can handle 250,000 photos and boasts dozens of new features for storing, searching, editing, publishing, and sharing digital pictures. In full color, this authoritative, witty guide delivers the technical expertise to take advantage of each and every iPhoto detail, as well as the artistic know-how to shoot consistently great photos—including professional tips for composition, lighting, and manual exposure.

Wiley Press Release

Photoshop Elements has most of the features and functions of Photoshop at a fraction of Photoshop’s price. But it can be made even more powerful with exclusive code enhancements that unlock functions that are built-in to Photoshop Elements but hidden. The Hidden Power of Photoshop Elements 4 (Sybex, an imprint of Wiley; April 2006) reveals how digital photographers and graphic artists can extend the capabilities for Photoshop Elements and take image editing to the next level. Author Richard Lynch teaches readers professional image correction techniques using advanced tools hidden within the software.

O’Reilly Media Press Release

O’Reilly Media Signs Eddie Tapp for New Book Series Digital Photography Tutorials to Cover Hot Topics

Miami, FL—Photoshop World—O’Reilly Media has signed an agreement with digital photography expert and trainer, Eddie Tapp. A new tutorial-based book series is in the works entitled “Eddie Tapp on Digital Photography.” The series is designed to cover specific areas of technical need for working professionals and serious students of photography, without forcing them to buy more than they need. Topics covered will range from color management, workflow, to production techniques and output. The first book covering workflow management is due to be released in July 2006. “We’re excited to be working with Eddie Tapp on this much-needed series,” comments Mark Brokering, O’Reilly Media’s V.P., Associate Publisher. “The field of digital photography is growing and evolving so rapidly—and the need for good, reliable information is greater than ever. People are looking for the kind of expertise that can come only from a master craftsman like Eddie.”

O’Reilly Press Release

“Adobe InDesign CS2 One-on-One”—O’Reilly’s Latest Release

Sebastopol, CA—The competition between leading page layout applications used to be quite heated. The once favored QuarkXPress was always competing head-to-head with Adobe’s InDesign. Today, InDesign has become the clear favorite with converts making the switch in record numbers. If you’re ready to master InDesign, there’s nothing like having your own personal tutor, and nothing comes closer than the new “Adobe InDesign CS2 One-on-One” (O’Reilly, US $44.99) book from Deke McClelland—a comprehensive training package complete with sample files, full color images, and over two hours of video on DVD. “Adobe InDesign CS2 One-on-One” lets readers see InDesign in action and proceed at their own pace. Under Deke’s seasoned guidance, through twelve step-by-step lessons and relevant, real-world projects readers will learn fundamental and advanced concepts, theories, techniques, and best practices for making the most out of InDesign.

O’Reilly Press Release

Sebastopol, CA—“RAW data is the holy grail of digital photography,” says photographer Mikkel Aaland, a pioneer of digital photography and author of nine books, including O’Reilly’s “Photoshop for the Web” and the award-winning “Shooting Digital.” “Anyone who is serious about digital photography and wants to produce the best possible picture needs to shoot and process RAW.” And anyone who intends to do that needs Aaland’s new “Photoshop CS2 RAW” (O’Reilly, US $34.99). The RAW format is becoming more and more popular with professional and amateur digital photographers, because it affords unparalleled flexibility and control during the editing process. Adobe Photoshop is the most popular and widely-used digital image editing tool in the world, and its latest version, Adobe Photoshop CS2, is quickly emerging as the best place to edit RAW images. “RAW data must be touched, molded, and shaped before it takes form. It takes time and skill to do this right,” says Aaland, “and that is where this book comes in.”