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Digital Photography for Dummies, Fourth Edition
Julie Adair King Manufacturer: For Dummies ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0764516647 |
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If you're comfortable with the concept of photography but find the digital part a stumbling block, Digital Photography for Dummies will get you over the hump.Author Julie Adair King, a photographer and graphics-software specialist, deftly explains such concepts as resolution, f-stop, and compression. She is also refreshingly upfront about the differences between film-based and digital photography, spelling out the latter's shortcomings early on. Her advice on all aspects of the field is well thought out and simple without being condescending. She informs readers, for example, that you needn't use high-pixel resolutions simply for placing images on a Web page. Such tips will come as a relief to fledgling photographers on a budget, or novices who may have thought they had to use the highest-quality settings at all times.
Aside from the technical concerns of working with the camera and computer, King also gives sound tips on composition and lighting. And since retouching is one of the principal benefits of digital photography, she spends a fair amount of time discussing photo-editing software. And while most of the examples are in black and white, the most important examples, gratefully, are included in a 16-page color plate section in the middle of the book.
For those of you considering jumping into the world of digital photography, you'll be hard-pressed to find a better guide to getting started than Digital Photography for Dummies. --John Frederick Moore
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In the 1840s, William Henry Fox Talbot combined light, paper, a few chemicals, and a wooden box to produce a photographic print, laying the foundation for modern film photography. Over the years, that process was refined, and people discovered the joy of photography. Now, more than 160 years after Talbot's innovation, photography has entered a new age, with the arrival of the digital camera and a new and exciting way to think about photography. In fact, digital photography has spawned an entirely new art form.With a digital camera, a computer, and some photo-editing software, you can explore the unlimited creative opportunities of digital photography. Just think – no more film, no more film development costs, no more limitations of working only with what's there. With digital photography, you have almost instant access to your photos, and with photo-editing software, you can easily clean up your photos and add special effects that used to be nearly impossible for the amateur photographer to achieve.
Digital Photography For Dummies, 4th Edition, is your introduction to the world of digital photography, whether you're a beginner taking your first shot or an experienced photographer looking to try a new medium. In this newly revised edition, you'll discover the following topics and more:
Digital Photography For Dummies, 4th Edition, also comes with a CD that includes trial versions of popular photo-editing software, as well as some original photos taken by the author that you can use to experiment with.
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Get the picture with these great color illustrations Here's how to choose the right camera, take great shots, and make 'em even better Can't wait to see what you and that digital camera can do? Packed with beautiful color examples of what you can accomplish, this book gives you the inside scoop on cameras, memory cards, accessories, setting up shots, using exposure and focus, editing, downloading and printing your photos, and a whole lot more. Discover how to Choose a camera, memory cards, and add-ons Use the right camera settings for your subject Control exposure and focus Compose great shots Share and print your photos onlineCustomer Reviews:
Step by Step.......2007-07-19
Pick a Subject!.......2007-07-10
Good Basic Introduction for the Beginner.......2007-01-28
problem.......2007-01-18
Digital Photography for Dummies by King - Review.......2007-01-07
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Preparing for the Workplace: Charting A Course for Federal Postsecondary Training Policy
Committee on Postsecondary Education and Training for the Workplace , and National Research Council Manufacturer: National Academies Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0309049350 |
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Preparing for the Workplace - Charting a Course for Federal Postsecondary Training Policy
Janet S. National Research Council Staff-Hansen Manufacturer: National Academies Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OSXPEG |
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Exercises in Dynamic Macroeconomic Theory
Rodolfo E. Manuelli , and Thomas J. Sargent Manufacturer: Harvard University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0674274768 |
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This book is a companion volume to Dynamic Macroeconomic Theory by Thomas J. Sargent. It provides scrimmages in dynamic macroeconomic theory--precisely the kind of drills that people will need in order to learn the techniques of dynamic programming and its applications to economics. By doing these exercises, the reader can acquire the ability to put the theory to work in a variety of new situations, build technical skill, gain experience in fruitful ways of setting up problems, and learn to distinguish cases in which problems are well posed from cases in which they are not.
The basic framework provided by variants of a dynamic general equilibrium model is used to analyze problems in macroeconomics and monetary economics. An equilibrium model provides a mapping from parameters of preferences, technologies, endowments, and "rules of the game" to a probability model for time series. The rigor of the logical connections between theory and observations that the mapping provides is an attractive feature of dynamic equilibrium, or "rational expectations," models. This book gives repeated and varied practice in constructing and interpreting this mapping.
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A great way to increase your understanding of dynamic macro.......2000-05-24
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Schaum's Outline of Principles of Economics (Schaum's)
Dominick Salvatore , and Eugene A. Diulio Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0070546290 |
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Many students find introductory economics interesting but difficult, so they will really appreciate this study tool designed to make the core material easier to understand. A summary and list of key terms begins each chapter, providing readers with a "map" and hundreds of problems with detailed solutions illustrate and amplify key points. A chapter devoted to drafting and interpreting graphs helps students gain a facility with this material essential for mastering.
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.... just OK.......2006-03-13
Not up to Schaum's standards.......2006-02-02
Disappointing.......2003-02-22
Unfortunately, it did not.
The exposition is shoddy at best. Though I could solve the problems as they were given, I found myself struggling to understand economics. Since I was studying to CLEP test out of my prerequisite Micro and Macro Econ, I was concerned. After a few weeks, I purchased Harper Collins' College Outlines' Intro to Economics, and was pleasantly surprised to find that I could understand economics.
Buisiness Study Beginner from Korea.......2000-04-09
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Practical Bifurcation and Stability Analysis: From Equilibrium to Chaos (Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics)
Rüdiger U. Seydel Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0387943161 |
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This book contains computational methods for numerically computing steady state and Hopf bifurcations. It is probably the first textbook to describe these types of numerical bifurcation techniques. The book requires only a basic knowledge of calculus, and uses detailed examples, problems, and figures. This will be appropriate as a textbook for graduate students.Customer Reviews:
For a get-hands-wet approach to learning the subject........2000-04-04
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Nonsmooth Approach to Optimization Problems with Equilibrium (Nonconvex Optimization and Its Applications)
J. Outrata , M. Kocvara , and J. Zowe Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0792351703 |
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This book presents an in-depth study and a solution technique for an important class of optimization problems. This class is characterized by special constraints: parameter-dependent convex programs, variational inequalities or complementarity problems. All these so-called equilibrium constraints are mostly treated in a convenient form of generalized equations. The book begins with a chapter on auxiliary results followed by a description of the main numerical tools: a bundle method of nonsmooth optimization and a nonsmooth variant of Newton's method. Following this, stability and sensitivity theory for generalized equations is presented, based on the concept of strong regularity. This enables one to apply the generalized differential calculus for Lipschitz maps to derive optimality conditions and to arrive at a solution method. A large part of the book focuses on applications coming from continuum mechanics and mathematical economy. A series of nonacademic problems is introduced and analyzed in detail. Each problem is accompanied with examples that show the efficiency of the solution method.
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Complementarity, Equilibrium, Efficiency and Economics (Nonconvex Optimization and Its Applications)
G. Isac , V.A. Bulavsky , and Vyacheslav V. Kalashnikov Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1402006888 |
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In complementarity theory, which is a relatively new domain of applied mathematics, several kinds of mathematical models and problems related to the study of equilibrium are considered from the point of view of physics as well as economics. In this book the authors have combined complementarity theory, equilibrium of economical systems, and efficiency in Pareto's sense. The authors discuss the use of complementarity theory in the study of equilibrium of economic systems and present results they have obtained. In addition the authors present several new results in complementarity theory and several numerical methods for solving complementarity problems associated with the study of economic equilibrium. The most important notions of Pareto efficiency are also presented.
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Credible group stability in many-to-many matching problems [An article from: Journal of Economic Theory]
H. Konishi , and M.U. Unver Manufacturer: Elsevier ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000P6NU92 |
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This digital document is a journal article from Journal of Economic Theory, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Decisions, Games and Markets (Studies in Risk and Uncertainty)
Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0792398416 |
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Decisions, Games and Markets is designed to stimulate new developments in decision theory, game theory and general equilibrium theory, as well as in their applications to economics. The book is divided into three parts - Decision Theory, Game Theory, and the Theory of Markets. Though its orientation is primarily methodological, some articles are more applied. The consistent use of formal analysis and methodological individualism constitutes the unifying theme of the book. Decisions, Games and Markets will be of considerable interest to both students and teachers of microeconomics and game and decision theory.
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Dynamics: Models and Kinetic Methods for Non-Equilibrium Many-Body Systems
Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0792365534 |
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Recent years have witnessed a resurgence in the kinetic approach to dynamic many-body problems. Modern kinetic theory offers a unifying theoretical framework within which a great variety of seemingly unrelated systems can be explored in a coherent way. Kinetic methods are currently being applied in such areas as the dynamics of colloidal suspensions, granular material flow, electron transport in mesoscopic systems, the calculation of Lyapunov exponents and other properties of classical many-body systems characterised by chaotic behaviour. The present work focuses on Brownian motion, dynamical systems, granular flows, and quantum kinetic theory.
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Equilibrium Problems: Nonsmooth Optimization and Variational Inequality Models (Nonconvex Optimization and Its Applications)
Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1402001614 |
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The aim of the book is to cover the three fundamental aspects of research in equilibrium problems: the statement problem and its formulation using mainly variational methods, its theoretical solution by means of classical and new variational tools, the calculus of solutions and applications in concrete cases. The book shows how many equilibrium problems follow a general law (the so-called user equilibrium condition). Such law allows us to express the problem in terms of variational inequalities. Variational inequalities provide a powerful methodology, by which existence and calculation of the solution can be obtained.
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Figures of equilibrium of celestial bodies,: With emphasis on problems of motion of artificial satellites (Publication of the Mathematics Research Center, U.S. Army, University of Wisconsin)
ZdeneÌk Kopal Manufacturer: University of Wisconsin Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007DS82M |
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Blanche Knott's Truly Tasteless Kennedy Jokes
Blanche Knott Manufacturer: St Martins Mass Market Paper ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0312929102 |
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Blanche Knott's Truly Tasteless Kennedy Jokes
Blanche Knott Manufacturer: St Martins Mass Market Paper ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OTS7G6 |
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